| Saint honored in March (and in this puzzle), familiarly |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Mar 2026 |
| "Heartbreaker" singer Benatar |
Universal |
12 Mar 2026 |
| Friendly touch |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2026 |
| Butter unit |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2026 |
| Gentle touch |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2026 |
| Reassuring touch on the back |
|
|
| Butter square |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2026 |
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| ___ on the back (appreciate) |
|
|
| Glib |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Feb 2026 |
| Butter portion |
|
|
| Appropriate name for a dog |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Feb 2026 |
| ___ on the back (show of approval) |
|
|
| Bit of butter, say |
|
|
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Feb 2026 |
| Encouraging touch on the back |
|
|
| "The ___ Dubek Show" |
USA Today |
20 Jan 2026 |
| ___ Summitt, college basketball coach who coached a whopping 1,098 career wins with the University of Tennessee Lady Vols |
|
|
| Congratulatory touch on the back |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Jan 2026 |
| ___ on the back (show appreciation) |
|
|
| ___ on the back (approval) |
|
|
| Reassuring touch |
Universal |
15 Dec 2025 |
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Dec 2025 |
| ___ on the back |
USA Today |
05 Dec 2025 |
| Jazz guitarist Metheny |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2025 |
| Bit of butter |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Dec 2025 |
| Dropping stroke (3) |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Dec 2025 |
| Bit of butter |
The Atlantic |
30 Nov 2025 |
| Light touch |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2025 |
| Gentle touch |
Universal |
15 Nov 2025 |
| Affectionate tap (3) |
Mirror Quick |
10 Nov 2025 |
| Portion of butter |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2025 |
| Morita who played Mr. Miyagi in "The Karate Kid" |
LA Times Mini |
10 Nov 2025 |
| Compatible with pet (3) |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Nov 2025 |
| Bit of butter |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2025 |
| Touch lightly |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Oct 2025 |
| ___ Dubek (Molly Shannon's role on "The Other Two") |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2025 |
| ___ on the back (appreciate) |
|
|
| & 19D 1987 Wimbledon men's singles tennis championship winner (3,4) |
Mirror Quiz |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Light touch on the back |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
Universal |
07 Oct 2025 |
| Glib |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Oct 2025 |
| ___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach |
New York Times |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Congratulatory slap on the back |
|
|
| Former "Wheel of Fortune" host Sajak |
Universal |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Sep 2025 |
| ___ on the back (appreciation) |
|
|
| Light touch on the back |
|
|
| Butter portion |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Compatible with Irishman (3) |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Affectionate tap (3) |
Mirror Quick |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Affectionate touch |
Universal |
18 Aug 2025 |
| ___ on the back (show appreciation) |
|
|
| Summitt in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Tap on the head |
Newsday |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Small butter portion |
Newsday |
11 Aug 2025 |
| Past tense - that of place up north |
The Times Mephisto |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Encouraging touch on the back |
|
|
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Aug 2025 |
| ___-down (frisk) |
|
|
| Postman? |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Stand -- (hold firm) |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Serving of butter |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Butcher in EastEnders |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Compliment received on the back, say |
|
|
| To touch gently |
|
|
| Australia men's Test cricket captain since 2021 (3) |
|
|
| "Movement in Black" poet Parker |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Jul 2025 |
| How some stand |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Vanna's pal on "Wheel of Fortune" |
|
|
| Glib lump of butter? (3) |
|
|
| Butter stab? |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
Commuter |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Congratulatory touch on the back |
|
|
| Perhaps a tap, originally (3) |
|
|
| Butter amount |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Touch from Sherpa Tensing |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Knob of butter; children's television postman |
The Telegraph Mini |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Some butter is terribly apt (3) |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Affectionate tap (3) |
Mirror Quick |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Retired game show host Sajak |
|
|
| "Give yourself a ___ on the back" |
|
|
| Encouraging touch |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2025 |
| _ Sharp, radio presenter known for his hairstyle in the 90s (3) |
|
|
| Stand __ |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jun 2025 |
| Too slick |
Newsday |
31 May 2025 |
| Light touch |
Universal |
31 May 2025 |
| Spot on some butter |
|
|
| Ready to turn the tap (3) |
|
|
| ___-a-cake (kid's clapping game) |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
Commuter |
22 May 2025 |
| Bit of butter |
USA Today |
20 May 2025 |
| Butter unit |
Family Time |
19 May 2025 |
| Butter square |
Premier Sunday |
18 May 2025 |
| Light touch on the arm |
|
|
| ___ Cash, 1980s tennis star (3) |
|
|
| Dab lightly (3) |
|
|
| Glib |
Puzzler Backwords |
08 May 2025 |
| Encouraging touch |
Universal |
01 May 2025 |
| Touch fondly |
|
|
| Tap of appreciation on the back |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Butcher in EastEnders |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Rocker Benatar |
Commuter |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Serving of butter |
Commuter |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Appreciating gesture on the back |
|
|
| Smooth caress? |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Bit of butter, say |
|
|
| - Rafter, former Australian tennis champion (3) |
|
|
| Butter serving |
LA Times Daily |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Memorise perfectly, have it down ... |
|
|
| Greendale's postman |
|
|
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
Commuter |
31 Mar 2025 |
| "Love Is a Battlefield" singer Benatar |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Tactile encouragement |
Newsday |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Butter portion, say |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Encouraging touch on the back |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Universal |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Encouraging stroke to take ball for rounders (3) |
|
|
| Touch accompanying "there there" |
|
|
| Tap, tap on the counter |
|
|
| Rowena Wallace played this Sons And Daughters villain (___ The Rat) |
|
|
| Children's TV postman (3) |
|
|
| ___ on the back (show appreciation) |
|
|
| Mr. Morita |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Tap on a seat when you ask someone to sit on it |
|
|
| Touch lovingly |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2025 |
| DJ notorious for his mullet haircut in the 1980s, _ Sharp (3) |
|
|
| Appreciation gesture on the back |
|
|
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| Wheel of Fortune alum Sajak |
|
|
| Tap; tap (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Feb 2025 |
| Boone or Sajack |
|
|
| Word before or after down |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2025 |
| ___ on the back (act of praise) |
|
|
| Light touch on the back |
|
|
| Stroke gently: - the dog |
|
|
| O'Brien or Morita |
|
|
| Gently touch (anagram of "tap") |
|
|
| Postman ____, children's series |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Serving of butter |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2025 |
| ___ on the back (appreciate) |
|
|
| "Wheel of Fortune" host ___ Sajak |
|
|
| One way to congratulate an Irishman (3) |
|
|
| Greendale postman |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Jan 2025 |
| "___ the Bunny" (interactive children's book) |
|
|
| Reassurance to Rover |
|
|
| Light touch of appreciation |
|
|
| Tennis ace, ... Rafter |
|
|
| Fictional postman tap on the head (3) |
|
|
| Touch gently, when read forward or backward |
Universal |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Gillette Stadium player (or their mascot) |
|
|
| Soft, gentle tap |
|
|
| ___ on the back ("Good job!") |
|
|
| ___ Sajak left Wheel of Fortune (3) |
|
|
| 1979-83 Aston Villa defender/midfielder; 1982 European Cup Final unused substitute (3,5) |
|
|
| Apt anagram of "tap" |
|
|
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Dad has half of it ready |
|
|
| Light touch on the back |
|
|
| Gentle "touch" on the back |
|
|
| ___ on the back (appreciate) |
|
|
| "r here, there" accompanier |
|
|
| Butter sewing |
|
|
| 1980s singer Benatar |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Glib or gentle 10 (3) |
|
|
| Gently touch rafter or cash? (3) |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2024 |
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Sports analyst McAfee with an ESPN afternoon talk show |
|
|
| Big cat |
USA Today Quick |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Famous TV Postman (3) |
|
|
| Comforting touch |
Universal |
16 Nov 2024 |
| Butter sequence |
|
|
| ___ on the back (congratulatory gesture) |
|
|
| ____ Clifton, children's TV character better known by his job |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Morita or Sajak |
|
|
| Ready to centralise occupations (3) |
|
|
| Hall of Fame coach Summitt |
LA Times Daily |
23 Oct 2024 |
| ___ Boone, 1950s singer |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Touch lightly |
|
|
| A small amount of butter |
|
|
| "There, there" accompanier |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Encouraging touch on the back |
|
|
| Small serving of butter |
The Times Concise |
12 Oct 2024 |
| A little butter for an Irishman (3) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Gesture of reassurance |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2024 |
| ___ Cash, tennis player (3) |
|
|
| Caress lightly; ____ Cash, tennis player |
The Telegraph Mini |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Little square of butter |
|
|
| "__ the Bunny": touch-and-feel baby book |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Pancake topper |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Stand ___ (refuse to make changes) |
|
|
| Praise with a gentle hand tap |
|
|
| ___ on the back (appreciation) |
|
|
| ___ down (frisk) |
|
|
| Affectionate tape (3) |
|
|
| Butter portion |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Learned exactly |
|
|
| Cash for tennis fans? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Name a spare part for a historic model car (3) |
|
|
| Touch gently |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Gently touch Ms Benatar (3) |
|
|
| Fitting anagram of "tap" |
|
|
| Name shared by tennis champs Rafter and Cash (3) |
|
|
| Cash for a mass of butter? (3) |
|
|
| A knock and an answer to "Who's there?" (3) |
|
|
| Facile |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Aug 2024 |
| _ Benatar, US singer and songwriter (3) |
|
|
| Touch of encouragement |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Apt to make a little butter (3) |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Aug 2024 |
| TV show host Sajak who may say the phrase found in the starred clues of this puzzle |
|
|
| Touch of butter? |
Family Time |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Congratulatory touch on the back |
|
|
| Stand - (hold firm) |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Gentle stroke; tap |
|
|
| ___ down (frisk) |
|
|
| Unit of butter |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Benatar or Sajak |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Universal |
08 Jul 2024 |
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Light stroke with the hand (3) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Newsday |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Touch lightly |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Rehearsed, say |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Butter square |
Family Time |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Gesture that may be caring or condescending |
|
|
| 1969-1974 First Lady Nixon |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
Universal |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Tap of appreciation on the back |
|
|
| ___ on the back (encouragement) |
|
|
| Facile |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Lightly touch a portion of butter (3) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Having only superficial plausibility, in a way? |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Greendale's postman |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| A bit of butter may give one some encouragement (3) |
|
|
| Appreciation gesture on the back |
|
|
| Small portion of butter |
Newsday |
28 May 2024 |
| ___-a-cake (kid's clapping game) |
|
|
| Name shared by tennis champs Cash and Rafter (3) |
|
|
| He, or she, is always ready |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Light touch on the arm |
|
|
| Tap on the back |
|
|
| Sajak whose final Wheel of Fortune episode airs next month |
|
|
| Of Irish butter? |
|
|
| Light touch |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2024 |
| ___-down (frisk) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
LA Times Mini |
03 May 2024 |
| Hit Me With Your Best Shot singer Benatar |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Glib |
Commuter |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Bit of butter |
Commuter |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Down ___ (memorized) |
New York Times |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Square on a breakfast stack |
|
|
| Touch gently |
USA Today |
22 Apr 2024 |
| Game show host ___ Sajak |
|
|
| Glib |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Apr 2024 |
| Exactly what is required for encouragement (3) |
|
|
| Stand - (hold firm) |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Apr 2024 |
| Vanna's coworker on "Wheel of Fortune" |
|
|
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Congratulations, ... on the back |
|
|
| Bit of butter, say |
|
|
| Butter portion |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Overly glib |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2024 |
| Postman ___, children's character |
|
|
| Mr. Miyagi portrayer ___ Morita |
|
|
| Hit lightly |
Mirror Classic |
03 Apr 2024 |
| "Postman __": BBC stop-motion animation series |
LA Times Daily |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Encouraging touch on the back |
|
|
| Any player in Apple TV's doc "The Dynasty," for short |
|
|
| Tap |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Encouraging touch on the back |
|
|
| "Postman ___": BBC stopmotion animation series |
|
|
| Chunk of butter |
|
|
| South Africa Test cricketer who made 108 against Pakistan in Johannesburg in 1998 (3) |
|
|
| Actor Morita of the short-lived sitcom Mr. T and Tina |
|
|
| "Wheel of Fortune" host Sajak |
|
|
| How to encourage dog with a portion of butter (3) |
|
|
| Vanna's co-host |
|
|
| Light stroke or tap (3) |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Suspiciously appropriate (3) |
|
|
| A bit of butter, off which one has the words perfectly (3) |
|
|
| Butter square |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Mar 2024 |
| ___ on the back (show appreciation) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Universal |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Light touch on the back |
|
|
| April Love and Love Letters In The Sand were number one hits for crooner, ... Boone |
|
|
| Tennis star, - - - Cash (3) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Diminutive person always ready (3) |
|
|
| Word that can appear on either side of down |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
Puzzler Backwords |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| Unconvincingly appropriate (3) |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Member of the Butcher family in EastEnders who was played by Pam St Clement(3) |
|
|
| Postman ___, children's TV character (3) |
|
|
| Comforting touch |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2024 |
| Butter piece |
|
|
| A bit of butter to encourage one? (3) |
|
|
| An encouraging stroke of the hand (3) |
|
|
| ___ Rafter, tennis player (3) |
|
|
| Greendale's postman |
|
|
| Father has time to tap |
Mirror Cryptic |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Mass of butter |
Mirror Quick |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Old man with time for affectionate gesture |
|
|
| A mark of one's approbation for a bit of butter (3) |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Glib |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Light slap |
|
|
| Light touch on the back |
|
|
| Butter portion |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Butter bit |
Universal |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Gentle touch |
Commuter |
17 Jan 2024 |
| Touch a little Irishman (3) |
|
|
| ___ on the back (appreciate) |
|
|
| "Heartbreaker" singer Benatar |
TV |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Postman with a black-and-white cat (3) |
|
|
| Reward for a dog |
New York Times |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Affectionate tap |
|
|
| Soft, approving touch |
|
|
| _ Sharp, host of the classic children's game show Fun House (3) |
|
|
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Dec 2023 |
| Eighties pop star Benatar |
|
|
| Butter square |
Commuter |
27 Dec 2023 |
| ___ on the back ("Good job!") |
|
|
| Encouraging touch |
|
|
| Wheel of Fortune host ___ Sajak announced retirement (3) |
|
|
| Touch or hit lightly |
|
|
| Having taken no cards |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2023 |
| ___ down (frisk) |
|
|
| Apt tap (anag) (3) |
|
|
| Miami Heat president Riley |
|
|
| Gentle "touch" on the back |
|
|
| Appreciative tap on the back |
Family Time |
10 Dec 2023 |
| Butter bit |
New York Times |
10 Dec 2023 |
| Nixon, for one |
Commuter |
08 Dec 2023 |
| Hit lightly |
Mirror Classic |
06 Dec 2023 |
| ___ Cash, 1980s Australian tennis player |
Puzzler Backwords |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Overly glib |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Dec 2023 |
| ___ on the back (appreciate) |
|
|
| ___ Summerall Award (NFL honor) |
|
|
| Tap lovingly |
Commuter |
04 Dec 2023 |
| Father has time for Irishman? |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Affectionate tap |
Mirror Quick |
30 Nov 2023 |
| ___ Tillman Foundation, non-profit organization set up in honor of the namesake former Arizona Cardinals safety |
|
|
| Cash or Rafter, e.g. (3) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Nov 2023 |
| "Postman ___," British animated children's show |
|
|
| Benatar in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2023 |
| ___ on the back (congratulatory gesture) |
|
|
| Gently touch on the back |
|
|
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Encouraging touch on the back |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Gardener in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" |
|
|
| Gently touch |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Oct 2023 |
| Gentle touch |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2023 |
| Musician Metheny |
Universal |
09 Oct 2023 |
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Sep 2023 |
| ___ on the back (appreciation) |
|
|
| Light touch |
USA Today |
14 Sep 2023 |
| Actor Morita from "The Karate Kid" |
|
|
| Gentle touch on the back, say |
|
|
| Encouraging touch |
Family Time |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| One way to stand |
Universal |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Small portion of butter |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2023 |
| Butter unit |
Family Time |
27 Aug 2023 |
| Reassuring touch on the back |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
|
|
| Affectionate touch |
Universal |
06 Aug 2023 |
| Touch lightly |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Aug 2023 |
| ___ on the back (appreciative gesture) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jul 2023 |
| Encouraging touch |
Family Time |
24 Jul 2023 |
| Unconvincingly glib |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Nickname that drops '-ricia' |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Unconvincing |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Reassuring touch |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2023 |
| Gentle touch, on the shoulder |
|
|
| Small butter serving, say |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
Universal |
11 Jul 2023 |
| Light touch |
Universal |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Vanna's co-star |
Universal |
06 Jul 2023 |
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jul 2023 |
| Comforting touch on the head |
|
|
| Gentle and friendly tap |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Family Time |
25 Jun 2023 |
| ___ down (frisk, as at the airport) |
|
|
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jun 2023 |
| Comforting touch |
Universal |
18 Jun 2023 |
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| Light touch |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jun 2023 |
| On-the-back gesture of praise |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| Like a glib answer |
New York Times |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Light touch |
Newsday |
01 Jun 2023 |
| Morita of "The Karate Kid" |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2023 |
| ___-a-cake (children's game) |
|
|
| Apt anagram |
Newsday |
26 May 2023 |
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 May 2023 |
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 May 2023 |
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
15 May 2023 |
| Butter unit |
Family Time |
08 May 2023 |
| Touch gently |
|
|
| Gentle touch on the shoulder |
|
|
| Touch gently |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2023 |
| ___ on the back |
New York Times |
25 Apr 2023 |
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Gentle touch on the shoulder, say |
|
|
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Apr 2023 |
| ___ on the back |
|
|
| Butter unit |
Universal |
11 Apr 2023 |
| Light touch on the back |
|
|
| Word before or after 'down' |
New York Times |
30 Mar 2023 |
| ___-a-cake (kids' game) |
|
|
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Mar 2023 |
| ___ on the back (congratulatory gesture) |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Mar 2023 |
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Gentle touch on the shoulder, say |
|
|
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2023 |
| ___ on the back (show appreciation) |
|
|
| ___-a-cake (children's rhyme) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Encouraging touch |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Gently touch on the back |
|
|
| ___ on the back (praise) |
|
|
| Bit of butter, say |
|
|
| Small portion of butter |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2023 |
| Gentle touch on the back, say |
|
|
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Feb 2023 |
| Touch gently |
Universal |
02 Feb 2023 |
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Butter portion |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Bit of butter |
Universal |
19 Jan 2023 |
| Butter serving |
Family Time |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Slice of butter (anagram of "tap") |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
|
|
| Apt anagram of tap |
Universal |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Light touch |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2023 |
| Touch gently |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Small amount of butter |
Family Time |
04 Dec 2022 |
| Butter square |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Nov 2022 |
| Gentle touch |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2022 |
| Congratulatory touch, maybe |
Universal |
25 Nov 2022 |
| 'The Ms. ___ Show' |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2022 |
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Encouragement gesture "on the back" |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2022 |
| Consoling touch |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Oct 2022 |
| ___ on the back (appreciate) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Synonym of 1-Down that's 1-Down backwards |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2022 |
| Touch lightly |
|
|
| "The Women of Troy" novelist Barker |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2022 |
| Square of butter |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Bit of butter |
Family Time |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Touch, as a puppy's head |
|
|
| Touch gently |
Newsday |
02 Oct 2022 |
| ___ on the back (appreciation) |
|
|
| Gentle touch? |
|
|
| Light touch of the hand |
The Times Concise |
20 Sep 2022 |
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Soft touch |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Sep 2022 |
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2022 |
| Stand __ (take no cards) |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2022 |
| Gentle touch on the shoulder |
|
|
| Comforting gesture |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2022 |
| Word after "stand" or "down" |
Universal |
16 Aug 2022 |
| Butter amount |
|
|
| _____Quinn |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Touch gently |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jul 2022 |
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Light touch on the back |
|
|
| Trite |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jun 2022 |
| Small portion of butter |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2022 |
| Small lump of butter |
The Times Concise |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| Light touch |
USA Today |
31 May 2022 |
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
30 May 2022 |
| Touch on the head |
Universal |
29 May 2022 |
| ___ on the back |
Universal |
22 May 2022 |
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Encouraging touch on the back |
|
|
| Basketball coach Summitt in the Hall of Fame |
|
|
| Gently touch, either forward or backward |
New York Times |
17 May 2022 |
| Basketball coach Summitt in the Hall of Fame |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2022 |
| Buttery square |
|
|
| A ___ on the back |
USA Today |
06 May 2022 |
| Butter square |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2022 |
| Congratulatory touch on the back |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Apr 2022 |
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Apr 2022 |
| Portion of butter |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2022 |
| Over-rehearsed |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2022 |
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2022 |
| Touch lightly |
The Times Concise |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Mar 2022 |
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Mar 2022 |
| With 74-Across, gesture of approval |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Overly rehearsed |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2022 |
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Mar 2022 |
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Overly glib |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2022 |
| A way to stand |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2022 |
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Butter portion |
Universal |
31 Jan 2022 |
| Encouraging shoulder touch |
USA Today |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Portion of butter |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2022 |
| 'Movement in Black' poet Parker |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jan 2022 |
| ___ Sajak, game show host of "Wheel of Fortune" |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Jan 2022 |
| How poker players may stand |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Bit of butter? |
|
|
| Tom Brady, before he became a Buc |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Touch, as a dog's head |
Universal |
15 Dec 2021 |
| ___ on the back (congratulatory gesture) |
|
|
| Touch gently |
Universal |
03 Dec 2021 |
| Frisk, as a suspect, with "down" |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2021 |
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Small amount of butter |
Family Time |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Nov 2021 |
| Butter square |
Premier Sunday |
07 Nov 2021 |
| ___ down (frisk at the airport) |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2021 |
| Enough butter for a piece of toast |
Family Time |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Action done while saying “Good dog” |
New York Times |
31 Oct 2021 |
| Reassuring touch |
Universal |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Reassuring touch |
USA Today |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Sep 2021 |
| Down ___ (memorized) |
Universal |
21 Sep 2021 |
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Sep 2021 |
| Touch gently |
|
|
| ___ on the back (gentle touch) |
|
|
| Butter serving |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2021 |
| ___ Morita, Japanese-American actor from "The Karate Kid" |
|
|
| ___ on the back (act of praise) |
|
|
| Have down ___ |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2021 |
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Aug 2021 |
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Aug 2021 |
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2021 |
| Touch on the back |
Universal |
04 Aug 2021 |
| ___ on the back |
USA Today |
04 Aug 2021 |
| Butter portin |
Family Time |
02 Aug 2021 |
| A nice touch |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2021 |
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Butter unit |
Family Time |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Gentle touch on the back |
|
|
| Butter unit |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Glib |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2021 |
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| ___-a-cake (kids' game) |
|
|
| Consoling touch on the back |
|
|
| Light touch on the back |
|
|
| Butter portion |
Universal |
20 May 2021 |
| Perfectly |
|
|
| Perfectly |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2021 |
| Contrived |
Thomas Joseph |
12 May 2021 |
| ___ down (frisk) |
|
|
| ___-a-cake (nursery rhyme) |
|
|
| Encouraging touch |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Touch lightly |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2021 |
| Answers, sometimes |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Word that, when spelled backward, becomes its own synonym |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2021 |
| Quite smooth |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2021 |
| Touch lightly |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Apr 2021 |
| ___ of butter |
Family Time |
04 Apr 2021 |
| ___-down (frisk) |
|
|
| Portion of butter |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2021 |
| Faint touch |
|
|
| ___ on the back (congratulatory gesture) |
|
|
| ___ Boone, singer of "Don't Forbid Me" |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
|
|
| Tap put another way? |
|
|
| ___-a-cake (children's game) |
|
|
| Dropping argument, starting late |
|
|
| Overly glib |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2021 |
| Butter serving |
Universal |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| Serving of butter |
Family Time |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| ___ on the back (praise) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jan 2021 |
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
|
|
| Square of butter |
|
|
| Back stroke? |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2021 |
| Portion of butter |
|
|
| Loving touch |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Dec 2020 |
| ___ on the back |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| Butter square |
LA Times Daily |
08 Dec 2020 |
| Touch lightly |
Universal |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Butter square |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Dec 2020 |
| ___ down (frisk) |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2020 |
| Light touch |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Nov 2020 |
| Light touch on the arm |
|
|
| Gentle touch on the back |
|
|
| ___-down (frisk) |
|
|
| ___ on the back (praise) |
|
|
| One way to stand in poker |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2020 |
| First Family member, 50 years ago |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2020 |
| Facile |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Oct 2020 |
| NE player, to fans |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2020 |
| NE player, to fans |
|
|
| Butter bit |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Sep 2020 |
| Light touch |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2020 |
| Motion accompanying the words 'There, there' |
New York Times |
21 Sep 2020 |
| Bit of butter |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Gently touch (anagram of "tap") |
|
|
| Butter unit |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Sep 2020 |
| "___ on the back" (praise) |
|
|
| Touch on the back |
Universal |
04 Sep 2020 |
| ___ on the back (approval) |
|
|
| Unleash upon |
New York Times |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Spreadable square |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2020 |
| Dab |
|
|
| See 52-Across |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2020 |
| "Tap" backwards? |
|
|
| Square sliver of butter |
Family Time |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Touch of encouragement |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Firm way to stand |
Universal |
07 Aug 2020 |
| Butter bit |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Gentle, reassuring touch on the back |
|
|
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Encouraging touch on the back |
|
|
| Butter square |
Family Time |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Butter serving |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2020 |
| Butter bit |
Universal |
21 Jun 2020 |
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Comforting touch |
Universal |
10 Jun 2020 |
| Butter unit |
Family Time |
31 May 2020 |
| Too glib |
Newsday |
29 May 2020 |
| Gentle tap on the back |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
Universal |
07 May 2020 |
| Butter serving |
LA Times Daily |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Singer Benatar |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Apr 2020 |
| Touch that's another touch backwards |
USA Today |
04 Apr 2020 |
| Soft touch |
Universal |
03 Apr 2020 |
| ___ on the back (appreciation) |
|
|
| Square of butter |
|
|
| Square of butter |
LA Times Daily |
23 Mar 2020 |
| Word that's its own synonym in reverse |
New York Times |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Memorized |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Vanna's partner |
|
|
| Vanna's partner |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Butter square |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Touch gently |
Universal |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Touch gently |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2020 |
| "___ the Bunny," Dorothy Kundhardt touch-and-feel book |
|
|
| Light touch |
|
|
| Rehearsed |
|
|
| Butter portion |
|
|
| Gentle, consoling touch |
|
|
| Light touch on the back |
|
|
| Vanna's co-star |
Family Time |
01 Dec 2019 |
| Frisk, with 'down' |
|
|
| Frisk, with "down" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2019 |
| ___-a-cake |
Universal |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Light touch |
Newsday |
24 Nov 2019 |
| Consoling touch |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Nov 2019 |
| Touch gently on the back |
|
|
| Light touch |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2019 |
| Light touch |
|
|
| ___ on the back (appreciative gesture) |
|
|
| One way to stand |
Universal |
19 Oct 2019 |
| Touch from Sherpa Tenzing |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Oct 2019 |
| Butter amount |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Oct 2019 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" host Sajak |
|
|
| Butter square |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Sep 2019 |
| Butter portion |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2019 |
| Gentle tap |
|
|
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| Sportscaster Summerall |
|
|
| Singer Benatar |
Premier Sunday |
11 Aug 2019 |
| ___ on the back |
|
|
| Reassuring touch on the back |
|
|
| With 4-Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt? |
New York Times |
06 Jul 2019 |
| ___ on the back (gesture of appreciation) |
|
|
| Frisk, with 'down' |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2019 |
| Gentle shoulder touch |
|
|
| Gender-neutral name |
USA Today |
23 May 2019 |
| How the satisfied stand |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2019 |
| How the satisfied stand |
|
|
| Woman college basketball coach Summitt with an NCAA record 1,098 career wins |
|
|
| Woman college basketball coach Summitt with an NCAA record 1,098 career wins |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2019 |
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
Premier Sunday |
05 May 2019 |
| 'Heartbreaker' singer Benatar |
USA Today |
01 May 2019 |
| Encouraging gesture |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2019 |
| ___ on the back (appreciation) |
|
|
| Singer Benatar |
|
|
| One way to stand |
LA Times Daily |
20 Apr 2019 |
| One way to stand |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
Universal |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Reassuring touch on the back, maybe |
|
|
| "___ the Bunny" (touch-and-feel book) |
Universal |
11 Mar 2019 |
| ___ on the back (due appreciation for a good job) |
|
|
| Soft touch |
|
|
| Touch gently |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Touch gently |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2019 |
| Small butter square |
Family Time |
04 Feb 2019 |
| Butter slice |
Premier Sunday |
27 Jan 2019 |
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Serving of butter |
Newsday |
14 Jan 2019 |
| Overly rehearsed |
New York Times |
04 Jan 2019 |
| One way to stand |
|
|
| One way to stand |
|
|
| Touch gently |
|
|
| Light touch |
|
|
| How the satisfied stand |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| Overly rehearsed |
|
|
| Woman college basketball coach Summitt with an NCAA record 1,098 career wins |
|
|
| "___ the Bunny" (touch-and-feel book) |
|
|
| Butter bit |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
|
|
| Gender-neutral name |
|
|
| Frisk, with "down" |
|
|
| "Heartbreaker" singer Benatar |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
|
|
| With 4-Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt? |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Some butter from shop attendant |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Singer Benatar |
Universal |
14 Dec 2018 |
| Dog's reward, at times |
|
|
| One way to stand |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2018 |
| ___ on the back (appreciation for good work) |
|
|
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Rehearsed |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2018 |
| Unconvincingly tidy, as a novel's ending |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Serving of butter, as might go on top of several answers in this puzzle |
New York Times |
17 Oct 2018 |
| 'Heartbreaker' singer Benatar |
|
|
| Sajak who sells vowels |
USA Today |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Congratulatory touch on the back |
|
|
| 'Wheel of Fortune' host Sajak |
|
|
| Consoling touch |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2018 |
| Keep a tab on deposit from Irishman |
|
|
| Best way to get it down |
Family Time |
03 Sep 2018 |
| ___-down (frisk) |
|
|
| ___ on the back (show of approval) |
|
|
| ___ on the back (approve or appreciate) |
|
|
| "Wheel of Fortune" host ___ Sajak |
|
|
| ___ on the back |
|
|
| Butter unit |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2018 |
| First lady after Lady Bird |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2018 |
| Tap, as a back |
Universal |
29 Jun 2018 |
| Bit of butter |
Premier Sunday |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Muffin topper |
|
|
| Muffin topper |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2018 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" host Sajak |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
USA Today |
29 May 2018 |
| ___ on the back (appreciate an effort) |
|
|
| ___ on the back (expression of approval) |
|
|
| Tap |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 May 2018 |
| Reverse dancing? Precisely |
|
|
| Frisk, with "down" |
|
|
| Record-setting Lady Vols basketball coach Summitt |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2018 |
| Record-setting Lady Vols basketball coach Summitt |
|
|
| Letter-perfect postman |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Universal |
02 May 2018 |
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Square on toast |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2018 |
| Host Sajak |
Universal |
14 Apr 2018 |
| Soft touch |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Apr 2018 |
| Dab |
Universal |
10 Apr 2018 |
| Butter serving |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2018 |
| Square on a biscuit |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2018 |
| Reassuring touch |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2018 |
| Butter measure |
Family Time |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Bit of butter |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2018 |
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jan 2018 |
| Well-practiced, as an answer |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2018 |
| Colleague of Vanna |
|
|
| One way to stand |
|
|
| Dab |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Muffin topper |
|
|
| Record-setting Lady Vols basketball coach Summitt |
|
|
| Soft touch |
|
|
| Serving of butter |
|
|
| No clue |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Facile |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Unconvincingly tidy, as a novel's ending |
|
|
| Square on toast |
|
|
| Sajak who sells vowels |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| First lady after Lady Bird |
|
|
| Tap, as a back |
|
|
| Singer Benatar |
|
|
| Host Sajak |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Well-practiced, as an answer |
|
|
| Serving of butter, as might go on top of several answers in this puzzle |
|
|
| Consoling touch |
|
|
| ___ down (frisk) |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2017 |
| Excessively glib |
Newsday |
22 Dec 2017 |
| Suitable |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Dec 2017 |
| Portion of butter |
|
|
| Soft touch |
|
|
| Rocker Benatar |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2017 |
| Inexact quantity of butter |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2017 |
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Reassuring touch |
New York Times |
02 Oct 2017 |
| Male or female head, not English |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Sep 2017 |
| Excessively glib |
|
|
| Reward for an obedient puppy |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2017 |
| New England gridder, for short |
USA Today |
21 Sep 2017 |
| Too slick |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2017 |
| ___ on the back (praise) |
|
|
| Margarine square |
Premier Sunday |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Word whose meaning can be the same when read backward |
LA Times Daily |
05 Aug 2017 |
| Word whose meaning can be the same when read backward |
|
|
| ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) |
|
|
| Light hand stroke |
The Times Concise |
03 Jul 2017 |
| Bit of butter |
Family Time |
25 Jun 2017 |
| Butter square |
Universal |
07 Jun 2017 |
| A ___ on the back |
|
|
| Like some answers |
|
|
| Unconvincing |
Wall Street Journal |
16 May 2017 |
| Word before or after 'down' |
New York Times |
07 May 2017 |
| Only NA coach to win an NBA championship as a player,coach and executive |
|
|
| "___ came the reply!" |
|
|
| Trite |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Apr 2017 |
| Singer Boone |
Premier Sunday |
26 Mar 2017 |
| Contrived |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Mar 2017 |
| Keep a tab on deposit for Irishman |
|
|
| Too glib |
Premier Sunday |
19 Feb 2017 |
| Gillette Stadium player, for short |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Feb 2017 |
| Irishman climbs up on the bar |
|
|
| Stand __ |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Hit lightly |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jan 2017 |
| First lady Nixon |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2017 |
| Inexact quantity of butter |
|
|
| Word whose meaning can be the same when read backward |
|
|
| Stand __ |
|
|
| ___ down (frisk) |
|
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| Rocker Benatar |
|
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| Reward for an obedient puppy |
|
|
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| New England gridder, for short |
|
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| First lady Nixon |
|
|
| Too slick |
|
|
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| Word before or after "down" |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| Butter portion |
|
|
| Boston footballer, for short |
New York Times |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Butter quantity |
Universal |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Actor Morita |
|
|
| Word after stand or down |
|
|
| Mrs. Nixon |
USA Today |
07 Oct 2016 |
| Compliment "on the back" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2016 |
| Touch lightly |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2016 |
| Simplistic |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Sep 2016 |
| Butter unit |
Universal |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Stand ___ (take no cards) |
USA Today |
22 Aug 2016 |
| Cold type takes up knob of butter |
|
|
| Touch gently |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Aug 2016 |
| To the point |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2016 |
| Part 4 of epigram |
Newsday |
22 Jul 2016 |
| Frisking action |
|
|
| Square on a muffin |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2016 |
| Comedian Paulsen |
|
|
| Paleoconservative commentator Buchanan |
|
|
| __ on the back |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2016 |
| First lady after Lady Bird |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2016 |
| Butter serving |
New York Times |
02 May 2016 |
| Word before or after 'down' |
|
|
| MacKenzie King's dog |
|
|
| Light touch |
Universal |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Vanna's cohort |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2016 |
| Reassuring touch |
Universal |
29 Mar 2016 |
| Overly glib |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Stand __ (take no cards) |
Newsday |
10 Feb 2016 |
| Touch lightly |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2016 |
| Familiar saint? |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2016 |
| On-the-back praise |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2016 |
| __ on the back |
|
|
| Stand ___ (take no cards) |
|
|
| Mrs. Nixon |
|
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| Boston footballer, for short |
|
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| Compliment "on the back" |
|
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| Back stroke? |
|
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| Butter unit |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Butter quantity |
|
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| Word after stand or down |
|
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| Familiar saint? |
|
|
| First lady after Lady Bird |
|
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| On-the-back praise |
|
|
| Square on a muffin |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
|
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| To the point |
|
|
| Portion of butter |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Benatar of rock |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2015 |
| Back stroke? |
|
|
| 'Heartbreaker' singer Benatar |
|
|
| Coach Riley |
Premier Sunday |
22 Nov 2015 |
| Bit of frisking |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Nov 2015 |
| Tap affectionately |
|
|
| Butter unit |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Hit gently |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Nov 2015 |
| Lightly touch a portion of butter |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Nov 2015 |
| Vanna's cohost |
|
|
| Unconvincingly facile |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Oct 2015 |
| Soft touch |
Newsday |
22 Oct 2015 |
| Apt anagram |
Universal |
16 Oct 2015 |
| Vanna's cohort |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Oct 2015 |
| Small butter portion |
New York Times |
12 Oct 2015 |
| Butter unit |
Premier Sunday |
20 Sep 2015 |
| Butter serving |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Sep 2015 |
| Bit of frisking |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2015 |
| Word that, spelled backward, can be a clue for itself |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2015 |
| Square spread on a slice |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2015 |
| One way to stand |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2015 |
| Father Time, an Irishman? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Jul 2015 |
| TV host Sajak |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jul 2015 |
| First lady before Betty |
New York Times |
26 Jun 2015 |
| Best way to get it down |
USA Today |
13 Jun 2015 |
| ___-a-cake |
Family Time |
08 Jun 2015 |
| "__ the Bunny": touch-and-feel baby book |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2015 |
| Overly glib |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Apr 2015 |
| Opportune |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2015 |
| Butter measure |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2015 |
| TV's Sajak |
Premier Sunday |
04 Jan 2015 |
| Like a suspicious explanation |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Apt anagram |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| "Heartbreaker" singer Benatar |
|
|
| Back stroke? |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Consolatory or congratulatory gesture |
|
|
| Reward for an obedient dog, perhaps |
|
|
| "__ the Bunny": touch-and-feel baby book |
|
|
| Opportune |
|
|
| Small butter portion |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Coach Riley |
|
|
| TV's Sajak |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Square spread on a slice |
|
|
| Germs/Nirvana/Foo Fighters guitarist ___ Smear |
|
|
| Word that, spelled backward, can be a clue for itself |
|
|
| One way to stand |
|
|
| Portion of butter |
|
|
| Serving of butter |
|
|
| Soft touch |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
|
|
| First lady before Betty |
|
|
| Unconvincingly facile |
|
|
| Overly glib |
|
|
| Bit of frisking |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Butter measure |
|
|
| Best way to get it down |
|
|
| Benatar of rock |
|
|
| Blue Bonnet unit |
|
|
| Bit of frisking |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Butter slice |
|
|
| "Wheel of Fortune" host Sajak |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Way to stand |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Serving of butter |
|
|
| Small butter unit |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Word that is its own synonym when spelled backward |
|
|
| Approving touch |
|
|
| Encouragement "on the back" |
|
|
| Host Sajak |
|
|
| Caress girl, hitting the mark precisely |
|
|
| ___-a-cake |
|
|
| Way to stand |
|
|
| Butter slice |
|
|
| Overly glib |
|
|
| Train singer Monahan |
|
|
| Overly practiced |
|
|
| A way to get it down |
|
|
| Gentle tap |
|
|
| "Wheel of Fortune" first name |
|
|
| A way to get it down |
|
|
| Like some answers |
|
|
| Down __ |
|
|
| [See 39-Down] |
|
|
| __ hand |
|
|
| Well-rehearsed |
|
|
| Light touch |
|
|
| Glib |
|
|
| Encouraging touch |
|
|
| Square in a breadbasket |
|
|
| Search, with "down" |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| Butter portion |
|
|
| Memorized |
|
|
| Search, with "down" |
|
|
| Margarine portion |
|
|
| Guitarist Metheny |
|
|
| Rover's reward |
|
|
| '80s icon Benatar |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Loving touch |
|
|
| Touch with tenderness |
|
|
| Margarine serving |
|
|
| "Best Shot" Benatar |
|
|
| Too smooth |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Rover's reward |
|
|
| It might go on a roll |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Butter bit |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Light touch |
|
|
| Memorized to the letter |
|
|
| Overly glib |
|
|
| Word before or after "down" |
|
|
| Congratulations indicator |
|
|
| Butter portion |
|
|
| Square for a roll |
|
|
| Light touch |
|
|
| Way to stand |
|
|
| Single serving of butter |
|
|
| Contrived |
|
|
| Loving touch |
|
|
| Best way to get it down? |
|
|
| Butter helping |
|
|
| Frisk, with "down" |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| "The Prince of Tides" author Conroy |
|
|
| Boone or Benatar |
|
|
| Congratulate nonverbally |
|
|
| Butter lump |
|
|
| Bit of consolation |
|
|
| Square on toast |
|
|
| Affectionate touch |
|
|
| By heart |
|
|
| Vanna's co-worker |
|
|
| Back stroke? |
|
|
| Back stroke? |
|
|
| Frisk, with "down" |
|
|
| Square on the table? |
|
|
| Light touch |
|
|
| Square on the table? |
|
|
| Weezer drummer Wilson |
|
|
| Frisk, with "down" |
|
|
| Touch gently |
|
|
| Nice touch |
|
|
| Way of standing |
|
|
| Gentle stroke |
|
|
| Overly facile |
|
|
| Contrived |
|
|
| Contrived |
|
|
| Light hit |
|
|
| Like some answers |
|
|
| Frisk, with "down" |
|
|
| Apply 63-Across to this word in three pairs of answers |
|
|
| Sajak of "Wheel of Fortune" |
|
|
| Light stroke |
|
|
| Vanna's colleague |
|
|
| Margarine portion |
|
|
| Light stroke |
|
|
| Too rehearsed |
|
|
| Billy the Kid slayer Garrett |
|
|
| Perfectly |
|
|
| Nonverbal congratulations |
|
|
| Sajak or Boone |
|
|
| Light hit |
|
|
| Unisex name |
|
|
| Soft touch |
|
|
| Margarine serving |
|
|
| Butter bit |
|
|
| Stroke |
|
|
| Opportune |
|
|
| On the back at work, it's good; on the backside at work, it's bad |
|
|
| Game show host Sajak |
|
|
| One way to get something down |
|
|
| Butter bit |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Firm way to stand |
|
|
| Square of butter |
|
|
| Firm way to stand |
|
|
| Soft touch |
|
|
| One way to get things down |
|
|
| Julia Sweeney character |
|
|
| Best way to get it down |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| One way to stand |
|
|
| Square on a roll |
|
|
| Morita of "The Karate Kid" |
|
|
| Good way to get something down? |
|
|
| Overly glib |
|
|
| Lady Vols coach Summitt who is the winningest NCAA basketball coach ever |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| "Heartbreaker" singer Benatar |
|
|
| Political-cartoonist Oliphant |
|
|
| Butter slice |
|
|
| Too 3-Down |
|
|
| You might not be able to stand this |
|
|
| Bit of encouragement |
|
|
| Unconvincing, as an alibi |
|
|
| Singer Benatar |
|
|
| Overly glib |
|
|
| One way to stand |
|
|
| One way to stand |
|
|
| Unconvincing, as an alibi |
|
|
| Singer Benatar |
|
|
| ___-a-cake |
|
|
| Caress tenderly |
|
|
| Androgynous "SNL" character |
|
|
| Standard |
|
|
| Tricky Dick's wife |
|
|
| Perfectly |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Bit of congratulations |
|
|
| Stroke |
|
|
| One way to stand |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Touch gently |
|
|
| Butter portion |
|
|
| Touch gently |
|
|
| Frisk (with "down") |
|
|
| Good way to get it down |
|
|
| Rock singer Benatar |
|
|
| Way to stand |
|
|
| Like some answers |
|
|
| Word that's a synonym of its reversal |
|
|
| Glib |
|
|
| Boone with the kitschy "In a Metal Mood: No More Nice Guy" |
|
|
| Androgynous "SNL" character |
|
|
| Frisk (with "down") |
|
|
| How some stand |
|
|
| Sajak of TV |
|
|
| Evangelist Robertson |
|
|
| Light stroke |
|
|
| Part 4 of advice |
|
|
| '60s First Lady |
|
|
| "___ the Bunny" (kids' book) |
|
|
| Hit back? |
|
|
| Vanna's host |
|
|
| Rocker Benatar |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| Square of butter |
|
|
| Perfectly |
|
|
| Butter bit |
|
|
| Serving of 14A |
|
|
| Sportscaster Summerall |
|
|
| Too rehearsed |
|
|
| One way to stand |
|
|
| Overly smooth |
|
|
| First Lady after Lady Bird |
|
|
| Billy the Kid slayer Garrett |
|
|
| Lady Bird's follower |
|
|
| Lady Bird follower |
|
|
| Butter bit |
|
|
| Perfectly |
|
|
| Square of butter |
|
|
| A way to stand |
|
|
| Dab |
|
|
| Way of standing |
|
|
| Back stroke? |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Debby's dad |
|
|
| Good way to get something down? |
|
|
| Excessively glib |
|
|
| With 38-Across, "Wheel of Fortune" host |
|
|
| Way to stand |
|
|
| Vanna's partner |
|
|
| Lady Bird's successor |
|
|
| How some stand |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| Overly glib |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| With 38-Across, "Wheel of Fortune" host |
|
|
| One way to stand |
|
|
| Butter portion |
|
|
| Touch affectionately |
|
|
| Vanna's coworker |
|
|
| Good way to get something down? |
|
|
| Debby's dad |
|
|
| Butter measure |
|
|
| Vanna's coworker |
|
|
| Square meal part? |
|
|
| To a tee |
|
|
| Soft touch |
|
|
| To a tee |
|
|
| Stroke lightly |
|
|
| Trite |
|
|
| Reward, as a dog |
|
|
| Stroke gently |
|
|
| Butter helping |
|
|
| "April Love" singer Boone |
|
|
| Dog's reward |
|
|
| Butter bit |
|
|
| Stroke gently |
|
|
| Too glib |
|
|
| Show appreciation for |
|
|
| Garrett who shot Billy the Kid |
|
|
| NFL kicker's score |
|
|
| Dollop |
|
|
| Gently flatten |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| A way to stand |
|
|
| Well-rehearsed |
|
|
| Reassuring touch |
|
|
| Glib |
|
|
| Stroke lightly |
|
|
| Stroke gently |
|
|
| Author Conroy |
|
|
| Breadbasket item |
|
|
| Stroke gently |
|
|
| Like some answers |
|
|
| Mr. Sajak |
|
|
| Square on a bread plate |
|
|
| Touch gently |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Excessively glib |
|
|
| Former Knicks coach Riley |
|
|
| Political cartoonist Oliphant |
|
|
| Singer Boone |
|
|
| Small square |
|
|
| Butter portion |
|
|
| Butter square |
|
|
| 42 Across name |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Way to stand |
|
|
| How to stand? |
|
|
| Soft touch |
|
|
| Way to stand? |
|
|
| Breadbasket item |
|
|
| Author Conroy |
|
|
| Sajak or Boone |
|
|
| Kind of hand |
|
|
| Like some poker hands |
|
|
| Motion while saying "Good dog!" |
|
|
| A Day at the races |
|
|
| Greet a boxer |
|
|
| Early 70's White House name |
|
|
| Gesture of affection |
|
|
| Square in a breadbasket |
|
|
| Exactly |
|
|
| Fourth after George, Al, and Ralph |
|
|
| Singer Boone |
|
|
| Glib |
|
|
| Dab |
|
|
| Butter serving |
|
|
| Butter portion |
|
|
| Kansas senator Roberts |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Perfectly |
|
|
| Singer Benatar |
|
|
| Mrs. Nixon |
|
|
| Bit of butter |
|
|
| Too simple |
|
|
| Exactly |
|
|
| Exactly |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Affectionate gesture |
|
|
| The Prince of Tides author Conroy |
|
|
| Apt anagram of apt |
|
|
| Place to stand |
|
|
| To a tee |
|
|
| One way to stand in a card game |
|
|
| Game show host Sajak |
|
|
| 1960s-70s First Lady |
|
|
| Square on a roll |
|
|
| Light touch |
|
|
| Unconvincingly facile |
|
|
| Tap, backward |
|
|
| Oleo allotment |
|
|
| Superficially complete |
|
|
| Excessively glib |
|
|
| First name of a Kansas senator |
|
|
| Singer Benatar |
|
|
| Politico Buchanan |
|
|
| Congratulations, of a sort |
|
|
| Massage part |
|
|
| Learned perfectly |
|
|
| Back tap |
|
|
| Game show host Sajak |
|
|
| Stand ___ |
|
|
| Irishman, informally |
|
|
| Show appreciation for |
|
|
| Perennial presidential candidate Paulsen |
|
|
| Contrived |
|
|
| Vanna's colleague |
|
|
| Tap gently |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| To a tee |
|
|
| Bit of a stick |
|
|
| Emcee Sajak |
|
|
| To a science |
|
|
| Like some hands |
|
|
| Back stroke? |
|
|
| Androgynous one of "Saturday Night Live" |
|
|
| Robertson, who called a McCain co-chairman a "vicious bigot" |
|
|
| Reform party chairman Choate |
|
|
| Donald's Reform Party rival |
|
|
| Hillary's replacing him |
|
|
| Basketball coach Riley, who recently notched his 1,000th victory |
|
|
| Reform Party name |
|
|
| Christian right name |
|
|
| Benatar or Buchanan |
|
|
| Tracy-Hepburn romantic comedy ____ and Mike |
|
|
| Mastered perfectly |
|
|
| ___ down: frisk |
|
|
| Cash of the courts |
|
|
| Androgynous "Saturday Night Live" character |
|
|
| Backwards tap |
|
|
| With 54-Down, three-time NBA coach of the year |
|
|
| Faint sound |
|
|
| Lady Bird's successor |
|
|
| Way to stand |
|
|
| Oversimplified |
|
|
| With 62-Across, long-time CBS sportscaster |
|
|
| Keep in touch? |
|
|
| Gentle touch |
|
|
| Frisk with down |
|
|
| Butter unit |
|
|
| Excessively glib |
|
|
| Like some hands |
|
|
| Reassure Rover |
|
|
| Margarine serving |
|
|
| Relevant |
|
|
| One way to stand |
|
|
| Just right |
|
|
| How some stand |
|
|
| Emcee Sajak |
|
|
| Margarine serving |
|
|
| Cash of courts |
|
|
| Heat coach Riley |
|
|
| Sen. Moynihan |
|
|
| Soft touch |
|
|
| Boone or Benatar |
|
|
| Way of standing |
|
|
| To the point |
|
|
| You can stand this! |
|
|
| Butter mass |
|
|
| Overly smooth |
|
|
| Buchanan |
|
|
| One way to get things down |
|
|
| Mrs. Nixon |
|
|
| Congratulations, of a sort |
|
|
| Show of support |
|
|
| A Nixon |
|
|
| Ladybird's successor |
|
|
| Mrs. Nixon |
|
|
| To a science |
|
|
| Poker player's stand |
|
|
| Mastered perfectly |
|
|
| Bit of encouragement |
|
|
| Dick's first lady |
|
|
| Coach Riley |
|
|
| Like some alibis |
|
|
| Word with stand |
|
|
| Poker stand |
|
|
| To a science |
|
|
| How some stand |
|
|
| Exactly right |
|
|
| Show appreciation for |
|
|
| Dollop |
|
|
| Congratulate in a way |
|
|
| Caress |
|
|
| Sajak or Boone |
|
|
| TV host Sajak |
|
|
| Actor ___ O'Brien |
|
|
| Touch lightly |
|
|
| Tap gently |
|
|
| Mike's friend |
|
|
| A way to stand |
|
|
| Actor Harrington |
|
|
| Poker stand |
|
|
| Dab |
|
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| Gentle tap |
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| Butter unit |
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| Friendly touch |
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| Boone or Harrington |
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| Boone or Nixon |
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| Exactly suitable |
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| Piece of butter |
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| Pend.'s pal |
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| Foxborough athlete |
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| A Nixon or Buchanan |
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| Timely |
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| Singer Boone |
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| Betty followed her |
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| Butter measure |
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| Down cold |
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| Boone or O'Brien |
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| Back touch |
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| A daughter of Rose Kennedy |
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| Approving tap |
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| One way to stand |
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| Actor Hingle |
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| Londonderry lad |
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| Touch of approval |
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| Exactly |
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| Light blow |
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| A Boone |
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| Ready |
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| Lad from Limerick |
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| One of the Kennedys |
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| Stroke lightly |
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| Paulsen from South Bend, Wash. |
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| Modern descendant of Daniel Boone |
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| Summerall |
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| Like some poker hands |
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| Square of butter |
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| Fido's reward |
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| Stand ___ |
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| Hingle or O'Brien |
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| Brown or O'Brien |
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| Boone |
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| Actor O'Brien |
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| Firm |
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| Hingle |
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| Miss Carroll |
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| One-pointer in Football: Abbr. |
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| Kind of poker hand |
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| O'Brien or Boone |
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| Contrived |
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| Mother of Julie |
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| Glib |
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| Suitable. |
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| Exactly suited. |
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| Opportune. |
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| Appropriate. |
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| Contrived. |
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| Man's nickname. |
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| The Rooneys, father and son. |
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| Light touch. |
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| Timely. |
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| Butter serving. |
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| Aptly. |
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| Reward for a good horse |
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| Exactly suitable. |
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| Suitably. |
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| Back stroke? |
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| Back tap |
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| Guitarist Metheny |
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| Love tap |
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| Show appreciation for |
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| Slap on the buns? |
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| Apt. |
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| Commendation with the palm. |
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| Fixed. |
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| Immovable. |
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| Dick Tracy's stooge. |
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| An earlier Rooney. |
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| An O'Brien of Hollywood. |
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| Mike's friend. |
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| Sen. McCarran. |
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| Gentle touch. |
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| Actor O'Brien. |
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| Girl's nickname. |
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| Mrs. Nixon. |
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| Very suitable. |
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| Light stroke. |
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| Miss Suzuki. |
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| One of the Nixons. |
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| Way to stand in poker |
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| Stand ___. |
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| A Kennedy. |
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| Dab. |
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