| Visibility reducer |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Feb 2026 |
| Difficult weather condition for driving |
New York Times |
28 Jan 2026 |
| Vapour |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Dec 2025 |
| Foggy state |
LA Times Daily |
22 Dec 2025 |
| Skyline obscurer |
LA Times Daily |
18 Dec 2025 |
| From 11 on the radio, Blur |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Visibility problem |
Universal |
30 Aug 2025 |
| State of confusion |
New York Times |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Thin fog |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Smog, e.g. |
New York Times |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Smog yellowish-brown mostly |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Light fog |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2025 |
| Low-visibility condition |
Universal |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Smoggy weather |
|
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| Difficult air to see through |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2025 |
| A vapour, mist or shimmer due to heat obscuring vision (4) |
|
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| Vapour, mist (4) |
|
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| Mental fog |
New York Times Mini |
30 May 2025 |
| Mist |
Mirror Tea Time |
28 May 2025 |
| The mist of dried grasses so to speak (4) |
|
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| "Purple ___" (1967 Jimi Hendrix song) |
|
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| Mistiness he found going around Arizona (4) |
|
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| Misty phenomenon on hot days (4) |
Puzzler |
20 Feb 2025 |
| Taylor Swift song, "Lavender -" |
|
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| Fog or air pollution |
|
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| Mist (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Blurry mental state |
Universal |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Foggy mental state |
New York Times |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Dusty mist (4) |
|
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| Purple ____, Jimi Hendrix song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Mental blur |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Purple ___-, Jimi Hendrix hit released in 1967 (4) |
|
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| Misty phenomenon on hot days |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Oct 2024 |
| Visible air pollution |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Mist in Middlesex town we hear? |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Smog |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Oct 2024 |
| "Purple" (Hendrix classic) |
|
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| Light mist in part of West London, reportedly (4) |
|
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| Visibility blocker |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Fog |
Commuter |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Mist |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Hendrix hit "Purple ___" |
|
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| Thin fog |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2024 |
| State of confusion |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Visibility reducer |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2024 |
| State of confusion or blurriness (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Mist |
The Telegraph Mini |
13 Jun 2024 |
| Reason to turn on headlights |
New York Times |
31 May 2024 |
| Confusion caused by lack of clarity (4) |
|
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| Smog |
USA Today Quick |
25 May 2024 |
| Mental fog |
Commuter |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Foggy state |
LA Times Daily |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Jimi Hendrix's "Purple ___" |
|
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| Misty fog |
|
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| Slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere (4) |
|
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| Mist |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jan 2024 |
| A word for thick fog, thin mist, lack of definition, obscurity of perception or a state of confusion that also means to bully, rag, vex with excess work or subject to horseplay (4) |
|
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| Word after "Lavender" and "Purple," in song titles |
LA Times Daily |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Mental confusion |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Sunrise obscurer |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Fog or smog, e.g. (rhymes with "daze") |
|
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| Visibility lessener |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Oct 2023 |
| Visibility obstacle |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2023 |
| Visibility lessener |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Oct 2023 |
| View-obscuring weather |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Mental blur (rhymes with "daze") |
|
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| Visibility lessener |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Mental fuzziness |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jul 2023 |
| Jimi Hendrix's 'Purple ___' |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Mental fog |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jun 2023 |
| Jimi Hendrix song "Purple ___" |
|
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| Thin fog |
Newsday |
09 May 2023 |
| Mist |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Mar 2023 |
| Lack of clarity |
Newsday |
09 Mar 2023 |
| It's like mist but with pollutants |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2023 |
| Thin fog |
Newsday |
21 Nov 2022 |
| Skyline obscurer |
LA Times Daily |
25 Sep 2022 |
| 'Purple ___' |
New York Times |
27 Jul 2022 |
| Unclear mental state |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2022 |
| Visibility lessener |
Wall Street Journal |
18 May 2022 |
| Mental fog |
Universal |
24 Apr 2022 |
| It reduces visibility |
Universal |
10 Mar 2022 |
| Obstacle to visibility |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2022 |
| Visibility lessener |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Feb 2022 |
| Visibility hindrance |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jan 2022 |
| Visibility hindrance |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jan 2022 |
| Visibility hindrance |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Dec 2021 |
| Visibility lessener |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Nov 2021 |
| Smoky atmosphere |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Thin mist |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Visibility reducer |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Sep 2021 |
| Result of pollution |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 May 2021 |
| Clip of tree nut in Cloud |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Apr 2021 |
| Intrusive weather |
Newsday |
22 Apr 2021 |
| Mental confusion |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Jimi Hendrix song "Purple ___" |
|
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| Mist |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Feb 2021 |
| Visibility reducer |
Universal |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Blur caused by forest fires |
|
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| Thin fog |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2020 |
| Thin fog |
The Washington Post |
29 Dec 2020 |
| Visibility lessener |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Smog, e.g |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2020 |
| Smog effect |
|
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| Visibility reducer |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2020 |
| Slight mist |
The Times Concise |
01 Aug 2020 |
| Visibility hindrance |
USA Today |
24 May 2020 |
| Atmospheric result of forest fires |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Visibility hindrance |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Mar 2020 |
| Metaphor for confusion |
Newsday |
12 Mar 2020 |
| Mostly light brown dust in the air? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Mar 2020 |
| Visibility obstacle |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2020 |
| Vista blocker |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Mental fog |
Premier Sunday |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Light fog |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Jul 2019 |
| Paddle at a 24-Across, perhaps |
USA Today |
16 Jun 2019 |
| Smoky obscuration |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Jun 2019 |
| Unclarity |
Universal |
31 May 2019 |
| Hindrance to visibility |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Visibility reducer |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Sunset obscurer |
The Washington Post |
01 Mar 2019 |
| Sunset obscurer |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2019 |
| Visibility lessener |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Visibility reducer |
|
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| Paddle at a 24-Across, perhaps |
|
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| Sunset obscurer |
|
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| Unclarity |
|
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| Visibility reducer |
|
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| Visibility lessener |
|
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| Atmospheric phenomenon wherein dust or smoke makes vision difficult |
|
|
| Thin fog |
Newsday |
13 Aug 2018 |
| "Purple ___," 1967 song written and played by Jimi Hendrix |
|
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| Visibility inhibitor |
Universal |
23 Jul 2018 |
| Visibility reducer |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Thin mist |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 May 2018 |
| Dreamy state |
New York Times |
30 May 2018 |
| Muddied thoughts |
|
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| Mental blur |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2018 |
| The night before, to a hard partier? |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Sight blocker |
|
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| Thin fog |
|
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| Metaphor for discombobulation |
Newsday |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Visibility inhibitor |
|
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| Dreamy state |
|
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| Mental blur |
|
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| The night before, to a hard partier? |
|
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| Visibility inhibitor |
The Washington Post |
01 Jan 2018 |
| Visibility inhibitor |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jan 2018 |
| Visibility inhibitor |
|
|
| Mist with tree not totally visible |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Dec 2017 |
| Mistiness |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Nov 2017 |
| Smog-like problem that is also part of a Jimi Hendrix song name |
|
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| Confused state of mind |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Faint mist |
Universal |
18 Aug 2017 |
| Misty condition |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2017 |
| Atmospheric obscurer |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2017 |
| Rag offering dances for audience? |
|
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| Confusion |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2017 |
| Confusion, to Jimi Hendrix |
Universal |
24 Feb 2017 |
| Try to break, as a pledge |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
06 Jan 2017 |
| Muddled state |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jan 2017 |
| Confusion |
|
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| Confusion, to Jimi Hendrix |
|
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| Faint mist |
|
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| Try to break, as a pledge |
|
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| Confused state of mind |
|
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| Visible air |
Premier Sunday |
11 Dec 2016 |
| Navigation hazard |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Skyline obscurer |
USA Today |
29 Oct 2016 |
| Whack with a pledge paddle, say |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2016 |
| Confused state |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2016 |
| Hangover feeling |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2016 |
| Rag involving jigs by the sound of it? |
|
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| Tree not entirely visible in mist |
|
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| Smog |
The Washington Post |
21 Jul 2016 |
| It decreases visibility |
The Washington Post |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Confused memories |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jun 2016 |
| Film abuse in Hollywood |
|
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| "Purple __" (Hendrix classic) |
Universal |
04 May 2016 |
| Mental vagueness |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Mist in west London area reported |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Jan 2016 |
| Skyline obscurer |
|
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| Whack with a pledge paddle, say |
|
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| Navigation hazard |
|
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| Indistinctness |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2015 |
| Visibility hindrance |
Universal |
04 Sep 2015 |
| Mental vagueness |
Family Time |
08 Mar 2015 |
| Mental vagueness |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2015 |
| Visibility reducer |
|
|
| Mental vagueness |
|
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| Smog |
|
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| Indistinctness |
|
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| Visibility hindrance |
|
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| Purple cloud, la Hendrix |
|
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| Skyline-blurring condition |
|
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| "Purple ___" (Hendrix classic) |
|
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| Low-visibility cause |
|
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| Cloud |
|
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| State of confusion |
|
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| Run through the gantlet, say |
|
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| Befuddled state |
|
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| See 9-Down |
|
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| Visibility obstacle |
|
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| Befuddled state |
|
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| Horizon hider |
|
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| Skyline obscurer |
|
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| Mental cloudiness |
|
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| Hendrix' was "Purple" |
|
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| Light smog |
|
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| Break a pledge? |
|
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| Mental vagueness |
|
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| Smog |
|
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| Visibility hamperer |
|
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| Visibility hamperer |
|
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| Atmospheric aggregation |
|
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| Visibility impairer |
|
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| Skyline-blurring phenomenon |
|
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| Visibility impairer |
|
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| Smog or fog |
|
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| "Purple ___" |
|
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| Confusing situation |
|
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| Smog sibling |
|
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| Smog, e.g. |
|
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| Skyline-blurring phenomenon |
|
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| Confused state |
|
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| Smoky state |
|
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| "Purple ___" (Hendrix) |
|
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| Skyline obscurer |
|
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| Obscuring cloud |
|
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| Fog or smog |
|
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| Visibility hamperer |
|
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| Confused state of mind |
|
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| Mist |
|
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| Skyline obscurer |
|
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| Smog, e.g. |
|
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| Mental vagueness |
|
|
| Visibility problem |
|
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| Visibility problem |
|
|
| Mist |
|
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| Smog, e.g. |
|
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| Sight blocker |
|
|
| State of mental confusion |
|
|
| Jimi Hendrix's "Purple ___" |
|
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| Give a paddling, maybe |
|
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| Summer forecast, maybe |
|
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| "Purple ___" (Jimi Hendrix song) |
|
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| Lack of clarity |
|
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| Smoky mist |
|
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| "Purple ___" (rock classic) |
|
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| "Purple ___" (Hendrix song) |
|
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| Put through pledging torture |
|
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| "Purple ___" (Jimi Hendrix song) |
|
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| Cloudiness |
|
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| Confused state |
|
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| Mental fog |
|
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| State of confusion |
|
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| Put through demeaning rituals |
|
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| Sun block |
|
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| State of mental confusion |
|
|
| Word in a Hendrix song title |
|
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| Visibility hindrance |
|
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| Initiate without dignity |
|
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| Visibility killer |
|
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| Initiate without dignity |
|
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| Skyline obscurer |
|
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| Misty condition |
|
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| Visibility problem |
|
|
| Atmospheric condition |
|
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| Hazard to navigation |
|
|
| Blur |
|
|
| Lolita's surname |
|
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| Vision obscurer |
|
|
| Confused state of mind |
|
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| Confusion |
|
|
| Obscurity |
|
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| Visibility reducer |
|
|
| Confused state |
|
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| Blur |
|
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| Misty condition |
|
|
| "Purple ___" (Hendrix tune) |
|
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| Fog |
|
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| Skyline obscurer |
|
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| Confused state |
|
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| Vague state of mind |
|
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| Confused state |
|
|
| Humiliate, as freshmen |
|
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| Initiate, maybe |
|
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| Mental confusion |
|
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| Visibility problem |
|
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| Fog relative |
|
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| Visibility hamperer |
|
|
| State of mental confusion |
|
|
| Soft-focus effect |
|
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| Mist |
|
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| Paddle, perhaps |
|
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| Treat a pledge poorly |
|
|
| Smoke-filled room phenomenon |
|
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| Smoke-filled room phenomenon |
|
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| Initiate, in a way |
|
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| Visibility problem |
|
|
| It's on the meadow in "Oklahoma!" |
|
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| Smoky mist |
|
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| Fog |
|
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| Smog consequence |
|
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| Visibility problem |
|
|
| Fog |
|
|
| Initiate, in a way |
|
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| See 41-Down |
|
|
| Mist |
|
|
| Cause of low visibility |
|
|
| Initiate cruelly |
|
|
| Cause of low visibility |
|
|
| Smog |
|
|
| Soft-focus effect |
|
|
| Dolores ___ (Lolita) |
|
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| Nabokov surname |
|
|
| Soft-focus effect |
|
|
| Put through hell week |
|
|
| Some confusion |
|
|
| 1967 Jimi Hendrix hit "Purple ____" |
|
|
| Jimi Hendrix's "Purple ___" |
|
|
| Part of many a summer forecast |
|
|
| Demean, as pledges |
|
|
| It gives the air an opalescent appearance |
|
|
| Harass the pledges |
|
|
| Skyline obscurer |
|
|
| Jimi Hendrix hit "Purple ___" |
|
|
| Confused state of mind. |
|
|
| Ozone alert prompter |
|
|
| Smog |
|
|
| Atmospheric blurring |
|
|
| Stoner's milieu |
|
|
| Taunt, as fraternity pledges |
|
|
| Fog |
|
|
| "Purple ___" (song played at Woodstock) |
|
|
| Harass, in a way |
|
|
| Visibility-reducing moisture |
|
|
| Atmospheric obfuscation |
|
|
| Hendrix hit "Purple _____" |
|
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| Sea mist |
|
|
| "Purple _____" (rock classic) |
|
|
| Weather phenomenon |
|
|
| Part of a summer forecast |
|
|
| Mist |
|
|
| Thin fog |
|
|
| Torment a pledge |
|
|
| Harass a prospective frat member |
|
|
| Hendrix's was "Purple" |
|
|
| Confused state |
|
|
| Mental confusion |
|
|
| Jimi Hendrix hit Purple ___ |
|
|
| Confusion |
|
|
| Blurring phenomenon |
|
|
| Demean, as pledges |
|
|
| Confusion |
|
|
| Put through pledging torture |
|
|
| Fog relative |
|
|
| Mist |
|
|
| It follows "Purple" in a song title |
|
|
| Smog consequence |
|
|
| Cause of low visibility |
|
|
| Cloudy condition |
|
|
| Run pledges through the gantlet, say |
|
|
| Thin fog |
|
|
| Fine mist |
|
|
| Atmospheric mist |
|
|
| Mental vagueness |
|
|
| Visibility problem |
|
|
| Vagueness |
|
|
| Harass the pledges |
|
|
| Confused thoughts |
|
|
| Smog's cousin |
|
|
| Smog or fog |
|
|
| Atmospheric phenomenon |
|
|
| L.A. problem |
|
|
| Weather word |
|
|
| Cousin of mist |
|
|
| Mental vagueness |
|
|
| Harass freshmen |
|
|
| Shade of blue or gray |
|
|
| Visibility reducer |
|
|
| Skyline overcast |
|
|
| Film |
|
|
| Slight confusion |
|
|
| Harass |
|
|
| Fogginess |
|
|
| What smog is called in L.A. |
|
|
| Bully |
|
|
| Vapor of fog, smoke, etc. |
|
|
| L.A. euphemism for smog |
|
|
| Subject to horseplay |
|
|
| Smog factor |
|
|
| Smog component |
|
|
| Fog's relative |
|
|
| Initiate in a way |
|
|
| Autumn air feature |
|
|
| Vagueness |
|
|
| Murk |
|
|
| Vapor. |
|
|
| Obscurity. |
|
|
| Cause of low visibility. |
|
|
| Lolita's last name |
|
|
| City atmosphere. |
|
|
| Thin vapor. |
|
|
| Slight confusion. |
|
|
| Weather word. |
|
|
| Smog. |
|
|
| Fogginess. |
|
|
| Subject to sportive maltreatment. |
|
|
| Pea soup |
|
|
| Pothead's state |
|
|
| Part of a summer forecast |
|
|
| Muddied thoughts |
|
|
| Unclear air. |
|
|
| Film. |
|
|
| Atmosphere condition. |
|
|
| Light vapor. |
|
|
| Subject to practical jokes. |
|
|
| Atmospheric phenomenon. |
|
|