| Cerebrum (5) |
Mirror Quick |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Brian turned out to be a thinker (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Vital grey organ |
Puzzler Backwords |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Word after Beat The - title of a 2015 quiz hosted by John Craven (5) |
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| Thinking organ |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Presumably one cannot use it thoughtlessly (5) |
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| Seat of intellect (5) |
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| Organ that comes up with ideas |
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| Thinking power comes from one taking bran about (5) |
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| Hit over the head (5) |
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| Here's a thought! |
New York Times Mini |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Anatomical Wilson or Cox? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Encephalic organ |
The Times Concise |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Nervous system centre (5) |
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| (and 6 Across) Angry bruiser somehow could be described as a head case (5,7) |
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| Combine the chemical symbols for Boron, Radium, Iodine, and Nitrogen to make what the cranium contains |
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| Cerebrum and cerebellum's place |
Wall Street Journal |
19 May 2025 |
| (and 6 Across) Systemic indoctrination of attitudes and beliefs with underwear item among laundry items (12) |
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| Intelligence organ (5) |
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| Cerebrum setting |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2025 |
| Bishop drops organ (5) |
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| Organ of thought and feeling (5) |
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| Decision-making human organ, and something that can be sharpened |
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| Cranium content |
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| Dennis, British horn-player killed in a car crash in 1957 (5) |
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| In anatomy, encephalon (5) |
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| Dim-witted member of Top Cat's gang; 18 Down |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Intellectual capacity |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Apr 2025 |
| It's protected by the cranium |
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| Black cats and dogs, one thinks |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Apr 2025 |
| (and 6 Across) I urge Branson to become a skilled operator (5,7) |
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| I urge Branson to become a skilled operator (5,7) |
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| Grey matter (5) |
Mirror Tea Time |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Thinker |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Mar 2025 |
| _ Blessed, English actor who voices Grandpa Pig in the children's animated series Peppa Pig (5) |
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| Einstein's much-studied body part |
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| Thinking organ |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Feb 2025 |
| The intelligence of a cobra in captivity (5) |
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| The Scarecrow's desire in "The Wizard of Oz" |
Universal |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Smartypants |
Commuter |
07 Feb 2025 |
| A big-headed wet, but intellectual (5) |
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| ___ Busters, NZ kids quiz gameshow (5) |
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| A feminine garment in mind |
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| What makes you think there's an undergarment in? (5) |
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| Refuse to let one in, which shows intelligence (5) |
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| Mind is made up in bar (5) |
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| Organ contained in the skull (5) |
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| It's worn by a woman concerned with hit on the head (5) |
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| Brian changed his mind (5) |
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| Cerebellum location |
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| I brought in the bran loaf (5) |
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| It is thoughtfully used (5) |
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| "I offer to eat five more ___ worms and still beat President Trump and President Biden in a debate. I feel confident in the result even with a six-worm handicap." (RFK Jr. tweet that has NOT aged well |
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| What makes you think there's lady's underwear in? (5) |
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| Vital grey organ studied by a neuroscientist (5) |
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| One used to think of Britain without it (5) |
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| "The Great ___" (young adult series set in 1890s Utah) |
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| Organ that controls your body (5) |
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| Mind British bad weather |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Brian's demented, one thinks (5) |
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| PlusWord No 896 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Body's centre of sensation and intellectual activity (5) |
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| Thinking organ: use your - |
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| The organ of thought (5) |
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| "Intellectual" organ |
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| What gave you the idea of putting underwear in? (5) |
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| What allows us to think of British bad weather |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Sep 2024 |
| The intelligence of a big- headed wet (5) |
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| Cerebrum setting |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Aug 2024 |
| What makes you think there's feminine apparel in (5) |
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| One thinks there's wet weather at Birkenhead (5) |
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| Organ that comes up with ideas |
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| Mind - first bit is wet |
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| Brian turned into a thinker (5) |
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| "I'm the human CPU that takes hard decisions. Who am I?" |
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| Noted feature of Amy Schneider |
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| One thinks it's a bad start when the weather's wet (5) |
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| Female support in mind (5) |
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| It left Britain the centre of sensation (5) |
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| You can get water at the Boar's Head, one thinks (5) |
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| Organ situated in the skull (5) |
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| Dennis, English French horn player who died in a car crash in 1957 (5) |
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| Thinking organ |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Jun 2024 |
| What we think with |
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| To a blockhead, a shower is a kind of storm! (5) |
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| Thinking organ |
Commuter |
23 May 2024 |
| Cerebellum (5) |
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| Vital body organ |
Mirror Tea Time |
14 May 2024 |
| Decision-making human organ, and something that can be sharpened |
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| "Gee, ___, what do you want to do tonight?" "The same thing we do every night, Pinky: Try to take over the world." |
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| You're using it now |
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| Cranium content |
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| Organ of thought (5) |
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| Organ of the intellect (5) |
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| British sort of weather is all in the mind (5) |
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| Mischievous bairn, but with intellect (5) |
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| British Rail's awful information network? For starters, it needs someone with this! (5) |
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| Dennis -, virtuoso French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 (5) |
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| Dennis -, virtuoso French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 |
Mirror Quiz |
23 Mar 2024 |
| Organ located in the head (5) |
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| Thinker needs this in middle of Cumbria beside waterfall |
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| Support garment in mind (5) |
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| CPU : Computer :: ___ : Man |
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| Location of the hippocampus (5) |
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| Matter for thought? |
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| One can think it a clever line in chaff (5) |
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| Use this body organ when you are thinking |
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| Britain managed to implicate one intelligence agent |
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| Hippocampus's organ |
Commuter |
03 Feb 2024 |
| Mind if artist goes in container (5) |
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| What made you think of building a bar at home? (5) |
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| See 6-Across |
New York Times Mini |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Location of the cerebral cortex (5) |
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| The Scarecrow wanted this |
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| Galaxy __ (meme) |
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| Einstein in British downpour |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Dec 2023 |
| Intellectual capacity |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Dec 2023 |
| Organ that thinks? |
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| Mind the b... awful weather! (5) |
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| Mind exercises, ... teasers |
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| Thinker? |
Universal |
29 Nov 2023 |
| & 18dn Triers ban sub in the quiz show (5,7) |
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| Underwear in mind (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Body's "processing center" |
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| "Intellectual" organ |
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| Body's processing center |
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| Organ with over 80 billion neurons |
Universal |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Thinking organ? |
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| Super-smart person |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2023 |
| Thought spot |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Organ with two hemispheres |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2023 |
| Organ with ideas |
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| Body part with billions of neurons |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2023 |
| Support for women with essentially fine intellect |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Nov 2022 |
| Intelligent person; organ |
The Times Concise |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Jellyfish's lack |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2022 |
| What holds up home computer? |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Jul 2022 |
| "Pinky and the ___," animated series from Kids' WB that has won six Annie Awards |
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| It's all in your head |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2022 |
| It's all in your head |
The Washington Post |
28 Apr 2022 |
| Cerebral organ |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Mar 2022 |
| One used to think of black cats and dogs |
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| Scarecrow's want in "The Wizard of Oz" |
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| What a walnut resembles |
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| Medulla oblongata's location |
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| Organ that thinks? |
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| Clever person hit on head |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jun 2021 |
| Intellectual |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jun 2021 |
| Scarecrow's desire |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jun 2021 |
| Cranium content |
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| It controls the central nervous system |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 May 2021 |
| Einstein's black cats and dogs |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Apr 2021 |
| Mind sheikhdom deporting a husband |
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| Organ with ideas |
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| 'The ___ -- is wider than the Sky' (start of an Emily Dickinson poem) |
New York Times |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Smart one |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2021 |
| Be in tears about crossing a river — it's a problem |
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| Bachelor artist, fashionable — bright guy |
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| Einstein hit on head |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Dec 2020 |
| Intellectual capacity |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Dec 2020 |
| The thought is there |
New York Times |
29 Nov 2020 |
| Cerebrum's place |
Premier Sunday |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Mental ability to understand, say, a multi-dimensional surface |
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| Scarecrow's wish, in Oz |
Universal |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Very smart person |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Mental giant |
The Washington Post |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Mental giant |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Barrister's case isn't simplified when one's ignored problem |
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| Thinking organ? |
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| Organ with lobes |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2020 |
| Thinking organ |
The Times Concise |
14 Jul 2020 |
| Reason I'll get stuck into health food |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Refuse to accept source of intelligence and intellect |
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| Thought producer |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2019 |
| Mind one tucks into fibrous food |
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| Scarecrow’s desire |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Nov 2019 |
| Mind |
The Times Concise |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Intellect |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Aug 2019 |
| Hard drive, essentially |
New York Times |
07 Aug 2019 |
| Shrewdness of British government, we hear |
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| Einstein |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Scarecrow's desire in 'The Wizard of Oz' |
New York Times |
26 Mar 2019 |
| MB's East ____ tree |
Canadiana |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Genius |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Genius |
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| Processing center? |
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| Einstein |
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| Scarecrow's desire in "The Wizard of Oz" |
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| Hard drive, essentially |
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| Bop on the bean |
LA Times Daily |
14 Dec 2018 |
| Bop on the bean |
The Washington Post |
14 Dec 2018 |
| Scarecrow's wish, in Oz |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Think tank member |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2018 |
| Think tank member |
The Washington Post |
22 Aug 2018 |
| Really smart person |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2018 |
| Really smart person |
The Washington Post |
14 Aug 2018 |
| Smart person |
Universal |
05 May 2018 |
| "Pinky and the ___," animated show with a theme song that goes "One is a genius, the other's other insane..." |
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| It's working, I think! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Feb 2018 |
| It's working, I think! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Feb 2018 |
| Item of underwear in mind |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Think tank member |
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| Bop on the bean |
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| Really smart person |
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| Scarecrow's wish, in Oz |
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| Smart person |
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| 'The chief function of the body is to carry the ___ around': Thomas Edison |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
22 Sep 2017 |
| Cranium content |
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| It has two hemispheres |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jul 2017 |
| Water fills empty butt, as always getting round problem |
|
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| Egghead having drinks with ‘er: problem! |
|
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| Support provided by India to Intelligence |
|
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| Cranium contents |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Apr 2017 |
| Puzzle sane arbiter's sorted out |
|
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| "The chief function of the body is to carry the ___ around": Thomas Edison |
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| Data processor? |
Universal |
19 Nov 2016 |
| Know-it-all |
LA Times Daily |
04 Nov 2016 |
| You can't join Mensa without one |
Universal |
13 Sep 2016 |
| Gray matter |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Aug 2016 |
| Egghead |
Universal |
12 Jul 2016 |
| Organ with ideas |
Universal |
08 Jul 2016 |
| Head piece? |
Universal |
25 Jun 2016 |
| 1 Across member |
Newsday |
31 May 2016 |
| Scarecrow's wish |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Feb 2016 |
| It should leave Britain the centre of sensation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Jan 2016 |
| Organ with ideas |
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| Egghead |
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| You can't join Mensa without one |
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| Head piece? |
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| Know-it-all |
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| It's all in your head |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2015 |
| Scarecrow's quest |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Oct 2015 |
| Intellectual support following fashion |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Aug 2015 |
| Seat of the intellect |
The Times Concise |
24 Aug 2015 |
| Cerebrum setting |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Female support at home, located in 18 partly |
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| Intellectual capacity to broadcast, initially as a rule, on the radio |
Irish Times Crosaire |
01 Aug 2015 |
| Intellectual capacity |
The Times Concise |
17 Jul 2015 |
| Thinking organ |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2015 |
| Scarecrow's quest |
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| It's all in your head |
|
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| Thinking organ |
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| Site of some lobes |
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| Oz scarecrow's desire |
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| Woody Allen's "second favorite organ" |
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| 34-Across member |
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| Jellyfish's lack |
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| Hit on the head |
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| Jellyfish's lack |
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| Hit on the head |
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| Scarecrow's lack |
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| Very smart person |
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| Genius |
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| Egghead |
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| Support given to fashionable intellectual |
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| Think tank? |
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| Cranium's contents |
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| Very intelligent person |
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| Intellectual |
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| Einstein |
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| Intellectual |
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| It's all in your head |
|
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| Scarecrow's lack |
|
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| With 25-Across, a puzzle |
|
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| Cypress Hill: "Insane in the ___" |
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| Oz Scarecrow's lack |
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| Scarecrow's lack |
|
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| Whiz kid |
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| High-IQ sort |
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| Cranium contents |
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| Smarty |
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| Computer's center, informally |
|
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| Gray matter |
|
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| Einstein |
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| Einstein |
|
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| Major processing center |
|
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| High-IQ sort |
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| Einstein |
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| Sponge's lack |
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| Source of many memories |
|
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| With 3-Down, loss of intellectual jobs |
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| Word that can precede the starts of 17-, 35- and 54-Across and 16-Down |
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| Scarecrow's wish in "The Wizard of Oz" |
|
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| Mensa member |
|
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| Mental giant |
|
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| Upper story |
|
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| Gray matter |
|
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| Implant done by Dr. Frankenstein |
|
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| Mental giant |
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| Intellect |
|
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| Gray matter |
|
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| Data processor? |
|
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| Genius |
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| Smart one, informally |
|
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| Genius |
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| Scarecrow's lack |
|
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| Control center |
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| Mensa candidate |
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| Scan target |
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| Smart guy |
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| Smart guy |
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| Smart guy |
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| It makes waves |
|
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| Einstein type |
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| Data bank |
|
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| Thinker |
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| Scarecrow's need |
|
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| Egghead |
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| Mental giant |
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| Whiz kid |
|
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| Kind of storm |
|
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| The Scarecrow's need |
|
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| Book by Robin Cook |
|
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| Word with wave or trust |
|
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| Cranium's contents |
|
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| Smart one |
|
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| Intelligence |
|
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| Robin Cook book |
|
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| Intelligent one |
|
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| Quiz kid, e.g. |
|
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| Very intelligent person |
|
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| Kind of trust |
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| Site of the pineal gland |
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| Type of storm |
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| Word with wash or storm |
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| Kind of drain |
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| Kind of child |
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| Mastermind. |
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| What the Scarecrow wanted. |
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| Computer. |
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| Intelligence center. |
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| Intelligent one. |
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| ___ storm. |
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| Head piece? |
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| Mind. |
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| Kind of wave. |
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| "A ___ of feathers, and a heart of lead."—Dunciad. |
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| "You can't process me with a normal ___." |
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| Think tank? |
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| A type of work. |
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| Cerebrum. |
|
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| ___ trust. |
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| ___ child. |
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| Intelligence. |
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| Main part of the nervous system. |
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