| Bowler's target, getting Leach for one |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Oct 2025 |
| "The ___ Benny Program," 1930s long-running comedy radio show by NBC known for its stingy, violin-playing host |
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| Tool in a trunk |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Sep 2025 |
| ___ Youngblood, NFL defensive end who played the 1979 playoffs with a fractured leg |
|
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| Black or White |
USA Today Quick |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Daniels or Black |
USA Today Quick |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Face card with the lowest value |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2025 |
| The Apartment star, ... Lemmon |
|
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| River Cartwright in Slow Horses (4,6) |
|
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| ___ Nicholson, US actor (4) |
Puzzler |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Royal flush card |
USA Today Quick |
02 Jul 2025 |
| You may find him under the car or in the boot (4) |
|
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| Device for raising heavy weights (4) |
|
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| Comedian who was a team captain on Shooting Stars, ___ Dee (4) |
|
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| Boy in many nursery rhymes |
Newsday |
23 May 2025 |
| See picture clue: ___- Whitehall, British comedian and actor (4) |
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| Picture card |
Mirror Classic |
14 May 2025 |
| Norrington in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, - Davenport (4) |
|
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| (Black[?) Black] |
USA Today Quick |
03 May 2025 |
| (Black[___ Black] |
|
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| ___- Whitehall, comedian and actor in Fresh Meat (4) |
|
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| ____ Daniels |
USA Today Quick |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Vehicle-lifting tool |
The Times Concise |
18 Apr 2025 |
| 2025 BNP Paribas Open men's singles tennis tournament winner (4,6) |
|
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| ___ Dalton; role on "MacGyver" |
|
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| ___ Brabham, F1 champion (4) |
|
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| Black of Nacho Libre |
|
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| "Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of ___ ...," lyrics from Kesha's "TiK ToK" which may be her preferred drink order |
|
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| Rating bowler's target (4) |
|
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| ___ Kerouac, writer (4) |
|
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| Winner, with fellow American Mike Bryan, of the 2018 Wimbledon and US Open Tennis Championships men's doubles titles (4,4) |
|
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| Brother of 7 Down |
Mirror Tea Time |
02 Mar 2025 |
| - - - - in the pulpit, spring-blooming woodland wildflower (4) |
|
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| Sir Kenneth Branagh's movie: - Ryan, Shadow Recruit |
|
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| Car lifter |
Commuter |
19 Feb 2025 |
| "Bernie" actor, ___ Black |
|
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| 1996 film by Francis Coppola starring Robin Williams (4) |
|
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| Car-lifting device |
Premier Sunday |
09 Feb 2025 |
| ... Tame, broadcast journalist (4) |
|
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| One of the Irish Olympians who is competing in this year's Dancing with the Stars (4,7) |
|
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| Vehicle lifter (4) |
|
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| Sailor, one that can lift a car (4) |
|
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| In a children's nursery rhyme he jumps over a candlestick (4) |
|
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| Sailor's small white bowl |
|
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| In bowls, what is a name for the small ball at which players aim? (4) |
|
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| John the weightlifter is a card (4) |
|
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| The target, in a game of bowls (4) |
|
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| Star of 2004 comedy Something's Gotta Give, ___- Nicholson (4) |
|
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| ... the lad, so to speak, who climbed a beanstalk to meet a larger-than-life chap (4) |
|
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| Poker face? |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Dec 2024 |
| With 46-Down, actor who voices Po in the "Kung Fu Panda" films |
|
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| When repeated, baby from "The Incredibles" who can burst into flames, making him a toasty winter pal: Hyph. |
|
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| The white ball in bowls (4) |
|
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| Black or White |
USA Today Quick |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Wintry nursery-rhyme character (4,5) |
|
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| See picture clue: Actor in Something's Gotta Give, ___- Nicholson (4) |
|
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| Raising mechanism (4) |
|
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| 1970 world matchplay golf champion (4,8) |
|
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| Actor Nicholson |
|
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| White ball in bowls |
Mirror Quiz |
16 Nov 2024 |
| ___ Geller, funny TV dad from "Friends" who famously forgot he had a grandchild before Ross's daughter |
|
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| Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Save The Tiger (4) |
|
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| 10-across fullback in 244 games, Garry ... (4) |
|
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| English playwright whose TV dramas include Bar Mitzvah Boy, Spend, Spend, Spend and The Knowledge |
|
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| Deadpan comedian, _ Dee (4) |
|
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| The white ball at bowls (4) |
|
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| Lift a car (in more ways than one) |
|
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| ___ o'lantern, fall staple that would butter you up with "You make me light up!" |
|
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| Liftman (4) |
|
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| Indifferent cakes crumbled and fed to crow |
|
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| ___ McConnell, former First Minister (4) |
|
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| Track cyclist; 2020 and 2024 Olympics men's team sprint silver and sprint bronze medallist representing Great Britain (4,6) |
|
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| Car hoist |
|
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| Black or White |
USA Today Quick |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Kitty or bower that could be left or right (4) |
|
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| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest actor, _ Nicholson (4) |
|
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| Face card (4) |
The Guardian Speedy |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Face card (4) |
The Guardian Speedy |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Jill's clumsy partner gets Union flag (4) |
|
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| British professional snooker player, _ Lisowski (4) |
|
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| Ball and socket |
|
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| _ Malone, Anthony LaPaglia's character in Without A Trace (4) |
|
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| ___ Black, "Dead Man Walking" actor who voiced Po in the "Kung Fu Panda" film series |
|
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| Sailor |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 May 2024 |
| Tool for lifting a car |
Universal |
22 May 2024 |
| With 7-Across, noel nose nipper |
|
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| Face card |
Mirror Quick |
15 May 2024 |
| Knave is card |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 May 2024 |
| 1947 Wimbledon men's singles tennis championship winner (4) |
|
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| Bowls target (4) |
|
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| Young male pike (4) |
|
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| Nicklaus or Nicholson (4) |
|
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| Jill's nursery-rhyme friend (4) |
|
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| Playing card figure |
|
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| ___ Grealish, Manchester City footballer (4) |
|
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| Tire changer's need |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Rose's love in "Titanic" |
|
|
| Judge to support dismissing British sailor (4) |
|
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| ___ Sparrow, fictional treasure hunter who is the captain of The Black Pearl and found the Aztec treasure on Isla de Muerta |
|
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| Queen's inferior |
|
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| Star of comedy series Fresh Meat, ___- Whitehall (4) |
|
|
| Raises idiot healthy eater? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Sprat or Sparrow? |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Mar 2024 |
| Sprat or Sparrow? (4) |
|
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| 1959 film starring Peter Sellers as a trade union leader (4) |
|
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| Car-lifting device |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Male donkey |
|
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| White bowl at which other bowls are aimed in the game of bowls (4) |
|
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| 1956 PGA Championship and Masters Tournament winner (4) |
|
|
| The personification of winter weather, _ Frost (4) |
|
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| Item in a trunk |
New York Times |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Comedian, _ Whitehall (4) |
|
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| Black or Buck |
|
|
| Nicholson of The Departed |
|
|
| Raise thing found in a suit? (4) |
|
|
| Crusaders All Black lock 2001-07 (4) |
|
|
| Raise flag |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
26 Dec 2023 |
| ... Tame, TV journalist (4) |
|
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| Little John can lift heavy items |
|
|
| Flowering plant of the arum family, - - in the pulpit (4) |
|
|
| Monterey __ cheese |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2023 |
| Rose's love interest in "Titanic" |
|
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| Aid when retiring? |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Sep 2023 |
| Means to raise flag |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Aug 2023 |
| "___ and Jill went up the hill ..." |
Universal |
13 Aug 2023 |
| The target ball in bowls |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Knave in cards |
The Times Concise |
13 Jul 2023 |
| Lowest face card |
Universal |
24 May 2023 |
| ___ Black, "School of Rock" actor who voices Bowser in the 2023 film "Super Mario Bros. Movie" |
|
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| Beanstalk boy |
Newsday |
02 Apr 2023 |
| A target on the green flag |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Mar 2023 |
| First name for both, actor Nicholson and his character Torrance from the movie "The Shining" |
|
|
| Lowest face card |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2022 |
| ___ Dorsey, programmer and entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Twitter |
|
|
| Low face? |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2022 |
| "The ___ Benny Program," '50s radio-TV comedy series starring the titular entertainer |
|
|
| Beanstalk climber in a fairy tale |
New York Times |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Playing card above a 10 |
Universal |
19 Jun 2022 |
| "Samurai ___," animated series from Cartoon Network that has won six Annie Awards |
|
|
| Sailor's flag at sea |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Card; lifting device |
The Times Concise |
03 May 2022 |
| I am screen's most-loved pirate and the captain of the Black Pearl |
|
|
| Car lifting device |
The Times Concise |
04 Mar 2022 |
| Sailor is a knave |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Feb 2022 |
| ___ White, lead singer of the White Stripes who played Elvis Presley in the 2007 film "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" |
|
|
| ___ Barry, former game show host and creator of "The Joker's Wild" |
|
|
| Trunk tool |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jan 2022 |
| I am the little boy Horner who stuck his finger in a Christmas pie |
|
|
| ___ Dorsey, American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Twitter |
|
|
| Rating that's a wind-up for unhappy motorist? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Nov 2021 |
| Pack member’s flag |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Oct 2021 |
| Trademark Cajun sample served up from the pack |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Sep 2021 |
| Mechanical device in a pack of cards? |
|
|
| Children's amusement to come out at the end of spring |
|
|
| Twitter co-founder Dorsey |
|
|
| Face card |
Thomas Joseph |
06 May 2021 |
| Sailor Bill opens two consecutive letters |
|
|
| ___ Torrance, main antagonist in Stephen King's novel "The Shining" |
|
|
| Guy in a toy box? |
Universal |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Card; lifter |
The Times Concise |
23 Mar 2021 |
| Light lifting device round channel navy used to hold tons |
|
|
| Mr. Frost |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jan 2021 |
| ___ Nicholson, actor with an honorary doctorate from Brown University |
|
|
| & 24 Across Report of drunken sailor somewhere on the green |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Nov 2020 |
| He climbed up the hill with Jill |
|
|
| "___ Whitehall: Travels with My Father," travel documentary series that follows a comedian and his father's travels |
|
|
| Flag on top of 13 down |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Sep 2020 |
| Ten topper |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Sep 2020 |
| ___ Kerouac, Beat Generation writer best known for his work "On the Road" |
|
|
| "Cracker ___," song by Dolly Parton which is about a dog with a spot around its eye |
|
|
| Tool in a trunk |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2020 |
| "You Don't Know ___," 2010 biopic starring Al Pacino for which he won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie |
|
|
| Standard card |
|
|
| "___ Ryan: Shadow Recruit," 2014 American action film starring Keira Knightley (birthday today) |
|
|
| Sailor playing card |
|
|
| Hoist flag |
|
|
| Sailor, 24 across's companion in ascent |
|
|
| "J" in a deck of cards |
|
|
| ___ Ma, Chinese business magnate who is the co-founder of Alibaba group |
|
|
| It is used to raise // a fruit |
|
|
| Sailor used weapon twisted round |
|
|
| Raise flag |
|
|
| Sailor |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Nov 2019 |
| ___ and Jill bathroom |
Universal |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Woods' target is Nicklaus |
|
|
| ___ Johnson, "Banana Pancakes" singer who was born in Hawaii |
|
|
| Either of the two highest trump cards in euchre |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2019 |
| Beanstalk climber in a children's story |
New York Times |
27 May 2019 |
| Trademark Cajun sample served up from the pack |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 May 2019 |
| Poker face? |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Apr 2019 |
| Lords and ladies give up preaching? |
|
|
| Knave; raising device |
The Times Concise |
27 Feb 2019 |
| Rating that's worth more than a ten? |
|
|
| Standard sailor suit has one |
|
|
| Poker face? |
|
|
| Beanstalk climber in a children's story |
|
|
| Either of the two highest trump cards in euchre |
|
|
| Conservationalist ____ Miner ( AKA Wild Goose ) |
Canadiana |
17 Dec 2018 |
| Raise flag |
|
|
| Sailor; flag |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Aug 2018 |
| Actor Black of "School of Rock" |
|
|
| Raise the standard, boy! |
|
|
| Boatman‘s a knave! |
|
|
| Lifting device |
The Times Concise |
29 Jun 2018 |
| Mini elevator? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Man in suit lifting equipment |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Body shop lifter |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Feb 2018 |
| Union ___, U.K. flag that is featured on the state flag of Hawaii |
|
|
| Hoist / flag |
|
|
| Steal, slangily |
New York Times |
15 Oct 2017 |
| Rowling receives a first Christmas card |
|
|
| Device used for raising a flag |
|
|
| Raise flag |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Apr 2017 |
| Raise flag |
|
|
| Golden goose finder |
Jonesin |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Raise the flag |
|
|
| Raise the flag |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Mar 2017 |
| Lowest face card |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2017 |
| Lift card |
|
|
| Lifting device |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Feb 2017 |
| Playing card; sailor |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Feb 2017 |
| Steal, slangily |
|
|
| Name for sailor |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Dec 2016 |
| Knave (cards) |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Nov 2016 |
| 'Nacho Libre' star, 2006 |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2016 |
| US version of Money for Nothing? |
|
|
| It beats a 10 |
Premier Sunday |
08 May 2016 |
| Flag lifting device |
|
|
| Lowest face card |
Newsday |
27 Jan 2016 |
| Man that offers a car lift |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jan 2016 |
| "Nacho Libre" star, 2006 |
|
|
| Some wealth |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Dec 2015 |
| Card in a royal flush |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Nov 2015 |
| Raise, with 'up' |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2015 |
| Nothing, slangily |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2015 |
| Knave's vehicle accessory |
|
|
| See 5 Down |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jul 2015 |
| Face card |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Mar 2015 |
| Something for raising flag on board for sailor |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Feb 2015 |
| Outlet insert |
|
|
| Ryan of Tom Clancy novels |
|
|
| Some wealth |
|
|
| Card in a royal flush |
|
|
| Royal flush card |
|
|
| Nothing, slangily |
|
|
| Raise, with "up" |
|
|
| Water fetcher of rhyme |
|
|
| Lord of "Hawaii Five-O" |
|
|
| Nursery rhyme tumbler |
|
|
| He lifts a car up to change a wheel |
|
|
| Hike, with "up" |
|
|
| Diddly-squat |
|
|
| Card game, no limit |
|
|
| With 2-Down, "Rio Lobo" actor |
|
|
| Card in a royal flush |
|
|
| With 41-Across, co-creator of Captain America and the Hulk |
|
|
| With 2-Down, "Rio Lobo" actor |
|
|
| Beanstalk climber of lore |
|
|
| It may give you a lift |
|
|
| Popular nursery-rhyme name |
|
|
| Trunk tool |
|
|
| AC/DC jam orig. called "The Clap" (with "The") |
|
|
| Mother Goose hill climber |
|
|
| Tire-changing device |
|
|
| Tire-changing aid |
|
|
| Item in a trunk |
|
|
| Magic harp thief |
|
|
| Tire-changing aid |
|
|
| Magic harp thief |
|
|
| Blazer raiser? |
|
|
| Stranded motorist's aid |
|
|
| With 65-Across, second in a series of five TV personalities (1957-62) |
|
|
| Stranded motorist's aid |
|
|
| Dr. Shephard on "Lost" |
|
|
| Portrayer of Felix in the movie "The Odd Couple," or Oscar in the TV series "The Odd Couple" |
|
|
| Blazer raiser? |
|
|
| Word that can define 17- and 59-Across and 11-, 28- and 29-Down |
|
|
| Picture card |
|
|
| Car raiser |
|
|
| Ten beater |
|
|
| Bower, in euchre |
|
|
| Plug insert |
|
|
| Jill's friend |
|
|
| "You don't know ___" |
|
|
| "Lord of the Flies" antagonist |
|
|
| Royal-flush card |
|
|
| What you don't know? |
|
|
| Flat-fixing tool |
|
|
| Modem-cable port |
|
|
| Car lifter |
|
|
| What you don't know? |
|
|
| Roadside aid |
|
|
| Item in a trunk |
|
|
| Royal flush necessity |
|
|
| Noted hill climber |
|
|
| Lifting device |
|
|
| Roadside aid |
|
|
| Royal flush necessity |
|
|
| Lifting device |
|
|
| "Straight From the Gut" writer Welch |
|
|
| Common nursery rhyme name |
|
|
| Moolah |
|
|
| Mustang or Rabbit raiser |
|
|
| Common nursery rhyme name |
|
|
| Tire changer's need |
|
|
| Trunk item |
|
|
| Universal tradesman? |
|
|
| London or Lord |
|
|
| Royal-flush card |
|
|
| He's a real card |
|
|
| Phone hook-up |
|
|
| Jill's companion |
|
|
| Bentsen-Quayle debate word |
|
|
| Trunk item |
|
|
| Auto accessory |
|
|
| Clue for 17, 27, 49, and 65 Across |
|
|
| Bob's '96 running mate |
|
|
| Word in a Lloyd Bentsen line |
|
|
| With 7-Down, "Lonesome Traveler" author |
|
|
| Car lifter |
|
|
| Auto lifter |
|
|
| Candlestick jumper of rhyme |
|
|
| Six-pointed gamepiece |
|
|
| Pack member's flag |
|
|
| Spare item |
|
|
| Slangy money |
|
|
| Garage gadget |
|
|
| "You Don't Know ___" (computer trivia game) |
|
|
| Tire-changing tool |
|
|
| DJ Wolfman |
|
|
| Car lifter |
|
|
| Moolah |
|
|
| With 44 Across, '50s emcee |
|
|
| Nob |
|
|
| Flat fixer's tool |
|
|
| "City Slickers" Oscar-winner Palance |
|
|
| Telephone device |
|
|
| It's an honor |
|
|
| Klugman or Nicklaus |
|
|
| Bronco lifter, perhaps |
|
|
| Item in a trunk |
|
|
| Part of a royal flush |
|
|
| Mr. Frost |
|
|
| Kind of ass or rabbit |
|
|
| Beanstalk boy |
|
|
| Ike's successor |
|
|
| A Frost |
|
|
| Box resident |
|
|
| Nicklaus or Sharkey |
|
|
| Benny |
|
|
| Young pike |
|
|
| Mazuma |
|
|
| Lifting device |
|
|
| Car necessity |
|
|
| Tool in a trunk |
|
|
| Cracker or skip |
|
|
| John |
|
|
| Car-trunk need |
|
|
| Candlestick jumper |
|
|
| Car-trunk item |
|
|
| Beanstalk grower |
|
|
| With 29 Across, famous Dodger. |
|
|
| High, low, ___ and the game. |
|
|
| Machine for hoisting. |
|
|
| Hoisting machine. |
|
|
| Automobile tool. |
|
|
| Scarsdale ___. |
|
|
| With 61-Across, "Hawaii Five-O" star who led from behind? |
|
|
| Deli cheese |
|
|
| "Lost" protagonist |
|
|
| Small flag on a ship's bow. |
|
|
| Man of all trades |
|
|
| Signal flag. |
|
|
| Auto tool |
|
|
| Car trunk item. |
|
|
| Raise (with "up"). |
|
|
| Motorist's need. |
|
|
| Sailor. |
|
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| Card. |
|
|
| Metal piece in a game. |
|
|