| Colour of jet |
The Times Concise |
08 Aug 2025 |
| & 13A 2006 film drama starring Carice van Houten and Sebastian Koch (5,4) |
Mirror Quiz |
02 Aug 2025 |
| Background colour of the Cornish flag (5) |
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| Snooker ball colour (5) |
Mirror Classic |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Who stars as Steve in A Minecraft Movie? (5) |
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| PlusWord No 1148 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
13 Jul 2025 |
| Colour of a snooker ball worth seven points (5) |
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| ___ Sabbath (1-Across's legendary band) |
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| "__ Panther" |
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| One of the hues in a Crayola eight-pack |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Our star's movie: -- Hawk |
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| Jack ___, actor (5) |
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| & 20A 1932 novel by Evelyn Waugh set on the fictional island of Azania (5,8) |
Mirror Quiz |
16 Jun 2025 |
| 1932 novel by Evelyn Waugh set on the fictional island of Azania (5,8) |
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| (and 6 Across) Comeback only affected what may be under the table (5,7) |
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| Color of lives that natter to BLM group (5) |
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| Colour of the ball worth seven points in snooker (5) |
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| How things may look when there's a noted shortage (5) |
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| Very dark colour (5) |
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| "Orange Is the New ___," TV series in which Flaca debates the usage of the phrase "I could care less," highlighting its grammatical inaccuracy |
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| Not showing any losses |
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| Our star's movie series: Men in - |
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| Left back outside, in the dark (5) |
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| Ian -, 1958 Commonwealth 220 yds butterfly swimming gold medallist |
Mirror Quiz |
12 May 2025 |
| Fear Of A _ Planet (5) |
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| Boycott lecturer in the end |
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| Dark colour |
Mirror Classic |
21 Apr 2025 |
| 1873 novel by R M Ballantyne (5,5) |
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| & 22A 1873 novel by R M Ballantyne (5,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
12 Apr 2025 |
| and 6 She has a consuming interest in the opposite sex |
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| The ____ Prince, Edward of Woodstock |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Wager about a pound on "Sooty" (5) |
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| See 24 Across |
Mirror Quiz |
10 Mar 2025 |
| When did Barbie make her debut? On this day in 1959, rocking her iconic ___ and white striped swimsuit. Talk about an entrance! |
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| Berry whose name begins with the color of night? |
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| Opposite of white |
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| Gloomy chess player? (5) |
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| "Orange Is the New ___" |
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| The ___berry is 1 across fruticosus (5) |
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| Bad spelling etc creates shortage in London hospital (5,4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Line held by defender, a player in game (5) |
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| Onyx |
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| Keira Knightley stars in "_ Doves" |
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| ___ Swan, Natalie Portman film (5) |
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| "___ Monday," 2019 series which is a satirical take on the events leading to the 1987 stock market crash |
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| Ball worth seven points in snooker |
The Telegraph Plusword |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Color of a chess piece |
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| Return to not being in debt? Well that's Amy's story (4,2,5) |
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| Like some coffee and comedy |
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| NZ cricket team, ... Caps (5) |
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| British want jet |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Jan 2025 |
| With 62-Across, game in which players can hit or stand |
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| School of Rock's Jack |
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| In archery, the white mark in the centre of a target (5) |
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| The 'Mamba' linked to one of the brothers in 84 across. (5) |
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| Like coffee without milk, e.g. |
The Telegraph Mini |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Meet Joe ___--, 1999 film with Brad Pitt and Sir Anthony Hopkins (5) |
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| "___ Hawk Down," Oscar-winning 2001 combat film directed by Ridley Scott starring Josh Hartnett |
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| Jack _, played the lead in Gulliver's Travels (5) |
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| Sitcom starring Dylan Moran, ___-- Books (5) |
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| Snooker ball worth seven points (5) |
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| With 4-Down, harbinger of a thunderstorm |
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| Dick Turpin's horse, - - - Bess |
Mirror Tea Time |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Checkers piece color |
Commuter |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Roger ..... , 1986 Commonwealth 400m gold medallist (5) |
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| Like a novel tulip, often potted (5) |
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| Like more than 60% of WNBA players |
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| ____ Rod, House of Lords official |
The Telegraph Mini |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Chess player left in company of champion (5) |
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| Like spades or clubs |
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| The color of a raven flying in the night |
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| She has a consuming interest in the opposite sex (5,5) |
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| Dark color of the sky on a starless night, or the color of a raven |
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| What is the color of the middle ring in the Olympic flag? |
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| Ridley Scott film featuring Josh Hartnett and Eric Bana (5) |
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| Jack ___, star of The School of Rock (5) |
Puzzler |
02 Sep 2024 |
| _ bonnet, notable feature of Vauxhall's HB Viva GT (5) |
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| Gloomy in the shade |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Colour |
Mirror Quick |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Colour that's second to play in chess |
The Telegraph Mini |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Color of onyx ... or the final martial arts belt color |
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| & 21D The -, 1950 adventure film starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles (5,4) |
Mirror Quiz |
11 Jul 2024 |
| The -, 1950 adventure film starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles (5,4) |
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| & 11D 1939 novel by Rumer Godden (5,9) |
Mirror Quiz |
10 Jul 2024 |
| 1939 novel by Rumer Godden (5,9) |
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| Gulliver's Travels star, Jack _ (5) |
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| NZL 32, winner of the 1995 America's Cup, is better known by what name? (5,5) |
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| Support gets student gloomy (5) |
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| 1994 French Open men's doubles tennis champion with Jonathan Stark (5,5) |
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| Our star's movie: - Mass |
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| With 2-Down, ripe, dark salad bit |
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| Colour of racing flag used to summon a driver to the pits (5) |
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| Support about fifty boycotted by union (5) |
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| _ Beauty, Anna Sewell novel (5) |
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| Book shortage predicament: there's no escaping it (5,4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Part of BLM |
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| One way to order coffee |
New York Times |
02 Jun 2024 |
| With 2-Down, witchcraft |
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| Coal color... and a color in the Olympic logo that represents Africa |
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| ___ Widow, female superhero from Marvel Comics who is a master spy and a great marksman |
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| Preston Innovations team, Winter League Champs 2024 (5,5) |
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| The seven ball is put up by one making a gaffee (5) |
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| In snooker, the sevenball (5) |
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| "___-and-white situation" (idiom with antonyms) |
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| The colour of a stamp for Penny? (5) |
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| Veteran entertainer, Cilla _ (5) |
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| Boycott's colour (5) |
|
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| 1930 stage play by Agatha Christie (5,6) |
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| &17A 1930 stage play by Agatha Christie |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Apr 2024 |
| 2022 superhero film starring Pierce Bronson, Quintessa Swindell, Sarah Shahi, and Dwanye Johnson (5,4) |
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| ___ Beauty, horse story (5) |
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| A judo expert would have a belt of which colour? (5) |
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| Berry whose name begins with the color of night? |
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| Boy's first to want very dark colour (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Mar 2024 |
| The _ Dahlia, 1987 crime fiction novel by James Ellroy (5) |
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| Darkest colour (5) |
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| Coffee order for vitamin deficiency? (5) |
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| Cilla ___, singer who hosted the TV shows Blind Date and Surprise Surprise |
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| Flight recorder, ... box |
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| But this Prince was a whiteman (5) |
|
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| Meet Joe ___--, 1999 film with Brad Pitt (5) |
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| See 15 Down |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Coffee without milk |
|
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| Veteran Liverpudlian entertainer, Cilla _ (5) |
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| "Meet Joe ___" -- 1998 film with Brad Pitt (5) |
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| How some people like their coffee |
New York Times Mini |
09 Jan 2024 |
| ___-eyed peas, legumes found in a Hoppin' John that you can savor after New Year festivities |
|
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| Jack ---, comedic actor in box B (5) |
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| Midnight fly? |
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| ___ Panther: Wakanda Forever won Oscar for best costumes (5) |
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| Ultraviolet bulb/Deem as undesirable |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Snooker ball of highest value (5) |
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| Popular name for the political party founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton |
The Guardian Weekend |
16 Dec 2023 |
| Snooker ball colour |
Mirror Classic |
14 Dec 2023 |
| "___ Ice," 2008 hit song by AC/DC with an album that has the same name |
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| Book shortage not propitious? |
|
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| Word used to describe coffee or tea without cream or milk; or, an informal term for currant cordial served with a liquor, such as rum (5) |
|
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| Nickname of the 21/17 women's rugby union team |
The Guardian Weekend |
25 Nov 2023 |
| Sitcom starring Dylan Moran, ----- Books (5) |
|
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| Color of a dark night or a type of salt |
|
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| ___ tupelo, tree whose leaves turn red during fall |
|
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| ___ Widow, fictional Marvel character who has a "charcoal-colored" name |
|
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| ___ Eyed Peas, group whose songs "I Gotta Feeling" and "Boom Boom Pow" were simultaneously #1 and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
|
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| Darkness |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Jul 2023 |
| Word that this puzzle's author uses frequently ... and that pairs with both parts of 17-, 25-, 51- and 61-Across |
Universal |
27 Jan 2023 |
| Color of squid ink pasta |
USA Today |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Colour of soot |
The Times Concise |
14 Nov 2022 |
| Chess board colour or Quebec lake |
Canadiana |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Wayne and Cara ___, tennis-playing siblings who have won Wimbledon as a pair |
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| ____ Lake, Quebec |
Canadiana |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Part of BIPOC |
Universal |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Hey Mabel _____ Label |
Canadiana |
06 Jun 2022 |
| "___ Caesar," 1973 American mafia film starring Fred Williamson and Gloria Hendry |
|
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| Inky |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Mar 2022 |
| With 23 Down, not to be crossed |
Canadiana |
21 Feb 2022 |
| "Ma Rainey's ___ Bottom," 2020 movie starring Viola Davis as the titular character |
|
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| Designation given to Tuesday 29 October 1929 |
The Guardian Weekend |
22 Jan 2022 |
| ___ Forest, mountain range in Germany that is home to Blauen |
|
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| How some prefer their coffee |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2022 |
| The ___ Mamba, "Love Is On My Side" band that represented Portugal in the 2021 Eurovision |
|
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| "___ Lightning," four-seasons-long TV series starring Cress Williams that ended in 2021 |
|
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| "The ___ Stallion," 1979 adventure film based on a 1941 children's novel of the same name |
|
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| Player left to go in second |
|
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| & 23 Across Rockers quiz clubs about let on city houses |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Aug 2021 |
| Coffee order |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Aug 2021 |
| British capital deficit creates this sort of market? |
|
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| ___ Jack, aniseed-flavored chewing gum originally made of chicle |
|
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| "___ Parade," single by Beyonce which won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance in 2021 |
|
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| "The ___ Cat," gothic story by Edgar Allan Poe which follows the story of an unreliable narrator |
|
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| ___ cat who appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" who has sometimes been his enemy, love interest and ally |
|
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| "The ___ Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable," 2007 book by author Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
|
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| "___ Balloon," hit song by the Goo Goo Dolls from their album "Dizzy Up the Girl" that was nominated for a Grammy in 2000 |
|
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| ___ Eye Galaxy, galaxy named after its dark dust band and bright nucleus |
|
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| "Man in ___," 1971 song written and recorded by Johnny Cash from album of the same name |
|
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| Chess piece color |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2021 |
| _____River, New Brunswick |
Canadiana |
01 Feb 2021 |
| ___, Starr, & Frost, oldest jewelry firm in America that was founded in 1810 |
|
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| Illicit sort of coffee bar |
|
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| & 17 & 22 Conrad, possibly, is even more dull creating a social movement |
|
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| ___ leggings, popular bottom wear from the '80s music scene worn by the likes of Slash |
|
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| Publisher Conrad |
Canadiana |
02 Nov 2020 |
| ___ Uhuru, reggae group behind hits like "Shine Eye Gal" and "Plastic Smile" |
|
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| Of the darkest colour |
The Times Concise |
19 Sep 2020 |
| Eye ___, functional makeup applied by baseball or lacrosse players to reduce glare |
|
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| With 34-Down, regions that can only be entered ... and a hint to the starred answers |
Universal |
26 May 2020 |
| The circled letters in the first shaded area |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Hugo ___, longtime Supreme Court justice |
|
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| "___ Widow," 2020 film starring Scarlett Johansson where she will reprise her role as Natasha Romanoff |
|
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| "___ Mirror," Netflix series created series by Charlie Brooker which is a science fiction anthology |
|
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| 1991 song written by Eddie Vedder that was featured in the sixth season finale of the TV series "Cold Case" |
|
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| Jet color? |
Universal |
04 Dec 2019 |
| British want coffee served thus? |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Nov 2019 |
| Ebony |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Nov 2019 |
| "___ Hawk Down," 2001 war film about the 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military, whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer |
|
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| ___ Friday, day following Thanksgiving which marks the beginning of Christmas shopping season |
|
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| Served without milk |
The Times Concise |
11 Jul 2019 |
| One side in 70-Down |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Side in chess |
The Times Concise |
02 Jul 2019 |
| ___ pepper, plant that has existed on Earth since the Cretaceous period |
|
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| One side in 70-Down |
|
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| Crow's color |
Newsday |
30 Dec 2018 |
| Chess player's bishop something that's missing |
|
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| Colour of sheep standing out from the flock? Half blue, with a cloudy pink at the end |
|
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| _____ Berry , or notorious tycoon Conrad |
Canadiana |
17 Sep 2018 |
| Halloween hue |
USA Today |
12 Sep 2018 |
| Coffee preference |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2018 |
| Jet seven in 24 |
|
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| Hopeless chess player |
|
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| ___ Panther, fictional superhero from the kingdom of Wakanda |
|
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| Conrad and Barbara _____ |
Canadiana |
25 Jun 2018 |
| (Of coffee) without milk |
The Times Concise |
19 Jun 2018 |
| *Hypothetical object that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation |
The Washington Post |
01 Jun 2018 |
| *Hypothetical object that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2018 |
| "___ Panther," film series set in the fictional African nation of Wakanda |
|
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| Coffee preference |
|
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| Halloween hue |
|
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| *Hypothetical object that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation |
|
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| ___ Widow, Marvel character who goes by the name of Natalia Romanoff and appears in "The Avengers" movies |
|
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| Arthur ____ ( Host of CBC's Basic Black ) |
Canadiana |
17 Apr 2017 |
| Chess side |
Jonesin |
14 Mar 2017 |
| Poe title color |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2017 |
| Grimly funny champion (outside left) |
|
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| Chess side |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Jan 2017 |
| *One side of a 23-Across piece |
New York Times |
10 Jan 2017 |
| *Comic actor / *Card game ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2017 |
| *Comic actor / *Card game ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
|
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| *One side of a 23-Across piece |
|
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| Dark lawyer's brief acknowledgement |
|
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| With "and" and 67-Across, what 17-, 29-, 45- and 59-Across are |
USA Today |
06 Jul 2016 |
| With "and" and 67-Across, what 17-, 29-, 45- and 59-Across are |
|
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| Chess board colour or Quebec lake |
Canadiana |
30 Nov 2015 |
| Eye colour indicative of a moral blemish? |
|
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| *Stephen Hawking subject |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2015 |
| Dark and criminal lord? |
|
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| Jack of 'School of Rock' |
Wall Street Journal |
22 May 2015 |
| *Stephen Hawking subject |
|
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| Jack of "School of Rock" |
|
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| Tragic line accepted by sponsor |
|
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| Night vision? |
|
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| __ comedy |
|
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| Very gloomy game opponent |
|
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| Roulette bet |
|
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| Jet — to get hence to 24 via 5 down, 7 etc, 18 across, 15? |
|
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| Sullen from a vitamin deficiency? |
|
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| Roulette bet |
|
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| Chess side |
|
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| Magic color? |
|
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| Ebony |
|
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| See 1-Across |
|
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| Potter's godfather |
|
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| Halloween hue |
|
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| Coffee preference |
|
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| Coffee preference |
|
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| Roulette bet |
|
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| __ belt |
|
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| Chess choice |
|
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| __ belt |
|
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| With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
|
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| Like coffee sans cream |
|
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| Like coffee sans cream |
|
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| Panther color |
|
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| Supreme Court justice for 34 years |
|
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| Beginning of a transformation |
|
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| Supreme Court justice for 34 years |
|
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| Shade of 17- and 57-Across |
|
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| Jet |
|
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| Crow's color |
|
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| Enveloped in darkness |
|
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| Forbidding, as 25-Down |
|
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| Coffee preference |
|
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| With 17-Down, subject of this puzzle's leaps |
|
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| With 17-Down, subject of this puzzle's leaps |
|
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| ___ Tuesday (October 29, 1929, when the 25-Down collapsed) |
|
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| This puzzle's theme |
|
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| Chess choice |
|
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| This puzzle's theme |
|
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| Sans cream |
|
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| African-American |
|
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| Served without milk or cream |
|
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| ___ Sea (waters between Europe and Asia) |
|
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| Coffee order |
|
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| Coffee order |
|
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| Even-money roulette play |
|
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| Inky |
|
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| Chess choice |
|
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| Magic color? |
|
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| Ravenous? |
|
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| Sans cream |
|
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| Jet |
|
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| With 42-Across, a famous pirate |
|
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| Longtime Supreme Court name |
|
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| Expanse also called the Euxine |
|
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| Color of 63 Down |
|
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| Poe's "The ___ Cat" |
|
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| Ebon or raven |
|
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| Anna Sewall's "Beauty." |
|
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| Supreme Court Justice. |
|
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| Missouri-Arkansas river, flowing into White River. |
|
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| Chess side |
|
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| Epithet for a kettle |
|
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| Supreme Court Justice since 1937. |
|
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| Justice, U. S. Supreme Court. |
|
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| Justice of the Supreme Court. |
|
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| Like some humor |
|
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| Ex-Senator, now Supreme Court justice. |
|
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| Member of the Supreme Court. |
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