| One-___ (unusual events) |
|
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| Play-_ (tiebreakers) |
|
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| Show-__ (big boasters) |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Not ons |
|
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| Trade-____ (compromises) |
|
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| Does in |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Dance-... (competitions with boogying) |
|
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| Dance-___ (competitions with boogying) |
USA Today |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Rip-_ (swindles) |
|
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| Send-___ (grand farewells) |
USA Today |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Send-___ (goodbye parties) |
Universal |
26 Aug 2023 |
| Whacks, mob-style |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2023 |
| Assassinates |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Jun 2023 |
| Drop- — (declines) |
Premier Sunday |
28 May 2023 |
| Trade-___ (concessions) |
Universal |
16 May 2023 |
| Cook-___ (food competitions) |
USA Today |
02 May 2023 |
| Show-___ (big boasters) |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2023 |
| Exterminates |
New York Times |
18 Jan 2023 |
| Trade-___ (compromises) |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2022 |
| One-___ (singular events) |
Universal |
30 Nov 2022 |
| Does in, mob-style |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Nov 2022 |
| Turn-___ (unappealing qualities) |
|
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| Send-__: farewells |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2022 |
| Takes care of for the family? |
New York Times |
07 Oct 2022 |
| Switch positions |
|
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| Rubs out |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Does a hit on |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2022 |
| Starts or finishes |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Feb 2022 |
| Follower of sign or show |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2022 |
| Switch positions |
|
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| Suffix with "play" to mean an elimination tournament played after the regular NBA season |
|
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| Plural word attached to rip or send |
The Washington Post |
02 Sep 2021 |
| Plural word attached to rip or send |
LA Times Daily |
02 Sep 2021 |
| Gets rid of, so to speak |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2021 |
| One-___ (rare events) |
|
|
| Show-___ (boastful people) |
Universal |
15 Apr 2021 |
| Brush-__ (rude snubs) |
Newsday |
07 Apr 2021 |
| Trade-___ (compromises) |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2021 |
| Slays, in gang talk |
New York Times |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Cook-___ (food competitions) |
Universal |
06 Feb 2021 |
| Goof-__ (lazy ones) |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2021 |
| Play-___ (tiebreakers in sports) |
|
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| Rip- — (flimflams) |
Premier Sunday |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Show-__ (big boasters) |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2020 |
| Trade-___ (compromises) |
|
|
| Rubs out |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Rubs out |
The Washington Post |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Murders, slangily |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jun 2020 |
| Does a hit on |
The New Yorker |
11 May 2020 |
| Trade-___ (compromises) |
Universal |
22 Apr 2020 |
| American takes out nobles, not Tory leader |
|
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| Silences, Mob-style |
The New Yorker |
06 Apr 2020 |
| Ices, mob-style |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Ices, mob-style |
The Washington Post |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Rip-__: thefts |
The Washington Post |
05 Feb 2020 |
| Rip-__: thefts |
LA Times Daily |
05 Feb 2020 |
| Murders posh folk with decapitation |
|
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| Does a hit on |
|
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| Does a hit on |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2019 |
| One-___ (rare events) |
Jonesin |
05 Nov 2019 |
| Show-__ (braggarts) |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2019 |
| Does in, in mob slang |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2019 |
| Tax write-___ |
Universal |
19 Oct 2019 |
| Switch settings |
Universal |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Does in |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Aug 2019 |
| Does in, mob-style |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Does in, mob-style |
Family Time |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Takes out |
New York Times |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Switch positions |
Universal |
21 Jun 2019 |
| Switch positions |
Family Time |
10 Jun 2019 |
| Slays, "Sopranos"-style |
The New Yorker |
13 May 2019 |
| Murders, in slang |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Apr 2019 |
| Sign-__ (farewells) |
Newsday |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Does in, slangily |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2019 |
| Does in |
The Washington Post |
21 Feb 2019 |
| Does in |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2019 |
| Show-___ (braggarts) |
Universal |
13 Jan 2019 |
| Suffix with "cut" to mean shorts made out of jeans |
|
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| Takes out |
|
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| Whacks |
|
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| Does in |
|
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| Does in, slangily |
|
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| Does in, in mob slang |
|
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| Does in |
|
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| Tax write-___ |
|
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| Switch settings |
|
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| Switch positions |
|
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| Show-___ (braggarts) |
|
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| Ices, mob-style |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Nov 2018 |
| Some machine settings |
Universal |
31 Oct 2018 |
| Switch words? |
Universal |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Kills, in mob slang |
Universal |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Does in, in slang |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Rubs out |
Universal |
25 Jul 2018 |
| Sign-___ (farewells) |
Jonesin |
15 May 2018 |
| Murders, mob-style |
New York Times |
14 May 2018 |
| Follower of cast, cook, or cut |
Newsday |
12 May 2018 |
| Ices |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Apr 2018 |
| Show-__ (flamboyant ones) |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2018 |
| Does in |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Apr 2018 |
| Takes out, a la a hit man |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Apr 2018 |
| Does in, in mob slang |
New York Times |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Whacks, mob-style |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2018 |
| Kills rotten saint |
|
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| Whacks |
|
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| Takes out, mob-style |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Whacks, mob-style |
|
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| Kills, in mob slang |
|
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| Does in, in slang |
|
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| Takes out, mob-style |
|
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| Rubs out |
|
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| Some machine settings |
|
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| Switch words? |
|
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| Ices |
|
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| Ices, mob-style |
|
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| Murders, mob-style |
|
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| Does in, in mob slang |
|
|
| Send-__: farewells |
The Washington Post |
10 Dec 2017 |
| Send-__: farewells |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2017 |
| 'Takes care of' |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2017 |
| Does away with, mob-style |
USA Today |
13 Sep 2017 |
| Murders, slangily |
Universal |
24 Jun 2017 |
| Turn-___ (unattractive qualities) |
|
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| Does in, mob-style |
USA Today |
08 May 2017 |
| Murders a mobster |
Universal |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Does in, mob-style |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2017 |
| Rubs out, in mob slang |
The Washington Post |
18 Feb 2017 |
| Electrical switch positions |
Canadiana |
16 Jan 2017 |
| Murders, slangily |
|
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| Send-__: farewells |
|
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| Murders a mobster |
|
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| "Takes care of" |
|
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| Does away with, mob-style |
|
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| Does in, mob-style |
|
|
| Ices, mob-style |
Universal |
15 Dec 2016 |
| Show-___ (hotdogs) |
Universal |
06 Nov 2016 |
| Does away with, in slang |
The Washington Post |
18 Oct 2016 |
| Brush-___ (dismissals) |
USA Today |
03 Oct 2016 |
| Cut-___ (short shorts) |
Universal |
17 Sep 2016 |
| Does in, gangland-style |
Universal |
10 Sep 2016 |
| Whacks |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2016 |
| Ices |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Does in, slangily |
Jonesin |
24 May 2016 |
| Kills aristocrats? Not at first |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 May 2016 |
| Silences, in slang |
The Washington Post |
11 Apr 2016 |
| Does away with, Mafia-style |
The Washington Post |
09 Apr 2016 |
| Does in |
Premier Sunday |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Does in, gangland-style |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2016 |
| Murders, mob-style |
USA Today |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Kills, slangily |
Universal |
11 Feb 2016 |
| Rubs out |
|
|
| Show-___ (hotdogs) |
|
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| Ices |
|
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| Whacks |
|
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| Cut-___ (short shorts) |
|
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| Kills, slangily |
|
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| Brush-___ (dismissals) |
|
|
| Murders, mob-style |
|
|
| Blows away |
The Washington Post |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Does in |
New York Times |
01 Nov 2015 |
| Gets rid of, mob-style |
LA Times Daily |
20 Sep 2015 |
| Slays, informally |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2015 |
| Kills every character at the beginning? Oh for f***'s sake! |
|
|
| Switch positions |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2015 |
| Some switch settings |
Universal |
24 Feb 2015 |
| Sign- -- (approvals) |
Premier Sunday |
22 Feb 2015 |
| Does in, in mob slang |
Universal |
09 Jan 2015 |
| Gets rid of, mob-style |
|
|
| Does in, in mob slang |
|
|
| Some switch settings |
|
|
| Does in, mob-style |
|
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| Slays, informally |
|
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| Sign- -- (approvals) |
|
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| Blows away |
|
|
| Dispatches |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Whacks |
|
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| Does in |
|
|
| Eliminates, hit man-style |
|
|
| Eliminates, gangster-style |
|
|
| Switch choices |
|
|
| Eliminates, mob-style |
|
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| Rubs out |
|
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| Tip or rip finish |
|
|
| Murders, slangily |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Does a mob hit on |
|
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| Does away with |
|
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| Certain switch positions |
|
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| Rip --- (thefts) |
|
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| Play-___ (tiebreakers) |
|
|
| Slays, in mob slang |
|
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| Wastes, mob-style |
|
|
| The three of this puzzle's theme entries |
|
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| Whacks |
|
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| Does in, gangland-style |
|
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| Slays, slangily |
|
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| Kills, in gangster lingo |
|
|
| Silences, gang-style |
|
|
| Silences, gang-style |
|
|
| Eliminates, gangster-style |
|
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| Word with "pay" or "show" |
|
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| Does in, mob-style |
|
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| Does in, in gangster flicks |
|
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| Eliminates, gangland-style |
|
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| Ices, so to speak |
|
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| "Tip" or "rip" finish |
|
|
| Slays, mob-style |
|
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| Snuffs out, mob-style |
|
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| Slays, mob-style |
|
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| Ices, Mafia-style |
|
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| Wastes |
|
|
| Does in |
|
|
| Ices, Mafia-style |
|
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| Snuffs out, mob-style |
|
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| Ices |
|
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| Slays, mob-style |
|
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| "Tip" or "rip" finish |
|
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| Slays, slangily |
|
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| Word after "pay" or "play" |
|
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| Sign- -- (farewells) |
|
|
| Slays, in slang |
|
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| Turn-___ (personal information) |
|
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| Switch settings |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Rip- -- (swindles) |
|
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| Rip- -- (flimflams) |
|
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| Whacks |
|
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| Whacks |
|
|
| Does away with |
|
|
| Does away with |
|
|
| Eliminates, gangster-style |
|
|
| Does a hit man's job |
|
|
| Slays, in slang |
|
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| Snuffs out |
|
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| Rubs out |
|
|
| Takes out, so to speak |
|
|
| Whacks |
|
|
| Whacks, to a wiseguy |
|
|
| Does in, gangland-style |
|
|
| Whacks |
|
|
| Kills, in mob slang |
|
|
| Play-___ (tiebreakers) |
|
|
| Wastes, in gangster flicks |
|
|
| Light-switch positions |
|
|
| Wastes, in mob slang |
|
|
| Switch settings |
|
|
| See 5-Down |
|
|
| Snuffs out |
|
|
| Wastes, in mob slang |
|
|
| Word with "pay" or "play" |
|
|
| Rubs out |
|
|
| Wipes out |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Murders, mob-style |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Wastes |
|
|
| Ices, so to speak |
|
|
| Does a hitman's job |
|
|
| Kiss-___ (heave-hos) |
|
|
| Extinguishes |
|
|
| Ices, so to speak |
|
|
| Eliminates, gangster-style |
|
|
| Play-___ (tiebreakers) |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Tip or rip finish |
|
|
| Wastes |
|
|
| Slays, mob-style |
|
|
| Some switch positions |
|
|
| Ices, to a thug |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Switch settings |
|
|
| Murders, mob-style |
|
|
| Cricket sides |
|
|
| Kills, in slang |
|
|
| Switch places? |
|
|
| Does away with |
|
|
| Ices |
|
|
| Takes care of, gangster-style |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Does in |
|
|
| Murders, in slang |
|
|
| Rubs out |
|
|
| Show- -- (braggarts) |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Switch choices |
|
|
| Rubs out |
|
|
| Puts out |
|
|
| Extinguishes, as a light |
|
|
| Does in |
|
|
| Puts away for good |
|
|
| Does a hit man's job |
|
|
| Whacks |
|
|
| Ices |
|
|
| Dispatches |
|
|
| Terminates with extreme prejudice, say |
|
|
| Takes out, in a way |
|
|
| Takes out, so to speak |
|
|
| Dispatches |
|
|
| Rubs out |
|
|
| Murders: sl. |
|
|
| Gets rid of |
|
|
| Kills, in slang |
|
|
| Kills, in mob slang |
|
|
| Liquidates, so to speak |
|
|
| Departs |
|
|
| Starts or finishes |
|
|
| Takes for a ride |
|
|
| Ices, mob style |
|
|
| Ices; takes for a ride |
|
|
| Wastes |
|
|
| Deep-sixes, to a thug |
|
|
| Does in |
|
|
| Kills, in gangster lingo |
|
|
| Murders, slangily |
|
|
| Switch positions |
|
|
| Switch settings |
|
|
| Slays, in slang |
|
|
| Kills: sl. |
|
|
| Ons and ____ |
|
|
| Liquidates, so to speak |
|
|
| Liquidates |
|
|
| Many buttons |
|
|
| Wastes, in mob slang |
|
|
| Light-switch positions |
|
|
| Some switches |
|
|
| Cricket-field sides |
|
|
| Cricket-field parts |
|
|
| ___ and ons |
|
|
| Dial settings |
|
|
| Sides of cricket fields |
|
|
| Ons' opposites |
|
|
| Captains, majors, etc.: Abbr. |
|
|
| Policemen: Abbr. |
|
|
| Light-switch readings |
|
|
| Cricket sides. |
|
|
| See 39 Across. |
|
|
| Word with run or play. |
|
|
| Sides, in cricket. |
|
|
| Dignitaries: Abbr. |
|
|
| OWI and OSS: Abbr. |
|
|
| Ons and ___. |
|
|
| Conditions of being below standard. |
|
|
| ___ and ons. |
|
|
| Below-standard conditions. |
|
|
| Times when one is not up to par. |
|
|
| Switches on electric irons, toasters, etc. |
|
|
| States of being not so good as usual. |
|
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| Does in |
|
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| Gets rid of |
|
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