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This is a list of the Clever Clue nominees since April of 2006
50 or more people? .....................AARP Sponsor
of the Rolling Stones' 2024 Rattling adders.........................ABACI Item once popular in counter cultures?..ABACUS Navel base..............................ABDOMEN Be a bad helper? .......................ABET Cover to protect from the heat? ........ABET Help wanteds?...........................ABET Eggs on yeggs ..........................ABETS Site of class struggle..................ACADEMIA Point of no return? ....................ACE Result
of providing service and getting One who gives great service? ...........ACER Feeling after doing squat?..............ACHE Head tail? .............................ACHE Cause of some bellyaching? .............ACID Problem that's hard to face? ...........ACNE Spots on campus? .......................ACNE Person with a line of credit?...........ACTOR Some needlework.........................ACUPUNCTURE Outbreak of spots?......................ADCAMPAIGN Job for the summer?.....................ADDING Scene in Shakespeare? ..................ADO Some spots before your eyes? ...........ADS Word before noon? ......................AFTER He has many hands and a prosthetic leg..AHAB Noise before a break-in.................AHEM United way?.............................AISLE Haitian capital? .......................AITCH Old rubber? ............................ALADDIN Apple application that's now banned.....ALAR Pen that's no longer used ..............ALCATRAZ Dodging the draft? .....................ALEE Assumption during a life of crime?......ALIAS Defense establishment? .................ALIBI Defensive line? ........................ALIBI Stand out? .............................ALIBI Tender towards one's exes?..............ALIMONIES Apt name for a farmers market that sells only corn?..............................ALLEARS What little things mean? ...............ALOT Appropriate time for acting unprofessionally........................AMATEURHOUR Mass-produced answer? ..................AMEN Line between pants......................AMITOOLATE The simple life? .......................AMOEBA Band aids ..............................AMPS Boomers at a rock concert?..............AMPS Band featuring Rush Limbaugh ...........AMRADIO Antes up for peanuts? ..................ANAGRAM Canniest, for instance..................ANAGRAM Cheaters, to teachers ..................ANAGRAM Sport shoe for hoopsters, e.g. .........ANAGRAM Angered and enraged, e.g. ..............ANAGRAMS What chemists find attractive? .........ANIONS $250 TV buy since '75...................ANO Charge for a hand delivery? ............ANTE Hard-working six-footers? ..............ANTS Workers you wouldn't want to see in the office?.................................ANTS Channel associated with a ticker........AORTA Burger
King vis-a-vis McDonald's, Art, today? ............................ARE Products inside boxes? .................AREAS Ain't right? ...........................ARENT [“Throw the tennis ball!”] .............ARF Lab report? ............................ARF Half a huge cost? ......................ARM Risk factor?............................ARMY Where many grunts may be heard?.........ARMYBASE Rear end in a British auto?.............ARSE Reason for a lighter conviction? .......ARSON Result of foul match play? .............ARSON Public hangings? .......................ART Public works program?...................ARTEXHIBIT Criminal who welcomes a hanging?........ARTFORGER Cuban
byproduct.........................ASH You
can rest your butt there …..........ASHTRAY Polo field? ............................ASIA Like most people? ......................ASIAN Referral from dad?......................ASKMOM Digital interface?: Abbr ...............ASL Black listing? .........................ASSET Rick often behind a slick click.........ASTLEY Trying to avert a strike, perhaps.......ATBAT Came to a fast stop? ...................ATE Processed food? ........................ATE Desserted?....................................ATELAST Volume of the Earth? ...................ATLAS World record? ..........................ATLAS It can help you find your balance? .....ATM Producer of the Jacksons?...............ATM Disagreeing like bookies? ..............ATODDS Completely lost... unless you're a pirate, and if so, carry on.............ATSEA Primary weapons.........................ATTACKADS Our top story?..........................ATTIC Story
that's often scary................ATTIC
Carmaker that
sounds like a belly Final exam?.............................AUTOPSY Mean guy?...............................AVERAGEJOE “Yo, Hadrian!” .........................AVE Spiked punch ...........................AWL Not in a private area?..................AWOL Rotten to the Corps?....................AWOL Gave
Lizzie Borden the pink slip?.......AXED Three-legged five footers...............BABYGRANDS Fallout victims ........................BABYTEETH Mass producer? .........................BACH Pain in the rear? ......................BACKSEATDRIVER Go over again, as one's writing?........BACKSPACE Personal management problems............BADHAIRDAYS Lousy joints?...........................BADKNEES Undeserved
notoriety (or how one might Free cash?..............................BAIL Unable to part? ........................BALD Playground bouncer......................BALL Foul creature?..........................BALLBOY Cartoon character with his own club ....BAMMBAMM Stag movie? ............................BAMBI Dangerous activity with a safe goal?....BANKJOB Lush surroundings? .....................BAR Tender spot? ...........................BAR Test that lets you practice after you pass....................................BAREXAM Person with counter intelligence?.......BARISTA Grounds crew?...........................BARISTAS Draft document?.........................BARMENU Check for shots.........................BARTAB Manhattan architect?....................BARTENDER Sacks of diamonds?......................BASES Items you might travel with.............BASKETBALLS Wet bar locale?.........................BATH Series of revivals? ....................BAYWATCH Taking a stab at?.......................BAYONETING U.K. org. that announced "There is no news" on April 18, 1930.................BBC Wind stopper?...........................BEANO Worship of John, Paul, etc.?............BEATLEMANIA Where to go in the hospital.............BEDPAN Where
you might go if you're very Competition
in which the winner always One controlling drones..................BEEKEEPER Some real heady stuff?..................BEER It's no six-pack, ironically............BEERBELLY Overhang, in a sports bar? .............BEERGUT Result
of too many six-packs,
Six-pack alternative ...................BEERGUT They develop less of a head cold .......BEERS Rabbit relative ........................BEETLE Hundreds of rap videos? ................BENJAMINS Historic sewer..........................BETSYROSS Famous print maker?.....................BIGFOOT Hangout for hog owners?.................BIKERBAR See the seasons pass quickly?...........BINGEWATCH Boxing ring?............................BLACKEYE Pee pod?................................BLADDER Small unit in typing?...................BLOODCELL Opportunity for people to act badly.....BMOVIE Gets one over on........................BOGEYS Spring report...........................BOING What it would be a mistake to write twice?..................................BOO Child-raising technique?................BOOSTERSEAT Private place? .........................BOOTCAMP Criminal record?........................BOOTLEGCD They're burned by pirates ..............BOOTLEGCDS Celebrity head shot ....................BOTOX Injection into the vain? ...............BOTOX Shot for the stars? ....................BOTOX City, that despite its name, is smaller than Little Rock........................BOULDER Obstacles to bar admission?.............BOUNCERS Letters read with feeling? .............BRAILLE What regular people eat ................BRAN You may get it to go ...................BRAN Reliever
who closed out the Giants' One in front of a train? ...............BRIDE One
who might keep a torch in his One who's happy about acquiring a few extra pounds, informally................BRIT Stock options ..........................BROTHS Fryer seen at a cookout?................BUGZAPPER Killer that hangs around the porch?.....BUGZAPPER Source of relief? ......................BULLPEN Crummy joint............................BUMKNEE Locks up? ..............................BUN Jumper cable?...........................BUNGEECORD Where one might go out on top?..........BUNKBED Certain racing vehicle..................BURLAPSACK Duel personality? ......................BURR Call from the rear?.....................BUTTDIAL Ended a phone call?.....................BUTTDIALED Made a cheeky call?.....................BUTTDIALED Large amount, originally 48 bushels (we kid
you not)............................BUTTLOAD Stuck-up couples at weddings?...........CAKETOPPERS Obsession promoter .....................CALVINKLEIN Garb you don't want to be seen in.......CAMO Something wicked........................CANDLE Someone
you might be reluctant to give Royal headwear? ........................CAP Flare-ups in the hood?..................CARFIRES Business that offers body waxing........CARWASH Beef, or a fish ........................CARP Support after a bad break?..............CAST Means of returning home after a hunting trip....................................CATDOOR Cover the spread?.......................CATER Handled ham? ...........................CBER Things used in semi circles ............CBS Poison storage of the 1980s.............CDRACK Makeup of certain shakes................CEDAR Nun's habit?............................CELIBACY Folks who share a joint?................CELLMATES Joint rooms?............................CELLS Get the word out?.......................CENSOR Fortune readers ........................CEOS Life
preserver?.........................CEREALBOX Remote possibilities....................CHANNELS Drop-dead
gorges?.......................CHASMS Last word before someone is shot? ......CHEESE Mating situation........................CHESSTOURNAMENT
Like
a vitamin in the shape of Wilma
Hitchcock double feature? ..............CHIN Market
not to be bullish in?............CHINASHOP Press release? .........................CIDER Stilted performance, perhaps?...........CIRCUSACT Big name in lock-changing ..............CLAIROL Act of throwing money around to resolve an issue?...............................COINTOSS Suitable-sounding name for a kid on Santa's naughty list?...................COLE What
drives a baby buggy? ..............COLIC What an out patient may be in? .........COMA Dos that are don'ts? ...................COMBOVERS
Small
character in "Honey, I Shrunk the
Characters in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"..................................COMMAS Kind of artist who's not very good?.....CON Some pen pals? .........................CONS Machines with reproductive systems .....COPIERS Like Kansas in August? .................CORNY Old office cover-up.....................CORRECTIONFLUID Hearing aid?............................COURTREPORTER Flight specialists?.....................COWARDS One interested in bull-dozing?..........COWTIPPER Pro in the ledger-domain: Abbr. ........CPA Revival
meeting? .......................CPRCLASS sidewalk?...............................CRAB Iron production? .......................CREASE Ring in one's ears?.....................CROPCIRCLE It can have you going through hoops.....CROQUET Little bread boxes?.....................CROUTONS Participants in a murder?...............CROWS “Thank God, it's Friday” declarer? .....CRUSOE Dead centers?...........................CRYPTS Key for someone with 20/20 vision? .....CSHARP Take to a higher power? ................CUBE Takes to a higher power? ...............CUBES Nude
custodian, maybe? .................CURATOR Act like a rude waiter?.................CUTINLINE Father figure?..........................DADBOD Dated women?............................DAMSELS Steps in for a limited time?............DANCECRAZE Rather formally? .......................DANIEL Sock menders oath? .....................DARN Hall of fame ...........................DARYL Degree that's for filling? .............DDS Collectors targets......................DEADBEATS Pass out facedown ......................DEAL Lotus positions?........................DEALERSHIPS Gave somebody inexpensive diamonds? ....DEALT Intro for John? ........................DEAR Sugar substitute? ......................DEAR Messing with a script? .................DEBRA Useful cryptography tool to have on hand?...................................DECODERRING Inside job for Martha Stewart? .........DECOR Does
as well as others? ................DEER Cuts from the cloth.....................DEFROCKS Thy're sen n ths cle....................DELETIONS Where sub assembly happens..............DELI What you'd expect to be full of baloney.DELICASE Sub standard?...........................DELIMEAT Cubs' place to play home games..........DEN Expert in crown molding?................DENTIST Job with many openings? ................DENTIST Pickup
line locale? …...................DEPOT Front
runner?...........................DESERTER Sound around a cradle...................DIALTONE Carrier for bum wraps...................DIAPERBAG Items
spotted in a casino?..............DICE Losing proposition? ....................DIET Secret behind the shed?.................DIETPILL Loses on purpose? ......................DIETS Dutch bank manager? ....................DIKE Christian worshiped by men of the cloth?..................................DIOR Flight simulation? .....................DISAPPEARINGACT Producer
of cheap shots?................DIVEBAR Letters from your parents? .............DNA “CSI” walk-ons, sort of ................DOAS Start of a scale model..................DOEADEER Domestic flap?..........................DOGDOOR Lab coat?...............................DOGHAIR Crook in sports.........................DOGLEG Take a toy that doesn't belong to you ..DOGNAP Greyhound maintenance facility?.........DOGSPA Bakers' inner circles?..................DONUTHOLES One of three in Fiji? ..................DOT Average guy? ...........................DOW Friday series originally airing on Thursday................................DRAGNET Snake substitute........................DRANO Brings home, as Twins...................DRIVESIN Go on and on, possibly about flying robots..................................DRONE Mouth watering? ........................DROOL Water-park .............................DROPANCHOR Special collection musical hits?........DRUMSOLO They wear down .........................DUCKS Antiques collection?..........................DUST Happy and more .........................DWARFS Only one word anagram of a day of the week ..................................DYNAMO Canal zones? ...........................EARS "It's a Small World," for one (sorry)...EARWORM Mental notes?...........................EARWORMS Stand for something? ...................EASEL Understudy opportunities?...............EASYAS Do a course evaluation? ................EAT Don't go fast? .........................EAT Down sides?.............................EAT Dine expectantly?.......................EATFORTWO Novel with a screen adaptation?.........EBOOK Sound that might be off the wall?.......ECHO You've heard it before? ................ECHO Cheese that's made backward? ...........EDAM Flush formation? .......................EDDY Adam's apple location? .................EDEN Clean up your language? ................EDIT One who shortened Life sentences?.......EDITOR “Quick, grab a newspaper!” .............EEK Scream in a balloon? ...................EEK I can come after these .................EFGH Aged beef?..............................EGADS White trash? ...........................EGGSHELLS Number one fan? ........................EGOMANIAC Vanity case? ...........................EGOTRIP Down clue answer, often.................EIDER Ticker tape, briefly? ..................EKG Dying art form?.........................ELEGY He or I, but not you: Abbr. ............ELEM One with a pole position? ..............ELF Game measured by its number of points...ELK Scatter in record stores?...............ELLA Opt for the window instead of the aisle? .................................ELOPE Secretly espouse?.......................ELOPE Split to be tied .......................ELOPE Emulated running mates? ................ELOPED Employing the secret service?...........ELOPING Type face?..............................EMOTICON It's hard to run on it? ................EMPTY Performance-enhancing supplement?.......ENCORE Invasive plant?.........................ENEMYSPY Half of nine? ..........................ENS The
impact energy of a small mosquito Idle and then some? ....................ERICS Without it, the mnemonic acronym for the Great Lakes might be MOSH...........ERIE Slips of paper?.........................ERRATA National
defense concern?...............ERROR It comes after 49.......................ERS Key to some fast exits..................ESC Slip of the pen?........................ESCAPE Window shutter?.........................ESCAPEKEY It has a lot of competition on TV.......ESPN Thunder
shower, at times?...............ESPN Word containing itself twice............ESS It was a gas! ..........................ESSO What means the most at the end?.........EST Dead reckoning?.........................ESTATETAX Indicator of condensation? .............ETC Cabbage in a French cafe?...............EUROS De-apartmentalize? .....................EVICT No longer working in the private sector?.................................EXARMY Sentence completer? ....................EXCON Split personalities? ...................EXES Number two helper? .....................EXLAX One getting rid of possessions? ........EXORCIST Times when people look their best.......EYETESTS Major scale figure?.....................FAHRENHEIT Subject of many a bar examination ......FAKEID Minor documents?........................FAKEIDS Something relatively complicated?.......FAMILYTREE Inheritance that may be the start of something big?..........................FATGENE Cell user often ........................FELON Person with convictions, perhaps........FELON Couple hanging out in hip joints?.......FEMURS Like the little kid inside some of us? ....................................FETAL One's first position? ..................FETAL Cover of the Bible? ....................FIGLEAF Execute camels, e.g. ...................FIGURESKATE It's bound to go to blazes?.............FIREENGINE Pink slippers? .........................FIRERS Does some sole searching?...............FISHES Marlins' catcher........................FISHHOOK Tough bass part.........................FISHSCALE Overdrawn account? .....................FISHSTORY Dead ringers?...........................FLIPPHONES Food takeout line?............................FLOSS Name of Washington's football team, as of 2020.................................FOOTBALLTEAM Escape from a lot, e.g. ................FORD "I'm driving here!".....................FORE Warning of reckless driving?............FORE Con artist?.............................FORGER Stick with it ..........................FORK Change out of an old pair of pants?.....FOUNDMONEY Like
each word from this clue ..........FOURLETTER Trouble spot?...........................GAMETABLE What may help with bed-wetting?.........GARDENHOSE Beetle juice ...........................GAS Where F is highest on the scale ........GASGAUGE Short pants? ...........................GASPS Fuel additive? .........................GASTAX What a mug might hold? .................GAT Man behind a counter? ..................GEIGER Fault finder?...........................GEOLOGIST Memorable '70s Ford.....................GERALD Makes even more gross?..................GETSARAISE Shape shifters? ........................GIRDLES One who can't stand to go? .............GIRL Secretive group? .......................GLANDS It's heard around the water cooler .....GLUG Seat cushions? .........................GLUTEI Monitor of net income?..................GOALIE One watching the kids?..................GOATHERD What kids grow up to be ................GOATS Lose contact with one's roots?..........GOBALD Lose one's ability to get a part?.......GOBALD Fee schedules for pay toilets?..........GOINGRATES It's full of holes? ....................GOLFCOURSE Content provider?.......................GOODMOOD Stuck in Pamplona? .....................GORED Leave Boston or Chicago, say?...........GOSOLO Penguin's habitat ......................GOTHAMCITY Robin hood?.............................GOTHAMCITY Cut
the cheese, perhaps.................GRATE Something the U.S. Government keeps an eye on ..............................GREATSEAL What you get while walking down the aisle?........................................GROCERIES Big shot?...............................GROUPPHOTO Lab assistant, maybe?...................GUIDEDOG
House
of reps?..........................GYM Cold comfort?...........................HALLS Digital annoyance? .....................HANGNAIL Sound heard repeatedly in gargling? ....HARDG Stuck in the sea........................HARPOONED
Sour
grapes drink?......................HATERADE Means of transport when you're late? ...HEARSE Stiff crates ...........................HEARSES Terminal transports?....................HEARSES Trustworthy woman?......................HEIRESS Safe kind of job?.......................HEIST Jobs that involve taking notes?.........HEISTS Withdrawals that may incur substantial penalties? .................HEISTS Response to getting a ring? ............HELLO When its second syllable is drawn out, “Are you out of your mind?!”............HELLO Sewer lines? ...........................HEMS Appropriate name for a woman's husband? HERMAN One with savings accounts?..............HERO Bad spelling? ..........................HEXES Wasted word? ...........................HIC Beekeeper's lovey-dovey greeting?.......HIHONEY Cry from a mugger? .....................HIMOM One unlikely to have a cow .............HINDU Feature of an open-and-shut case?.......HINGE This answer ends in "T," e.g. ..........HINT They're paid to waste? .................HITMEN Prepare to go out again?................HITSNOOZE Inedible doughnut part? ................HOLE
Making
long-distance calls .............HOLLERING
Guacamole
go-with?......................HOLY Pet
name for Attila? ...................HON King's realm ...........................HORROR Partygoer who was never formally invited?................................HOST Warmly attached?........................HOTGLUED What goes in a box......................HOUSECAT Opposite of a speaking fee?.............HUSHMONEY Outer ear...............................HUSK They'll help you break your word..............HYPHENS Rule that keeps you from spelling weirdly?................................IBEFOREE Start of a rule broken by foreigners? ..IBEFOREE Caesarean section? .....................ICAME One who may eat her words? .............ICER New Year's eave formation? .............ICICLE Phrase that could end a single life ....IDO Swear words? ...........................IDO Polite telemarketer's mantra............IDONTRECALL Declaration from a poker-playing origami artist?.........................IFOLD Northern hemisphere? ...................IGLOO Diamond mine?...........................IGOTIT Prepared introduction? .................ILL Audio feedback?.........................ILOVETHISSONG Toast words?............................IMAGONER Film format for tall tales? ............IMAX Defensive
line?.........................IMJUSTSAYING Brother from another mother, perhaps?...INLAW Navel formation? .......................INNIE Problem addressed by counters...........INSOMNIA One who's not out all night? .................INSOMNIAC Bug collection?.........................INTEL Person at Waterloo......................IOWAN Apt flowers for an optometrist's office?.................................IRISES Decreasing device ......................IRON Group well-known for their spring collection .............................IRS Part of a shrink rap? ..................ISEE Denial from a contractor?...............ISNT Stressful type? ........................ITALICS What gives authors stress?..............ITALICS RN's body piercings?....................IVS Sentence structure? ....................JAIL Cooler idea?..................................JAILBREAK Evidencing change? .....................JANGLY What makes you question everything you know?...................................JEOPARDY Flight risk?............................JETLAG Ring masters ...........................JEWELERS Pack animal?............................JOECAMEL Competition among mail carriers? .......JOUST One trying to make a living? ...........JUDGE Peer in a box ..........................JUROR Refuse work?............................JUNKART Spit food? .............................KABOB Smart
adversary ........................KAOS Piano piece? ...........................KEY Soul
seller.............................KIA Pecking order? .........................KISSME Manipulate digitally....................KNEAD Bender with a cap.......................KNEE Places where pants are usually worn? ...KNEES Mideast diet............................KNESSET Rap duo.................................KNOCKKNOCK Infinitely many calc teachers walk into a bar and order 1 beer, ½ beer, ¼ beer, and so on. The bartender pours 2 beers and says, "You all really _______!"....................KNOWYOURLIMITS Threads of scientific research?.........LABCOATS Date of birth, to the mother? ..........LABORDAY Tongue depressor?.......................LACER Doctors with spirits ...................LACES Lures for anglers?......................LAKES Brest milk .............................LAIT Western
basket makers? .................LAKERS Labor management? ......................LAMAZE Place to get delivery instructions?.....LAMAZECLASS Luxury locale? .........................LAP What you stand to lose? ................LAP What pool hustlers do? .................LAPS L on a T? ..............................LARGE Mass communication? ....................LATIN Going places? ..........................LAVS Hearing aide? ..........................LAWYER Figure in the high '60s? ..............LEARY Pet peeve?..............................LEASH Spike of interest in movies?............LEE Small construction company .............LEGO Used protection? .......................LEMONLAW Strip
in a bar? ........................LEMONRIND Constellation in the very middle of this clue, not counting spaces...............LEO Cohort of Morley, oddly enough! ........LESLEY Makeup artist? .........................LIAR Like a defeated sucker? ................LICKED Run on sentence? .......................LIFE Person raised on a beach?.....................LIFEGUARD Bank holdup? ...........................LINE One who might get down to Alabama?......LINEDANCER See what I mean?........................LIPREAD Watches one's language? ................LIPREADS Boost to your spirits? .................LIQUORTAX Have trouble with “sisters,” maybe? ....LISP Problem for someone who can't say grace? .................................LISP Struggle with hopelessness?.............LISP Bullet train?...........................LIST Word losers look for? ..................LITE Fanta size? ............................LITER Garfield's head? .......................LITTERBOX One who more than just trash-talks? ....LITTERBUG Good name for a pet iguana..............LIZ Planet name? ...........................LOIS Can of Prince Albert? ..................LOO Derby head..............................LOO Head of Buckingham Palace? .............LOO John, to Ringo .........................LOO Place that British women can't stand going? .................................LOO Duck call?..............................LOOKOUT Where many are relieved in London? .....LOOS They take stock during an emergency ....LOOTERS Winner at dieting? .....................LOSER Won the battle of the bulge.............LOST Civic spaces?...........................LOTS Apt name for a restroom attendant? .....LOU Deadhead's hits?........................LSD Actor who sucked in his most famous film role....................................LUGOSI Bum wraps?..............................LUVS Provider
of Tour de France coverage.....LYCRA Weapon that comes in easy-to-carry and hard-to-carry varieties ................MACE Holy fish? .............................MACKEREL Succeeded as a counterfeiter?...........MADEMONEY Super conductors?.......................MAESTROS Star witnesses? ........................MAGI This answer often has more than seven letters.................................MAILBOX Unhand or disarm?.......................MAIM Banana Republic defender, maybe ........MALLCOP Commerce Clauses?.......................MALLSANTAS Opening on Broadway?....................MANHOLE Prayer in the woods.....................MANTIS What a helicopter might fly out of?.....MAPLE Red head with a mole ...................MAO She never got cold feet? ...............MARCOS School in which ideally there are no classes?................................MARXISM Avon's calling, in part?................MASCARA Covering
in the news?...................MASK Class rife with division?...............MATH One who's used to adding pressure?......MATHLETE Figure heads? ..........................MATHLETES Undercover asset?.......................MATTRESSPAD Spread out in the kitchen? ...................MAYO What leads many people to say "Let's face it"?....................................MECCA Explosion surrounding a star?...........MEDIAFRENZY She could make you rock ................MEDUSA Common soap ingredient .................MELODRAMA Soap ingredient? .......................MELODRAMA Notes for a staff.......................MEMO It's
impressed when people lie?.........MEMORYFOAM Spanish ................................MENSA People who know better? ................MENSA Rectangle that may have more than four sides?..................................MENU Persian word that can have many meanings?...............................MEOW "Wanna play with the laser pointer?"....MEOW Sound elicited by an electric can opener? ................................MEOW Hunk in a shower?.......................METEOR Copy cats? .............................MEW King with a touching story?.............MIDAS Get-together with Mr. Spock?............MINDMELD Brief fashion statements ...............MINISKIRTS Setting for many mass movements.........MINORKEY Time travelers of a sort................MINUTEHANDS Pocket protectors? .....................MISERS Very tight group?.......................MISERS Slips of paper?.........................MISPRINT Write “recieve”? .......................MISSPELL Write seperate checks? .................MISSPELL Ordered take-out?.......................MOBHIT Curly poker? ...........................MOE Name in hard rock ratings...............MOHS Food processor?.........................MOLAR Drop
down? .............................MOLT Order liver ............................MONK Stock quote? ...........................MOO Butt out? ..............................MOON Revolutionary figure in space?..........MOON Sounds from a milk container? ..........MOOS Place where people tend to show up late? ........................................MORGUE Good name for a funeral director?.......MORT Professional boxer?.....................MOVER Abbr. with a ring to it? ...............MRS Dash of seasoning? .....................MRS Campaign weaponry? .....................MUD Frank request...........................MUSTARD Remote possibility? ....................MUTE Cynical remark from a cyclops? .........MYEYE Skeptical comment from a podiatrist?....MYFOOT Olympic record?.........................MYTH Digital tool ...........................NAILFILE
Digital
color presentation?.............NAILPOLISH Place where both employees and clients might get tips................................NAILSALON "Canvas" for digital art................NAILTIP Not in gear?............................NAKED Drew on a book cover? ..................NANCY Go out in the afternoon? ...............NAP Star Bucks, say?........................NBAMVPS Fir coats? .............................NEEDLES It might make you pretty late ..........NEGLIGEE Pop hit of 1924? .......................NEHI Relatively helpful path to success?.....NEPOTISM Possibly pleasing figure? ..............NET Incapable of littering .................NEUTERED Made unbearable? .......................NEUTERED Pop up a lot?...........................NEWDAD Pop up a lot, perhaps?..................NEWDAD Having
the highest queue rating? .......NEXT Falls for a recently married woman? ....NIAGARA It's said while shaking.................NICETOMEETYOU Numbers that might end a series?........NIELSENS One with a big mouth in Africa?.........NILE New Mexican, e.g. ......................NINO Lousy egg? .............................NIT Something to pick? .....................NIT Dark time for advertisers ..............NITE Master of the double take? .............NOAH
Reward
for being close?.................NOCIGAR What may be in sight? ..................NOEND Movable type?...........................NOMAD Chair
alternative.......................NOOSE Celebrity profile revisions?............NOSEJOBS Profile changes? .......................NOSEJOBS Stand-up guy? ..........................NOSHOW Colt's fan club? .......................NRA Stick in the dugout.....................OAR Spots for hot dates?....................OASES Labor leader? ................................OBGYN It runs when you pass ..................OBIT Dead lines? ............................OBIT Expiration notice? .....................OBIT Write of passage? ......................OBIT Column people are dying to appear in?...OBITS They're blown in the winds? ............OBOES Like a full-moon viewing?...............OBSCENE Deep space?.............................OCEAN Ones taking advantage of suckers to get by?.....................................OCTOPI Lines of credit.........................ODE Job description? .......................ODD It's often carried around a gym ........ODOR Double-check figures? ..................OGLE Scientist who was a resistance leader?..OHM Crude
transportation? ..................OILER Pen output, with or without its first letter..................................OINK Pen pal's response? ....................OINK Ransom paid from the sale of automobiles.............................OLDS Promise to the chef? ...................OLEO Number of consonants in this answer ....ONE Phrase under the Lincoln Memorial?......ONECENT Suitable apparel for a shower ..........ONESIE Astronomically bad?.....................ONESTAR "Not activist Yoko!!!"..................ONO Well running group?: Abbr. .............OPEC Angled piece............................OPED Directive that has some teeth to it?....OPENWIDE The nerve to see things as they are? ...OPTIC Agent of the Vietnam War? ..............ORANGE World revolution? ......................ORBIT One seeking to catch some rays? ........ORCA Underground metal band?.................ORE Brand name of products that suck .......ORECK Little dipper in a milky way? ..........OREO Belted one out there? ..................ORION Trashy TV character?....................OSCAR Starry overlooks?.......................OCSARSNUBS Middle of Czechoslovakia? ..............OSLO Company that can help you change your story...................................OTIS Giant who was 5'9"......................OTT Board of inquiry? ......................OUIJA National defense goal?..................OUT Head for the backcountry?...............OUTHOUSE Heads for the woods? ...................OUTHOUSES Breakfast of centurions? ...............OVA Ones going down the tubes?..............OVA Panhandler .............................OVENMITT Discuss one's toilet habits, for example.................................OVERSHARE Taking credit? .........................OWING Person who is saving the world? ........PACKRAT Arcade
game consumer....................PACMAN Sack cloth?.............................PAJAMAS They're always bringing up old stuff?...PALEONTOLOGISTS Like geese, e.g.?.......................PALINDROMIC Good way to finish a sentence? .........PAROLE Made tense?.............................PAST Touching scene at an airport?...........PATDOWN What hikers wear? ......................PATHS Makes a lot of..........................PAVES Driveling researcher? ..................PAVLOV Choose paper over plastic? .............PAYCASH Windows boxes? .........................PCS One apt to have an appt app ............PDA Double-digit figure?....................PEACESIGN Bit of fan fare ........................PEANUT Protectors sent packing?................PEANUTS Christmas trees? .......................PEARS Punk rock? .............................PEBBLE Work for chicken feed?..................PECK Sole caretakers?........................PEDICURISTS Center of Japan? .......................PEE Split second?...........................PEE Kindergarten whiz? .....................PEEPEE I.M. sent to a construction site?.......PEI House rules enforcer? ..................PELOSI Low-tech clickers?......................PENS Tiny characters in "E.T."?..............PERIODS Step backwards? ........................PETS Business whose clients might go belly up?.....................................PETSPA Where you might find a pair of boxers ..PETSTORE Green org.? ............................PGA Org. with hookers?......................PGA Partridge family member.................PHEASANT Conversation piece? ....................PHONE Coaches for benched players?............PIANOTEACHERS Irrational thing to celebrate?..........PIDAY Walks on water?.........................PIERS Little pen pals?........................PIGLETS Annoying pharmaceutical rep?............PILL Battle waged with weapons in some cases...................................PILLOWFIGHT Tube test? .............................PILOT Bad
spot for a date?....................PIMPLE Use
of a two-digit confirmation code?...PINKYSWEAR dates...................................PIT Some produce centers? ..................PITS Like dates that lack a heart............PITTED Venues for star-studded shows?..........PLANETARIA Do some sole searching..................PLAYFOOTSIE Follower of a farm team?................PLOW S word?.................................PLURAL Hand-to-hand combat locales?............POKERTABLE Force unit .............................POLICECAR Great-smelling crime scene investigator? ..........................POLICEDOG Film that shows where not to swim?............PONDSCUM Marco Polo's home?......................POOLAREA Place where one might hear "That's my cue!"...................................POOLHALL Opera annoyance? .......................POPUPAD Heads outside?..........................PORTAPOTTIES Dead actor?.............................POSSUM It fills up the joint?..................POT Problematic opening on Broadway?........POTHOLE Crack jokes, perhaps?...................POTTYHUMOR Classic diva performances?..............POUTS Full of life? ..........................PREGNANT Before one's big opening? ..............PREOP Building without cell phones? ..........PRISON Joint tenants ..........................PRISONERS Rear area?..............................PROCTOLOGY For actress Shelley of Nia?.............PROLONG It is what it is .......................PRONOUN Rotten genre?...........................PUNKROCK Full-groan man?.........................PUNSTER Labor leader's cry? ....................PUSH What to say when you're ordering a shake?..................................PUTITTHERE VW forerunner? .........................QRSTU Meet expectations? .....................RACES Dangers for the over-70 crowd ..........RADARTRAPS What
Scott Joplin might yell after a
Sound generated by a noisy fan?.........RAH Post production? .......................RAISINBRAN Options for those who are anti-Russia and anti-French? .......................RANCH Branding expert.........................RANCHER Singer in the family?...................RAT State secrets?..........................RAT "Grim" reminder of one's mortality......REAPER What
those with no class engage in?.....RECESS Dancer's restraint? ....................REIN National defense figure, say?...........RELIEVER Check for a flat?.......................RENT Check for letters? .....................RENT How someone may "live" in your head.....RENTFREE Off-season air fare.....................RERUN Got loafers working better?.............RESOLED Subjects of savings accounts?...........RESCUERS It's no longer working .................RETIREMENT Evening drive ..........................REVENGE Bad name for a chauffeur................REX Trample for example? ...................RHYME Fix a sailing competition? .............RIG Spanish flowers? .......................RIOS Babysitter's reading material?..........RIOTACT Stranded carrier .......................RNA Joints near shoulders ..................ROADHOUSES Queen's attendants .....................ROADIES Fits on a hard drive? ..................ROADRAGE Steel worker? ..........................ROBOT Preschoolers? ..........................ROE One who called a spade a shovel? .......ROGET Relief pitcher of old...................ROLAIDS Secret thing since the '50s.............ROLLONDEODORANT Lover of Shakespeare? ..................ROMEO Play with a ball .......................ROMEOANDJULIET Mitt with ten fingers...................ROMNEY Dancer's landing pad....................ROOF Hires for a float?......................ROOTBEER String of churches?.....................ROSARY Keeps going longer than is technically really necessary and then begins to start
to become
awkward, as a sentence .......RUNSON Construction specs?.....................SAFETYGLASSES Tales you can also read backwards? .....SAGAS Was depressed, maybe....................SAIDAH Common
word in sign language ...........SALE Counter-productive people? .............SALESCLERKS Solution for people with poor vision?...SALINE It's California's fault.................SANANDREAS Culinary heroes?........................SANDWICHES Having no fear of commitment? ..........SANE Hoer?...................................SANTA Present-day personality? ...............SANTA Popular site for holiday gift orders....SANTASLAP Its Facebook page has a lot of cheesecake photos..................................SARALEE Film about leftover food? ..............SARAN Wraps around the subcontinent?..........SARIS Place where beads are made..............SAUNA Link in the food chain .................SAUSAGE Snores like a lumberjack?...............SAWSLOGS Thatcher follower ......................SAWYER Coming off the market...................SAYINGIDO Reacts to something depressing?.........SAYSAH Lie detector for a supposed loser? .....SCALE It's wicked and smelly..................SCENTEDCANDLE First or last ultra sound?..............SCHWA Uh, it's a vowel sound..................SCHWA Rock alternative........................SCISSORS Pickup spots?...........................SCRUFFS Film in a shower........................SCUM How a sailor achieves a good work-life balance?................................SEALEGS Site of a baseball merger?..............SEAM An icy winter?..........................SEASONWITHSALT Mystery that may have a stirring message?................................SECRETRECIPE Winter exchange program?................SECRETSANTA Consultant hired for a fortune?.........SEER Beneficiary of a Sonic boom?............SEGA Good vibrations record? ................SEISMOGRAM Earthling who grew up near Venus?.......SERENA Star often compared to Venus............SERENA They're bound to work ..................SERFS Sleeping giant .........................SERTA Basket made without weaving?............SETSHOT Cat doctor? ............................SEUSS Snow boarders? .........................SEVENDWARFS Site of a big pile on the floor.........SHAGRUG Mideast peace talk?.....................SHALOM Marine mollusk exoskeleton vendor, in a tongue twister?.........................SHE Aide in getting high?...................SHERPA Hillary aides...........................SHERPAS Chamber of commerce?....................SHOP Supercharger? ..........................SHOPAHOLIC Take inventory .........................SHOPLIFT Bug's midsection .......................SHORTU Recovered from a bad stroke, say .......SHOTPAR Martyr complex?.........................SHRINE Hit bottom? …...........................SIDEB Complement from the chef? ..............SIDEDISH Communicate digitally? .................SIGN Like three of the letters of "aisle"....SILENT One in debt? ...........................SILENTB One in doubt? ..........................SILENTB Letter in “walk” and “talk” ............SILENTL Feature in "People"?....................SILENTO Overly sedimental?......................SILTY Emulate Mercury or Mars.................SING Cigarette
additive? …...................SINTAX Head space?.............................SINUS Spot order? …...........................SIT Take the stand, ironically .............SIT One trying to stay up when going down ..SKIER Hot
dog warmer? ........................SKILODGE Street clothes? ........................SKIWEAR It moves tirelessly? ...................SLED Pursues one's dreams?...................SLEEPS Is out and about..............................SLEEPWALKS Considering retirement?.................SLEEPY Driving hazard..........................SLICE Toy used on flights?....................SLINKY Lose density............................SMARTENUP What you do after a workout?............SMELL "Cheese" products.......................SMILES Nasty hangover?.........................SMOG Blessed event? .........................SNEEZE Particle
accelerator?...................SNEEZE Foment unrest, in a way?................SNORE A child who's lying might make one......SNOWANGEL Winter depression ......................SNOWANGEL One may be responsible for many banks ..SNOWPLOW Happy acquaintance .....................SNOWWHITE Roll in the dirt?.......................SOD Jerk's offering ........................SODA Covers
the earth? ......................SODS Remote places? .........................SOFAS Provider of green juice?................SOLARPANEL Cry heard at a shoe auction?............SOLED Sub standard device ....................SONAR One who can't pass the bar? ............SOT Deep state?.............................SOUNDSLEEP You might put stock in it...............SOUP Where some losers hang out? ............SPA "V.I.A.G.R.a 4 FR33!", perhaps..........SPAM Hit bottom? ............................SPANK Facial spots? ..........................SPAS Places to look at sweaters? ............SPAS Unpredictable
jerk?.....................SPASM Fix, as a toy...........................SPAY Fix for good? ..........................SPAY Make unbearable? .......................SPAY Spot-checking org.? ....................SPCA Quick board meeting?....................SPEEDCHESS Person well over 70, probably?..........SPEEDER Places
to catch flying cars?............SPEEDTRAPS Loses one's balance? ...................SPENDS Round-trip flight ......................SPIRALSTAIRCASE Hard-to-swallow
reactions?..............SPITTAKES Where literary agents are found?..............SPYNOVELS They get stuck in corners ..............STAMPS Flight simulator?.......................STAIRMASTER Competitions in which batting is forbidden...............................STARINGCONTESTS Inaugural addresses?....................STARTERHOMES Tweeting symbols?.......................STATEBIRDS Center of a circle or square, maybe.....STATUE Put off retirement .....................STAYUPLATE Old-fashioned letter opener.............STEAM Take turns? ............................STEER One helping a dictator .................STENO Components of ranch dressing?...........STETSONS Bad nickname for a rabbit? .............STEW Worry, about how a slow-cooked dish of meat and vegetables will turn out, perhaps.................................STEW Verb that's an anagram of itself........STIFLE Habitual high achiever? ................STONER Joint owner?............................STONER One might make counter revolutions......STOOL Bolt stripped? .........................STREAK Bolt with no threads? ..................STREAK People who barely move?.................STREAKERS Child actress ..........................STREEP VW predecessors? .......................STU Outstanding academic outcome?...........STUDENTDEBT Double duty? ...........................STUNTS Where to find pre-cooked bacon? ........STY Those involved in cutting class at school? …...............................STYLISTS Apt first name for a lawyer? ...........SUE Went a-courting?........................SUED Kent state?.............................SUPERMAN Drops in summertime temperatures? ......SWEAT @!#?@!, e.g. ...........................SYMBOLS Brief, for short: Abbr. ................SYN Twisted here this is....................SYNTAX Key to advancing one's writing?.........TAB Center of a marked success? ............TAC One on the verge of croaking? ..........TADPOLE Flip comment? ..........................TAILS Green pieces of cake?...................TAPINS Strips for JFK?.........................TARMACS Hold hands? ............................TARS Source of criminal charges?.............TASER Sing like a child?......................TATTLE Something hard to get off your chest?...TATTOO Stuff that's hard to get off your chest?..................................TATTOOINK
Block
party?............................TAXPREPARER Break
fluid? ...........................TEA Semi professionals? ....................TEAMSTERS Movie with a snotty audience?...........TEARJERKER They're drunk at socials................TEAS Poke fun at big hair?...................TEASE Couples support ........................TEE Mobile message media....................TEES Duck sauce?.............................TEETOTAL Activity in which love means nothing....TENNIS Fire insurance? ........................TENURE Fire-prevention program at school?......TENURE What you might charge for a ride........TESLA Class struggle? ........................TEST Ones suspended for playing blacktop games?..................................TETHERBALLS Trailer homes?..........................THEATERS Guardians of sewers ....................THIMBLES What you may now hear? .................THIS Provider of limited coverage?...........THONG Fan belts? .............................TIERS Point of eating? .......................TINE Like a piggy just waking up.............TINGLY Something to wait for? .................TIP Place for extra notes on the piano? ....TIPJAR Where singles congregate in a bar? .....TIPJAR It's worn while making doughnuts?.......TIRETREAD Sticks around for a real blast?.........TNT Glass elevator? ........................TOAST Speech
for a glass elevator? ...........TOAST Water
temperature gauge, sometimes? ....TOE Digital identifier?.....................TOETAG Essential part of Caesar dressing? .....TOGA Senate cover-up, once ..................TOGA They're going places?...................TOILETS Can opener? ............................TOILETSEAT Head covering?..........................TOILETSEAT Support for a movement?.................TOILETSEAT Fail to keep off the grass?.............TOKE One taking pot shots? ..................TOKER Holy city? .............................TOLEDO Encryption sites?.......................TOMBS Like those who are always losing their keys....................................TONEDEAF Building with several levels, perhaps...TOOLSHED Pillar of American Indian society? .....TOTEM Top secret? ............................TOUPEE Locks that might not be totally secure?.................................TOUPEES Police action? .........................TOUR Get a Bug off a shoulder, say...........TOW Lemon aid?..............................TOW Expensive car trips? ...................TOWS It can carry rock and roll..............TRAM Bouncer's locale........................TRAMPOLINE Offensive lines ........................TRASHTALK Dating guide for woodsy types?..........TREERINGS Head lock? .............................TRESS Bun ingredients?........................TRESSES Threat bearing small arms?..............TREX Screen guild?: Abbr. ...................TSA Wanders around the airport?.............TSA Tower in the bay .......................TUG Last part of this club..................TYPO They're hung across roads ..............UIES Strings of islands? ....................UKES Person who's critical at first..........UMP Looked over slides at home, say.........UMPED Judges those who steal .................UMPS Works
at home? .........................UMPS One calling strikes, in short...........UNIONREP Labor pain..............................UNIONSTRIKE One
across the border? .................UNO Tender one? ............................UNUM Try to see the present? ................UNWRAP Drop, like flies?.......................UNZIP Short lines at the checkout? ...........UPC Lines at the grocery store? ............UPCS Higher calling? ........................UPHERE Mint green? ............................USDOLLARS Accord of 1985? ........................USEDCAR Thanks for Tom Hanks, maybe? ...........USERID Put people in their places? ............USHERED Group of red states, for short .........USSR Red letters? ...........................USSR Ones taking a lot of interest in their work? .........................USURERS Development
sites? .....................UTERI The answer is blowin' in the wind.......VANE Poetic licenses?........................VANITYPLATES Johnson and Johnson, e.g. ..............VEEPS Nearly 29% of Tel Aviv? ................VEES Deer departed?..........................VENISON Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written........VERBOSE One shooting the bull? .................VET One who fixes toys, e.g. ...............VET Spot checker? ..........................VET Professionals who conduct lab inspections?............................VETS They're blue, because nothing rhymes with purple ............................VIOLETS It has a stripe on its back? ...........VISA Majority of Europeans?..................VOWELS Cape
horn? .............................VUVUZELA Mass consumption?.......................WAFERS Mass distribution?......................WAFERS Target for middle management? ..........WAIST Sun spot?...............................WANTAD Occasion for throwing and folding.......WASHDAY One
with his name in lights? ...........WATT Wicked stuff?...........................WAX Something that's designed to be buggy?..WEB What separates the gulls from the buoys?..................................WEBBEDFEET Bond films?.............................WEDDINGVIDEOS Works in bed? ..........................WEEDS You'll want to get them out of your bed ............................WEEDS Leaves in tears?........................WEEPINGWILLOW One
who can't handle their moonshine
Stage productions? .....................WESTERNS Unwelcome benchmark? .........................WETPAINT One with large calves...................WHALE Things that can be popped on hogs.......WHEELIES Question not asked on "Jeopardy!".......WHY
Lady
Gaga cover?........................WIG One who won't take just any cab?........WINESNOB Port authorities?.......................WINESNOBS Port authority? ........................WINO Grape nuts?.............................WINOS Place to get a life? ...................WOMB Game where you can play rough but you can't play fair?........................WORDLE Like this clue, which is unnecessarily verbose and could be way more succinct than it is..............................WORDY Ones who are likely to go in to labor early...................................WORKAHOLICS Lousy sausages?.........................WURSTS "Dude...your fly".......................XYZ Union representative? ..................YANKEE Collection of senior moments?...........YEARBOOK Time's role in the book business........YELLOWER Unsafe words?...........................YEROUT "Look at this Duncan toy over here!"....YOAYOYO Swiss air lines?........................YODEL Mountain climber’s strains .............YODELS Buy
for a bender .......................YOGAPANTS Promising words from an eye doctor? ....YOULLSEE Zip line?...............................YOURFLYISOPEN London Zoo feature? ....................ZED Round number? ..........................ZERO Showed staggering ability? ...................ZIGZAGGED Prepares to exit the stall, say.........ZIPS Pole vault unit? .......................ZLOTY Make undead ............................ZOMBIFY
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