CodyCross answers

La Bella Roma

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Group 401




Puzzle 1

1. Russian author of War and Peace
2. Green, leafy, carrot-family herb, curly or flat
3. Cancels permissions or access rights
4. Number defined as 1 followed by 9 zeros
5. Italian rice dish cooked in broth until creamy
6. Process of interlocking loops of yarn with a hook
7. Foretell that something will happen in future
8. Hinder, restrain
9. The craft of making porcelain or earthenware
10. Mean woman in “101 Dalmatians”: ... de Vil
11. Smooching
12. Destination of the virtuous in Greek mythology
13. Furniture containing a concealed chamber pot
14. Very weak, insubstantial
15. Small Greek restaurant or cafe




Puzzle 2

1. “Rhapsody in Blue” composer: George ...
2. Kids who have escaped home
3. Encourage, compel someone to do something
4. Sporadic, intermittent, periodic
5. Small structure for drying plates on
6. City home to the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore
7. Outstanding tennis sisters Venus and Serena ...
8. Ridiculous, preposterous
9. Losing consciousness
10. Mystical adviser to Czar Nicholas II of Russia
11. Alcoholic mixed drink
12. Morally corrupt




Puzzle 3

1. Organisations doing good works
2. "Sweet" mountain peak located in Rio de Janeiro
3. French maker of stilettos with red soles
4. Rod Stewart hit about a fling with an older woman
5. Gargamel's blue lady spy
6. Tribe or clan leader
7. Frequency range for transmitting internet signals
8. TV Adventures of the Ricardos and Mertzes
9. Deception, two-facedness
10. Deeply engaging 3D experience, such as when gaming
11. Person who moves scenery in theatrical productions
12. Rises or grows rapidly




Puzzle 4

1. Chemical element with the symbol Al
2. Snowstorm
3. Cave of ...... has Paleolithic paintings, in Spain
4. A severe snowstorm
5. Once upon a ... dreary: by Edgar Allan Poe
6. Song by Queen: Bohemian ...
7. Fastener for binding electric wires together
8. Cut of a garment above the chest
9. Radio frequencies for broadcasting
10. Lawbreaker
11. Greedily, eagerly
12. Nun dwellings
13. Hungarian capital city on the Danube river
14. Old-fashioned custard flavoured with lemon
15. The most glossy, most polished




Puzzle 5

1. Short bursts of energy
2. Men's formal suit, black and white
3. Stella ..., Belgian pilsner
4. Roland ...; Parisian Grand Slam tennis venue
5. Illustrious ..., Sherlock is approached by a royal
6. Weapon that fires heavy iron balls
7. Security
8. A song's refrain
9. Lotus ... S1, Bond's car in The Spy Who Loved Me
10. Head-wrap worn by a Sikh
11. Long choux bun has cream filling and chocolate top
12. Says hello
13. Use this on Instagram to change a photo's look
14. Pieces of printed music

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Group 402




Puzzle 1

1. Author of the Hunt for Red October: Tom ...
2. Japanese art form of small trees
3. Composer called "The Poet of the Piano"
4. Flat, polished sides of a diamond
5. Showy, glamorous, sparkly
6. Equines
7. Not in front
8. ... Pete, nickname of tennis player Sampras
9. Breakfast tart with eggs and fillings
10. He pulled the trigger
11. Capital of Cook Islands
12. Leave
13. Husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus




Puzzle 2

1. A settler in Plymouth Massachusetts
2. Singer Niall Horan's native country
3. Director of the Italian film Nights of Cabiria
4. Queasy, nauseous
5. Field of fruit trees
6. Unseen prompt for actors, held off screen
7. Tennis played with one player each side of the net
8. The level of sourness, e.g. of a food or substance
9. Primary patron saint of Ireland: St. ...
10. Ancient light source, no electricity
11. Exploding, like a cork from a bottle
12. Word formed by rearranging the letters of another
13. Bram Stoker's famous vampire




Puzzle 3

1. Chuck Taylor all stars shoe
2. The famous kite-and-key experiment, by ... Franklin
3. Love song, used to court someone
4. Element with the chemical symbol Pt
5. Fundamental component
6. Former name for Zambia and Zimbabwe
7. Type of restaurant most likely to serve sushi
8. Lemongrass helps treat this scaly scalp condition
9. Tube leading from the outer to inner hearing organ
10. Spectacularly embarrassing mistake
11. Leonardo ... was The Wolf of Wall Street
12. One who subscribes to another's tweets
13. Pleads
14. Shined to a glossy finish
15. Actor John ...; played T-Birds' leader in Grease




Puzzle 4

1. Famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park: Old ...
2. Person who brings goods into a county in bulk
3. Register of people present
4. Since birth, lasting all one's years
5. Chinese system for placing objects in a room
6. Viral reactivation of the chickenpox virus
7. Noise-making vehicle anti-theft mechanism
8. Sleeping platform with a liquid mattress
9. Athletic event of leaping across sand area
10. Birds found on the coast
11. St Peter's ...; focal point of the Vatican City
12. Well-spoken, articulate
13. Thin tissue-sheet boundary in a living organism
14. Relating to the Greek capital
15. Kelly and Jack's heavy metal singer dad, Ozzy ...
16. Chastising
17. Coin-operated communication




Puzzle 5

1. Circular sponge cake, Little Debbie's most famous
2. Risky
3. Elvis Presley's actress wife
4. Fascinated, curious about
5. Daily prophecy or advice based on the zodiac
6. Little ... are fibs meant to do no harm
7. People from Bucharest are ...
8. Not pleasant to look at
9. Traditional greeting of business people
10. ... Willie, Mickey's first film, released in 1928
11. ... Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
12. Not safe, risky

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Group 403




Puzzle 1

1. Guy Fieri show ..., Drive-Ins, and Dives
2. Barney and Betty's last name in the Flintstones
3. ... Fleece, found on the flying ram of Aries
4. Forested wetlands along the Mississippi
5. ... infection; disease caused by spores
6. ... Franklin, Queen of Soul
7. Green guy who stole Christmas
8. Thrill of victory, the agony of ...
9. A ... tweet stays at the top of a feed
10. Fast-moving river area
11. Ocean where walruses are concentrated
12. What Iran was called formerly
13. Innocence; freedom from contamination
14. Struggle, brawl




Puzzle 2

1. Flap of skin underneath the tongue
2. Protective clothing for use in dirty industries
3. Finds a solution, settles a dispute
4. Under ... by Queen
5. Mecca's most distinguished historical figure
6. Inundated with water
7. Italian tomato sauce
8. Photos of a designer's seasonal collection
9. Jon ...; comic strip cat Garfield's owner
10. Idly chattering, like a brook
11. Hamlet's stepfather who is also his uncle
12. Nationality of a native of Tirana
13. Extra big bed, fit for a male monarch
14. Exploit




Puzzle 3

1. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral locale: ..., Arizona
2. Greek dramatist of the Bacchae and Orestes
3. Samhainophobia is the fear of this
4. Followers and fans of Justin Bieber
5. ... up, fried eggs with the yolk showing
6. Substances used to preserve food
7. Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome
8. Tennis penalty when serving on a baseline
9. Shining, making something glisten
10. ... wraps; don't give away a secret
11. Insatiable
12. Rodent with quills
13. French torch-song singer of La Vie en rose
14. Loved and protected
15. This Venetian beauty elopes with Othello
16. Closed the window doors on a shop
17. Vastness of size, enormity
18. Effect reduces value of money over time




Puzzle 4

1. U.S. President with the shortest tenure in office
2. Fried squid dish
3. Tasks to be tackled, written in order of priority
4. Katana-wielding Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
5. Dish of fried or cooked squid
6. Day of the week of the Travolta's Night Fever
7. Nero's great uncle who adopted him
8. Sessions during which auditions are held
9. Geological time period of the first dinosaurs
10. Power tool associated with Texas massacre movies
11. Doggedly chasing
12. Holy or consecrated
13. In the open air; outdoors (Italian)




Puzzle 5

1. 2013 film about two astronauts stranded in space
2. Photo taken upon arrest
3. Series of Japanese animated films with Pikachu
4. Walked in step, like a soldier
5. Flat Italian pasta sheets
6. Make an image more in focus
7. Month in which Libras and some Scorpios are born
8. Large spotted wild cat
9. Metal cap worn to protect against needle pinches
10. Filthier, grubbier
11. Brighten, become happier
12. Singer with Fenty beauty line of makeup
13. Ponte ...; medieval stone bridge in Florence

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Group 404




Puzzle 1

1. Uselessly tangled, intricate
2. Giant brick construction ordered by Shi Huangdi
3. Ash ..., first day of Lent
4. Oval-banked cycling track
5. Il ..., a Verdi opera about a troubadour
6. Food regime with zero animal products
7. Primary hub city for Lufthansa Airlines
8. Grippy footwear worn on nautical vessels
9. Oddly, weirdly
10. Istanbul even before it was Constantinople
11. Gravemarker with inscription
12. ... your mind; a mental burden eased
13. Capital letters




Puzzle 2

1. Traditional Irish ballad, with calling pipes
2. Type of lenses invented by Benjamin Franklin
3. Gap between the teeth
4. Specialist in the scientific study of plants
5. Palpable, can be touched
6. Strong Roman god
7. Tied-back hairstyle
8. Hiding game enjoyed by babies
9. ABBA-themed musical film and stage show
10. The F key on a computer keyboard
11. Resident of a house, a tenant or dweller
12. Answering people's tweets or messages
13. Leave one's country and resettle elsewhere
14. Hans Christian Andersen tale: The ... and the Pea




Puzzle 3

1. Like getting blood out of a ...
2. Indiana-based NBA rivals of the Knicks
3. Egyptian god of the underworld
4. Japanese organized crime syndicate, like the Mafia
5. ... pastries, assorted yeasty breakfast treats
6. Deep blue colour
7. Dog
8. ... Rouge, Parisian cabaret near Montmartre
9. Traditional Japanese dramatic performance
10. Famous for its shell-shaped roof: ... Opera House
11. An optical illusion in the desert
12. Fourth astrological sign in the Zodiac
13. Distressing or urgent situations
14. Greek version of this food is healthier
15. ... saints; every place has their own
16. Richard ..., voyaged to Mecca; namesake of actor
17. Hole in mountain or hill that can grow speleothems




Puzzle 4

1. Only east coast state partially on Central Time
2. Only living species of the acinonyx genus
3. Severe
4. Awarding a mark for an assignment
5. Active during daylight hours
6. Long lasting, persistent
7. How most UK monarchs are now addressed: Your ...
8. Reprimanded for bad behaviour
9. Long pole with weights at either end
10. Face powder case with built-in mirror
11. David's successor at the end of 1 Chronicles
12. Ocean that is the largest on Earth
13. Prospero's young daughter in The Tempest




Puzzle 5

1. Mid-game breaks in basketball
2. Large swelling luminous star with cool surface
3. ..... Lacus; Roman name for Lake Lugano
4. Wet weather to save money for
5. Spirits or spectres
6. Confessed to someone
7. The Godfather and Scarface actor
8. Old, heavy sailing ships
9. Lotion used to relieve itchiness
10. Making a heavy, metallic noise
11. Compelling attractiveness
12. Forming plans or a writer constructing a story
13. He delivered newsprint to your door
14. Person who makes people laugh for a living

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Group 405




Puzzle 1

1. Saturday Evening Post cover artist: Norman ...
2. Jungle Book movie birds modelled after The Beatles
3. Was hired to work for a company
4. Landlocked country linked to the origin of coffee
5. ... an Egyptian; 1986 smash hit for The Bangles
6. Cave of the ..., huge transclucent shards in Mexico
7. Spanish word for pharmacy
8. Not scared, courageous, intrepid
9. Second-level pilot checks for software programs
10. Papers with adhesive backing, for pricing goods
11. Lawless, instruction less
12. Venomous flat fish with long, thin tail
13. Portable exercise weight




Puzzle 2

1. The San Antonio Spurs' Dallas-based NBA rivals
2. Member of the rabbit or hare family
3. In television: not on screen
4. Harmless, safe
5. Noticed, perceived
6. Tennis ... saw the birth of the French constitution
7. Natural feature, e.g. Niagara
8. What the "A" stands for in the diagnosis ADHD
9. Green colour named after a type of nut
10. Two types of cars: manual and ...
11. Stringed instruments, similar to lutes
12. May or may not be successful




Puzzle 3

1. State of health
2. Gave off a noise
3. Nationality of painter Andrea Solari
4. Painting style with thick layers of paint applied
5. Showing sincere and intense conviction
6. One fourth part
7. Toasted bread cube found in salads
8. Using another's phrase or saying
9. Northern and southern hemisphere divider
10. Place of significant activity; popular hangout
11. No longer existing, no longer useful
12. Short story by Oscar Wilde: The ... Giant
13. Mess, untidy proliferation
14. Sent unwanted emails to users
15. MRI, magnetic resonance ...; Lauterbur's invention
16. Def ..., British heavy metal band
17. Halted
18. Audible sign of possible sleep apnea




Puzzle 4

1. First name of poet who signed name e.e. Cummings
2. Bird depicted as the head of Egyptian god Horus
3. White hat worn by MJ in Smooth Criminal video
4. A mule is created by mating a horse and a ...
5. Country where Leon Trotsky was assassinated
6. ... and Jake Gyllenhaal, acting siblings
7. Family ruling Florence for most of the Renaissance
8. Appearances, pretenses, costumes
9. To deny an accusation
10. To have put a barrier around animals
11. River that flows through Baghdad
12. Light meal accompaniment, with lettuce, cucumber
13. Humbled, made to feel guilty publicly




Puzzle 5

1. Additional play period if the score is tied
2. An active hit for Olivia Newton-John in 1981
3. ... whale, aerially active breaching mammal
4. Famous waterfall on the Zimbabwe-Zambia border
5. Well-educated people who are interested in books
6. Conning someone
7. The amount of tasks to be completed for one's job
8. Programs used on a computer, e.g. games
9. Settler of a new country
10. Glass bottle used to serve wine
11. Broad, strongly built
12. Popular red fruits grown in home gardens

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Group 406




Puzzle 1

1. City where the TV show Happy Days took place
2. Yellow metal, symbol Sr, used in cathode ray tubes
3. Power outages, when electric lights fail
4. Put money into a bank account
5. To speak or act on behalf of someone else
6. Calming tea herb
7. Principal wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten: Queen ...
8. Ice crystals that form a circle around the sun
9. Explains in clear detail
10. Not a fake, the genuine article
11. Philosopher to whom Kong Miao Temple is dedicated
12. Historical drama, Taylor is Queen of Egypt
13. Plane-jumping sport
14. Term for a plant that lives more than two years
15. Deaf German classical composer
16. Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez' nationality
17. Thick, cool and flavoured fast-food drink
18. Power outages
19. Set apart from all the rest




Puzzle 2

1. Home Alone actor, ... Culkin
2. Outshines, overshadows
3. Cook who is in charge in the kitchen
4. Car that races over a quarter mile
5. Dark red, polished hardwood for furniture
6. Able to be carried
7. Due or planned to happen at a certain time
8. Sofa accessories
9. Athletes who clear obstacles
10. Early Beatles drummer, often titled the 5th Beatle
11. Pills, tablets
12. Larger body from which 12 jurors are chosen




Puzzle 3

1. Deepest lake in the United States: ... Lake
2. Little ... of Fourteen Years, by Edgar Degas
3. Dora the Explorer antagonist
4. Ancient military leader of the Huns
5. Not senior
6. Longs for
7. Largest country in area in the Northern hemisphere
8. Get a message across
9. Use it to clear out the snow
10. Metal belt fixing
11. Green tea powder
12. Footwear label that Victoria Beckham designs for




Puzzle 4

1. Young beauty queen's death became national news
2. Slow-moving ice mountains
3. Sauce tossed onto salad to add flavour
4. Prevents illness or bad luck from harming you
5. In the ... hemisphere, spring begins in September
6. Brazil's capital (not Rio de Janeiro)
7. Avoidance of reality through fantasy/entertainment
8. Making air-filled spheres; boiling
9. Smearing ink
10. English nursery rhyme: "Mary, Mary, Quite ..."
11. Acceptability




Puzzle 5

1. Crêpe ..., traditional French dessert
2. Moet et ..., French champagne house
3. Wilted, flopped
4. Modus ...; Latin phrase meaning way of life
5. Historical document collection
6. ... Pilate, Roman governor who judged Jesus
7. Japanese island where karate originated
8. Journeys
9. Physicist had a sound waves effect named after him
10. Brown dot on skin
11. Conducted yourself politely
12. Share someone's Twitter musings to your followers

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Group 407




Puzzle 1

1. ... College aka Community College, Associates
2. What a lumberjack yells when a tree is about to fall
3. A market in a Middle Eastern country
4. Velvety-tasting, like a carbonara
5. Miss ..., Vietnam love story about Madame Butterfly
6. Robert ... was a Taxi Driver in 1976
7. Confirm to be true
8. The swaying gait of ducks
9. Featured instrument in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
10. Steer violently around something
11. Bay of ...; gulf of the Atlantic bordering France
12. Lake ..., turquoise lake & resort in Alberta, CA
13. Another word for prepared wood




Puzzle 2

1. Fiction writers
2. Last member of 1D to release own single: Louis ...
3. Indigestion
4. St Peter's earthly profession
5. British band created by Simon Cowell: One ...
6. Containers for saws, hammers, drills etc
7. Sudden memory of a past experience
8. Ladies and ..., a compere's welcome to an audience
9. Thickness of a liquid
10. Canadian Pacific isle with its capital at Victoria
11. Musical movie soundtrack
12. South Asian flat staple served with curries
13. To discuss the terms of an agreement via debate
14. Invention that inspired the first opera glasses




Puzzle 3

1. Feeling elated
2. Beach-based drama series with lifeguard action
3. Evergreen tree offspring
4. As American or as British as this fruity pastry
5. Microsoft's online file-hosting service
6. Weather condition estimate
7. Type of melon and a scientific Muppet character
8. Followed closely, observing work practices
9. Make a claim retrospectively valid
10. Autonomous community in north-west Spain
11. Material draped around windows and drawn shut
12. What the E stands for in a record format EP
13. Pertaining to the self; ... planets, inner planets
14. Stripes, checks, polka dots, floral are all these
15. Like a phantom, ghostly




Puzzle 4

1. Taylor Swift's second album
2. Not elderly; full of the joys of spring
3. Touching a football with your arm, by accident
4. Beta-..., red-orange pigment found in carrots
5. Degree earner
6. Winter sport that combines skiing & rifle shooting
7. Breathe this in when you are outdoors
8. Strips of material to wrap a wound
9. Makes officially valid, like a treaty
10. Puts forward a plan
11. You're in here if in disgrace (one for canines!)
12. Strips of stickiness to catch summer insects
13. Laboratory substance
14. A picture is worth this many words
15. Spots on buildings for aircraft to land
16. Coming out from cover
17. In Greek mythology, the city founded by Queen Dido
18. Metabolic disease related to high blood sugar




Puzzle 5

1. The science guy who has his own show on Netflix
2. Mint compound from peppermint oil used in cigs
3. Tibetan, Neapolitan, & English breeds of this dog
4. In fashion; a 90s R&B female group
5. Puzzle-loving Batman adversary
6. Title or address of a married Italian lady
7. Visible African country from Straits of Gibraltar
8. US postal cipher at the end of an address
9. Arrow holsters
10. Likes one thing over another
11. Vertical strip at the left or right of a website
12. Sailor
13. Hobbling
14. Avoiding the question
15. Slanting or sloping line; side abdominal muscle

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Group 408




Puzzle 1

1. WNBA team based in Los Angeles
2. A solution of salt in water
3. Fine parchment made from the skin of a calf
4. Agatha Christie's character, detective Hercule ...
5. Largest hot desert in the world
6. The main course, in US
7. Chinese astrology animal with floppy ears
8. Closest Caribbean island to Florida
9. Frightened
10. Put upside down or in the opposite position
11. Japanese robe closed with an obi
12. Soft, squishy item for washing your body




Puzzle 2

1. Someone known to speak truthfully: straight ...
2. Frilly gathers of material that decorate clothes
3. Author of the novel "Bleak House": Charles ...
4. Highest mountain in Greece
5. Business tycoon
6. Roman god of wine
7. Commonplace, ordinary, expected
8. Extreme tiredness, exhaustion
9. A bold or daring act
10. Official language of Belize
11. Woodland areas under threat from being cut down
12. Water ..., another name for Aquarius
13. Sporting boat race
14. Sugar in milk products many people can't tolerate
15. Your father's father
16. Rocket launcher
17. Insect that makes a noise by rubbing its wings




Puzzle 3

1. TV show about a scientifically frozen pizza guy
2. Made appear through magic
3. Nut-hoarding animal
4. Expected loser, rank outsider
5. Tennessee 'good stuff' summer festival
6. Ecclesiastical districts with churches
7. City where Catherine de Medici was born
8. Applied a dressing to a wound
9. Ceremony for driving out evil spirits
10. Jacques ..., French sailor and undersea explorer
11. The capital of South Carolina
12. Nut-hoarding animal with a bushy tail
13. Place of abode
14. Getting older and wiser
15. Magician




Puzzle 4

1. Declare abandonment of
2. Ned ... is the Simpson's neighbor
3. Filled with the feeling of love
4. Mountain range along the entire Italian peninsula
5. Cold cabbage side dish
6. Found in Chinese cookies
7. The most expensive
8. The occasion of a person's birth
9. Filipino professional boxer, Manny ...
10. Maximum extent across the arms of a plane
11. Jose ..., tenor singer with Domingo and Pavarotti
12. Nationality of one from the city of Sucre
13. A chance occurrence
14. ... or Lu Cuisine, one of China's 8 cuisine schools
15. Longest reigning Roman emperor
16. Surgical cutting of nerves in the brain
17. State of being usual, common, natural




Puzzle 5

1. Kevin McCallister fends off robbers by himself
2. The Netherlands' capital
3. Kim ..., Belgian tennis star of the 2000s
4. Artificial sugary addition or payment as a bribe
5. Devoted support
6. Encouraged someone, gave them reason to go ahead
7. First ancient people known to use hieroglyphics
8. Ride of the ... by Wagner
9. Breeze that hits perpendicularly
10. Looming close, approaching

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Group 409




Puzzle 1

1. Robert Frost line: “Two roads ... in a yellow wood”
2. Wildlife hit by traffic on the highway
3. Latrine shack
4. ... fields, swathes of purply bushes in Provence
5. Wildlife hit by traffic
6. They grow up to be kings of the jungle
7. Belize, before it gained independence: British ...
8. Salad in Italian
9. Former Roman temple, now a church
10. Rio's biggest festival
11. ABBA song about Napoleon
12. The smallest trace, only just visible
13. Cloth for drying dishes
14. Disease typically associated with hyperglycemia




Puzzle 2

1. Hard rock group Def ...
2. A fluid- or air-filled cavity or sac in the body
3. Compound that is the main component of cane sugar
4. ... Clay; birth name of boxing legend Muhammad Ali
5. Creator of the Mongolian Empire: ... Khan
6. Wriggling fly larvae
7. Moveable wardrobe, often antique
8. Italian town squares
9. paper-folding, the Japanese way
10. Main Cretan town, built with a huge palace
11. Worth a thousand words
12. Enclosure for babies for fun and games
13. ... wage, lowest legal rate of pay
14. Dolce & ..., Light Blue perfume makers
15. Du Maurier's story of marriage to Maxim de Winter




Puzzle 3

1. State that's home to the Jack Daniel's distillery
2. Country of the natural wonder Uluru (Ayers Rock)
3. Medicinal sweet to aid sore throats
4. Feeling of intense dislike
5. Holiday that occurs the day before Boxing Day
6. Ancient Egyptian queen
7. Yellow ..., Beatles album and film of 1968/9
8. Longest skeletal part of the leg (not technical)
9. Raise the stakes
10. Shone an image onto a screen
11. Making it to the end zone with ball in hand
12. Eva Peron was married to this country's president
13. Machine that produces electricity
14. Said to keep the doctor away
15. Hugging
16. Creator or maintainer of online content and sites




Puzzle 4

1. NBA team renamed this in 2013: New Orleans ...
2. Mexican carnival-style music festival
3. ... Things by the Duff Brothers
4. Fixing a hole in cloth with more cloth
5. Pirate's company onboard
6. A patient person can wait for cows to do this
7. Releasing gas from the mouth after a heavy meal
8. Second-largest city in Peru
9. Country where Haile Selassie was Emperor 1930-1974
10. Grating, irritating
11. Pot for making hollandaise
12. Italian hard almond biscuits
13. Film actress originally from South Africa: ... Theron
14. ... Things, popular SciFi Netflix show
15. To stop subscribing to someone's Twitter feed
16. Show to be wrong or false
17. Another name for adults, when talking with kids
18. Signed off Merrie Melodies with That's All, Folks!
19. Busy




Puzzle 5

1. No ..., impressive pitching accomplishment
2. Someone who is extremely talented or admired
3. Disney mouse
4. They could be blue or beluga
5. Paul Francois ... led a coup against Robespierre
6. Meghan --, since May 2018 Duchess of Sussex
7. Occasions, ceremonies, things that are happening
8. ... Conan Doyle, writer of Sherlock Holmes tales
9. ...-me-not, borage plant with small blue flowers
10. Thin, white fungal coating, grows on damp clothes
11. Glares, frowns, glowers
12. Someone who is in jail
13. Capital city of Saudi Arabia
14. Better known name of the Greek god Loxius

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Group 410




Puzzle 1

1. Most populous city in Alaska
2. Depicted or represented
3. Zero ..., policing system with strict policies
4. What comes from a tap marked C
5. Stretchy trousers used for exercise or meditation
6. Sweaters with buttons down the front
7. Little inhabitants of Emerald City
8. Based on random choice
9. Daisy-family plant, its extracts said to aid colds
10. Emotion, feeling, nostalgia
11. City birthplace of the four Beatles




Puzzle 2

1. The only unmarried president, James ...
2. Strip to hang equipment around waist
3. Catholic confirmation name chosen by Madonna
4. Vision, hallucination
5. Ability to keep afloat in water
6. Selecting and organizing items in a collection
7. Close friend of Harry Potter: ... Granger
8. Volcano that destroyed Herculaneum: Mt. ...
9. Places where grapes are processed
10. Orchestral composition featuring soloists
11. Spanish island where Rafael Nadal was born
12. Less than half the whole
13. State of having no hair
14. Walks unsteadily and giddily
15. An idea or belief that isn't true




Puzzle 3

1. ..., The Teenage Witch
2. Diffidence, timidity
3. Threatening
4. Not nice
5. Air ... control; green light for flights to depart
6. Bathroom directly joined to a bedroom
7. The fallen angel
8. Act or show off
9. Presumed cause of the Plague of Athens: ... fever
10. Behind home plate in baseball
11. Former Berlin wall crossing point: Checkpoint ...
12. Hawaiian volcano, the world's most active




Puzzle 4

1. Season when the Wimbledon tournaments take place
2. You stir tea and eat soup and desserts with them
3. Natural material that baskets are made from
4. Ship for catching large mammals
5. The weaver in A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nick ...
6. National animal of Canada
7. An account has been ... when accessed illegally
8. ... bar, cereal snack that gives you a boost
9. Salsa aficionado; ballroom mover
10. Someone who enjoys cigars or cigarettes
11. Right place to find Hispanic groceries
12. ... baby! Utterance of 60s archetype Austin Powers
13. Religious theme Broadway musical: “The Book of ...”
14. Long, narrow sea inlets bordered by steep cliffs
15. Capital of the Bahamas
16. ... boot, term for latex, waterproof footwear




Puzzle 5

1. Magazine for car enthusiasts
2. Pointlessness, hopelessness
3. Ruler of Haiti from 1957 to 1971
4. Katniss ... of The Hunger Games
5. Beta ...; blood pressure-reducing medications
6. Circular conveyor of luggage in an airport
7. Like a house in need of frequent, costly repairs
8. Adult male horse used for breeding
9. Only barely, thinly
10. Eastern Namibia desert
11. Formal observance or celebration
12. The decade of Madonna
13. Wooden window coverings

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Group 411




Puzzle 1

1. American colonists' term for British soldiers
2. Capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
3. France's July 14th celebration, ... Day
4. ... Valley, US area of buttes used in Western films
5. Former Hostess sponge cake with cream filling
6. Homeless wanderer
7. Unexpected event
8. She brings your order at a diner
9. Beatles LP featuring Taxman and Eleanor Rigby
10. Poster advertising a theatrical performance
11. These are for standing on, after a shower
12. Caviar fish
13. ... of Venice by William Shakespeare
14. People told to leave a place for safety
15. Spain's "Catholic Monarchs": Ferdinand and ...




Puzzle 2

1. Fastest land animal in the world
2. Winter sculpture
3. Displaying bravery and courage
4. Founder of the Royal Philharmonic: Sir Thomas ...
5. Small, dark, sour cherry
6. Harmed in return for harm caused
7. To progress to the next stage in a video game
8. Sneer, forced smile
9. Destructive wind storm with funnel-shaped cloud
10. Distinctive, colourful facial feature of a clown
11. Patriarch of the Jewish people, father of Isaac
12. Soap spheres
13. Ursula ... portrayed Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale
14. Smaller-sized products for testing
15. Newspaper bosses




Puzzle 3

1. Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley: The ... Brothers
2. Priestess of Apollo whose prophecies were doubted
3. Director of first non-silent British feature film
4. The medical test abbreviated BMP: Basic ... Panel
5. Not showing care for the consequences of an action
6. The lamp that illuminates the star act on stage
7. Wild, drunken celebration
8. Turns against, behaves treacherously
9. Australian parrot with orange cheek circles
10. ... Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers
11. Timing device for sporting events
12. Scientific techniques used to solve a crime
13. Grievance about a shop-bought item
14. Thinks up an idea
15. Examples of this include a potato and a carrot
16. A residence for monks
17. Antarctica's largest island, named for a czar
18. Wrist restraints for an arrested criminal




Puzzle 4

1. Space adventurer Flash ...
2. No Matter What Sign ..., Diana Ross & the Supremes
3. Bite the ...
4. Where Guinness beer comes from
5. Hindu festival of lights
6. David and Victoria Beckham's daughter
7. Contemporary style, often simplistic, up to date
8. Witty exchanges
9. Apply these to stop a car moving
10. A sockeye is this kind of fish
11. A tight grasp
12. French word for "chicken"
13. Soviet dictator who created the USSR
14. Handy for a certain purpose




Puzzle 5

1. 1960s song by the Monkees: “I'm a ...”
2. Boxing training without hard blows
3. Delicate pattern of silver or gold wire
4. Complain about, vent out loud
5. Leader of the Decepticons in Transformers
6. To be immature
7. Tropical islands found south of India
8. Sudden destabilising symptom of vertigo
9. Elbow-shaped pasta
10. Duke of Milan in Shakespeare's The Tempest
11. Unpleasant, nasty, disgusting
12. Mating and production of offspring in animals
13. Abhors, shuns
14. ... spaniel; lively, energetic gun dog breed
15. To have brought contraband into the country
16. Savoury mince, shaped and baked in the oven

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Group 412




Puzzle 1

1. Piercing with a long sharp stick
2. The Coen ..., Fargo directors
3. Bogart movie, The ... of the Sierra Madre
4. Causing an injury
5. Former name for Microsoft OneDrive
6. Criticize harshly
7. Defeat in a battle, subdue, overcome
8. Daughter of Oedipus; story by Cocteau and Anouilh
9. Busiest, most happening part of a city
10. It can house fresh water or salt water fish
11. ... Fighter, mixed martial arts competition
12. Deplete ocean stocks by catching too many
13. Tangy citrus juice
14. Knives and other eating utensils
15. Month when British people celebrate Bonfire Night
16. Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
17. A given criminal's behavior pattern: "modus ..."
18. Flogging




Puzzle 2

1. Hannah ... character played by Miley Cyrus
2. Spiritual leaders with special healing abilities
3. Novel featuring the character of Leopold Bloom
4. The practice of growing food to sell
5. Mixes with water to make less concentrated
6. Goes back, retreats
7. Claire de Lune composer
8. Brass instrument very popular in jazz
9. Mark on the skin
10. Stacked sleeping arrangements
11. Greek stew of meat and onions
12. Male on-court retriever in tennis
13. Tony Stark's alter ego
14. Remote Australian bush land
15. Scottish knitwear brand with diamond pattern
16. Responded
17. Bridge-like structure with arches across a valley
18. Top cash prize in a competition or lottery
19. Long locks of hair




Puzzle 3

1. Body part that includes the pharnyx and larynx
2. Hebrew word of greeting or taking leave
3. Thin layer of wood as a decorative surface
4. Add-on software component
5. Edge, outskirts – or UK word for "bangs"
6. Threaten or endanger, like Dennis the ...
7. Creme ..., vanilla cream with burnt topping
8. Invented, untrue, fictional
9. Style of popular music featuring rap
10. A divine utterance delivered to man
11. ... Carey bought Marilyn Monroe's baby grand piano
12. Tool used to drive nails into wood




Puzzle 4

1. Result for other team when a QB throws a pick-six
2. Name given to St Petersburg between 1914 and 1924
3. Compilations of songs in a particular order
4. Latin expression meaning the other way around
5. Old English fairy tale: Jack and the ...
6. Describes people who are active after dark
7. Goods that are wrapped before sale
8. People who can cast out demons or spirits
9. Passionately, eagerly, intensely
10. Revolving tray for food placed in a table's centre
11. Occur, arise
12. Film: Whoopi Goldberg disguises herself as a nun
13. Thin, flat writing material used in medieval times
14. Emotional responses




Puzzle 5

1. Group of musicians or singers
2. Nourishing essential substance for growth
3. Large bright game bird with a long tail
4. Friendly, gray-colored water mammals
5. The sky over a particular country or territory
6. People who give up easily
7. Marvel Comics superhero group
8. Flight to ..., the capture of the fleeing Louis XVI
9. Frequently, most often
10. Like a drum beat
11. Capital of Liberia
12. Italian coffee sweet translates as "cheer me up"
13. The ...: yellow cartoon family from Springfield
14. Major football stadium in Rio de Janeiro
15. Reluctance to go through with: chilly extremities
16. How the Spanish say 40
17. Overthrowing an official
18. Bar fighters
19. Fabric pieces sewn on fabric to create a pattern

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Group 413




Puzzle 1

1. Ohio State University football team
2. Woody and Buzz Lightyear want to be the favorite
3. Spanish actor who voiced Puss in Boots
4. Unnaturally high singing voice
5. Magnifying symbol of a sleuth at work
6. Where green citrus fruits grow
7. Imaginative
8. Spotted herbivores with long necks
9. Green vegetable that's like a little tree
10. Accepts something as true
11. International ..., mark at the 180th meridian
12. Someone who is rotten to the core
13. Sending unsolicited, annoying emails
14. Learning disorder, causes difficulty with reading
15. Woody and Buzz Lightyear star




Puzzle 2

1. Kobe ..., Laker great nicknamed “Black Mamba”
2. Collie from Eric Knight's children's books
3. Mislead, trick someone into believing lies
4. Tweaking guitar strings for harmonious play
5. Triangular bone at base of spine
6. Cured Italian pork sausage cut into circles
7. Whirling mass of water or air
8. Sharp, quick-thinking
9. ... scooper, device for picking up doggy droppings
10. Crime of robbery on the high seas
11. Heaps, piles




Puzzle 3

1. Like rush-hour commuters: packed like ...
2. Robin ..., voice of the Genie in Aladdin
3. How many sports games are started, involves money
4. ... Hall, New York classical music venue
5. Consecutive numbers with the same difference
6. Fluid surrounding an unborn child
7. Forename of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway
8. Dress with material missing behind
9. Based in reason and logic
10. Glasses that work for near and distant vision
11. Eggs ..., dish of eggs, muffin, ham and hollandaise
12. Popular Broadway musical about US founding father
13. Solidified; became tougher
14. Annoyance, cause of discomfort




Puzzle 4

1. Rain protectors
2. Tiny silicon element in a computer circuit
3. Seville orange conserve served thickly on toast
4. Teacher or educator, especially when pedantic
5. Having great future possibilities
6. Trustworthy, with a good societal standing
7. Three foot measuring tool
8. Large round inflated object to play with
9. Lovable cartoon Great Dane
10. England's top goal scorer in the 2018 World Cup
11. Method, process




Puzzle 5

1. ... arts include karate, kickboxing, judo
2. Last name of the 36th U.S. President
3. Copper ..., blue fungicide aka Roman Vitrol
4. Usain Bolt's Caribbean island nation
5. Feathers on a bird
6. Colors of ...; song from Disney's Pocahontas
7. Cream filled tubular pastry from Sicily
8. Cracked, roughened, reddened skin
9. Tom, Jerry and Spike the ...
10. Fall quickly from a height
11. Composer of the opera "La Boheme"
12. Rory's mother in Gilmore Girls
13. Paper tissue brand name that is now generic
14. Loss of ability to understand or produce speech

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Group 414




Puzzle 1

1. Onomatopoeic game with marbles and spills
2. Craft of sewing fabric pieces onto a larger piece
3. What twigs are attached to
4. Beliefs/principles about the governance of nations
5. Precious metal hammered into thin sheets
6. A metal or ceramic container for melting ores
7. Carrie the writer; Terry the sports commentator
8. Shouting out of turn at a trial: in ... of court
9. Something worn between hand and arm, or on a glove
10. Elevated city railway
11. ... Love; wife of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain
12. Essential substance found in sunlight exposure
13. Motivates
14. Filling to the point of overflowing
15. Largest city in the southern hemisphere
16. French term for a wine barrel




Puzzle 2

1. Ice cream with a Danish-sounding name, ... Daz
2. Detective; investigator
3. Mary of ...; Italian queen consort of James II
4. Country where Mt. Ararat is located
5. A pillar, holds up a building
6. Struggling, dealing with a loss
7. Soft floor covering underfoot in a room
8. Lightheartedness, humour
9. What drummers have in order to play in time
10. Require
11. Neil Simon's first name (same as Paranoid Android)
12. Banged by judges to proclaim rulings
13. George ..., Australian director of Mad Max
14. Changes gear
15. Alternative route when road is closed
16. Michael ..., US Olympic swimmer with 23 gold medals
17. Charlie's ..., series about female crime fighters
18. Country ruled by Idi Amin in the 1970s
19. Zodiac twins




Puzzle 3

1. Level, paved outdoor area
2. Large book with lists of items for sale
3. Protective care or guardianship of someone
4. Italian saint and philosopher, Thomas ...
5. Changed into an animal
6. What the clocks are doing in Dalí's famous artwork
7. Something given gratis
8. Nationality of tennis player Novak Djokovic
9. Raining heavily
10. French term for dipping veggies in boiling water
11. Narrow strip of land with water on either side
12. Speaking furry toys, must-have of the late 1990s
13. This country has a very popular blue lagoon
14. Piece of fabric worn on the upper part of sleeves
15. Webpage set up by an ardent follower of a star
16. To stamp an outline on a surface




Puzzle 4

1. Sporting flying discs
2. 1990s party and wedding dance craze (in Spanish)
3. Petroleum before it is refined
4. Most famous cartoon resident of Jellystone Park
5. Dead end, road with only one way in and out
6. A shareholder's part of a company's product
7. Off-chance; fluke
8. Warming rays that boost Vitamin D supplies
9. Large, front part of the brain
10. Gap or ambiguity in the law
11. ... Thornton, once married to Angelina Jolie
12. Spaniel cross-breed with a curly-haired dog
13. Leans back
14. Tennis scoring system introduced at 6 games apiece
15. Diminished, reduced
16. Scuba equipment invented by Cousteau
17. Definiteness, conclusiveness
18. Precious green jewels
19. Thrusting into water to clear blockage




Puzzle 5

1. Memphis' NBA team
2. Someone with an irrational fear of food
3. Study of friction, wear between surfaces
4. Device for storing computer data
5. Soft, smoked Italian cheese
6. Taken to hospital by helicopter or plane
7. At Christmas, the bird found in a pear tree
8. Retribution
9. It is black and white and made for reading
10. Site of Beatles music studio and zebra crossing
11. Relating to memory or reasoning processes
12. Mental health disorder: total disregard for others
13. Most populous Central American country
14. Adolescent, whippersnapper
15. Another name for tea tree oil
16. Sticky material pieces played with by kids
17. Iron Man's identity
18. Person that announces the approach of another

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Group 415




Puzzle 1

1. Eliminated fashion from Miss America competition
2. S Indian state; its capital is Bangalore
3. You can use it to see the stars
4. Surface for a billiards-type game
5. Pet ..., job title for Ace Ventura
6. Person who directs an orchestra
7. High-rate data connection to the Internet
8. ... James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' nemesis
9. A person with senior responsibility in business
10. Ancient past, preceding the Middle Ages
11. Providing psychological relief, emotional release
12. Founding Father, second President of the US
13. Passing on, e.g. knowledge or wisdom
14. Where local produce might be sold
15. Terribly fierce and dangerous
16. Deep-rooted; with firm foundations




Puzzle 2

1. State where the Battle of Yorktown took place
2. Rough number of passengers on a full ship
3. Base chemicals
4. Resembling a castle or a large royal residence
5. Southern Italy's two islands: Sicily and ...
6. Could be sunny side up or over easy
7. Obstruction or occlusion
8. Anne Boleyn's fate
9. A grump, a whiner, or a kitten sucking a lemon
10. Tennis player Andy Murray's nationality
11. You mean this when adding BTW to a mail or text
12. "Goody goody ...", a sweet turn of phrase




Puzzle 3

1. Largest city in Ohio
2. Bookish, inclined to study
3. ... fracture, aka stress fracture
4. Very hot, like sausages on a BBQ
5. The state or fact of existing
6. Garment that sits above the wearer's hips
7. Supersonic passenger plane
8. An agreement
9. Pink alloy of copper and precious metal
10. Lasagna-loving orange cat
11. Covered walkway in a convent
12. Second tenet of the French Revolution, in English
13. Worries
14. Composer Franz ..., wrote the Trout Quintet
15. Begged




Puzzle 4

1. Triple G cooking show: Guy's ... Games
2. Conflict that inspired a poem by Tennyson: ... War
3. Woman's undergarments for training the torso
4. Ancient Roman city buried after volcanic eruption
5. Green Arrow is accomplished at this sport
6. Of colours that are dim or muted
7. Band best known for Livin' on a Prayer
8. Joy, elation
9. Fifth letter of the Greek alphabet
10. Galileo ..., Italian astronomer and physicist
11. Noise-makers in game shows
12. Long angry critical rants
13. Protein found in nails, hair, and hoofs
14. Furry-skinned, round summer fruits good with cream
15. Weights exercise for thighs
16. English breath mint brand since the late 1700s
17. Stealing




Puzzle 5

1. ... pitcher, backup hurler when going gets tough
2. Chinese mythology's animal with a prehensile tail
3. Volcanic stone
4. America's Got ..., variety show
5. Central and South American alligator relative
6. The least common
7. Full-bodied; like a rich, flavorful wine
8. Only non-Scandanvian country bordering Finland
9. Mercenaries in feudal Japan
10. Protective garments worn in the kitchen
11. Buttons or pins, small images to be added to blogs
12. ... weenie is very small
13. Use an alternative route, avoiding city centre
14. Prejudiced over someone's gender
15. Twisted rope-like designs in knitting
16. Parade ..., decorated vehicles from Carnival
17. ... caramel, savory seasoned sweet sauce
18. Medical term for a nonmalignant tumor
19. Not clearly visible

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Group 416




Puzzle 1

1. Be a superior grade or position to someone
2. Lipsyncing pop duo, Milli ...
3. King or queen
4. Convict known for his number, 24601, Jean .....
5. A stop between flights
6. Silvery metal used in batteries and some medicines
7. Air hole in the nose
8. A dark sweet sherry
9. Africa's largest country
10. Large avian friend of Snuffleupagus
11. Seat of national government
12. One more




Puzzle 2

1. Protagonist in The Scarlet Letter: ... Prynne
2. ... Scream, band led by Bobby Gillespie
3. Justly, evenly
4. Cook in water just below the boiling point
5. Hot under the ..., means angry or annoyed
6. Country where the Battle of Agincourt took place
7. Fury Road's protagonist
8. Spanish fried dough treat dipped in chocolate
9. Road from ancient Rome to southern Italy: ... Way
10. Largest city in Switzerland
11. A photograph taken by you, of you
12. Farrah Fawcett ..., blonde Charlie's Angel
13. In football, a crucial pass that results in a goal
14. ... Bravo, muscly blond cartoon character
15. Production amount of a factory
16. Pencil topper
17. The bone next to the tibia




Puzzle 3

1. What Buzz Lightyear would say: “To ... and beyond”
2. Endangered largest living primates: Eastern ...
3. Following someone stealthily
4. Careful, watchful
5. To remove money from an account
6. Mark made by a sharp metal sewing implement
7. Era of 70s music with glitter, satin and make-up
8. Cooking vegetables above a pan of boiling water
9. Neck pain from a sudden and hard stop
10. Brain ...; Nintendo puzzle game franchise
11. Largest piece of fabric on a boat
12. Body of water between the UK and Norway
13. Single-celled organisms, such as an amoeba
14. Changed a little, updated with tweaks
15. Cherry-stone movie: The Witches of ...
16. Negatively charged particle, not a proton
17. Pinball parts for striking the ball
18. Describes all animal species living in an area
19. Cloudy skies with no sun




Puzzle 4

1. Story with a princess, e.g. Snow White
2. Mop up last bit of Italian sauce: "fare la ..."
3. Physical activity routines
4. Action to close a frozen PC application
5. Revolting
6. Type of substance which blocks electricity flow
7. Wishful thinkers, fantasists
8. Australian double-Oscar winner Cate ...
9. Rule by the rich, government by the few
10. Pleased, satisfied
11. Greenish-blue semiprecious stone used in jewelry
12. A person's home
13. An organisational body created for a certain purpose
14. Forestalled
15. Five-pointed star
16. Demanding money through threats
17. Children's story with a princess and a knight
18. The young of an animal




Puzzle 5

1. The name of the taxi company in the TV show Taxi
2. “A picture paints a ... words”
3. ..., there's no need to feel down; Y.M.C.A. lyrics
4. ... bag, kit for pregnant mother during labor
5. Medical term for mercury poisoning: ... disease
6. Murderer of an important person
7. X marks the spot for buried ...
8. Maleficent actress, ... Jolie
9. Sofia is capital of this Eastern European country
10. Chewy cake made from oats
11. White sauce with butter, flour and milk
12. When ...; weeping birds hit for Prince
13. People's ... on Facebook show their profile/posts
14. Recurring periodically
15. Seaworthy, anagram of Isabella
16. A person who boasts

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Group 417




Puzzle 1

1. Catch phrase of Sylvester the Cat: “Sufferin ...”
2. Stage name of singer born as Katheryn Hudson
3. Capital of Romania bordering capital of Hungary
4. Mixtures of two or more elements, in science
5. International airport in Rome, code FCO
6. To dehydrate food at low temperatures
7. Battlestar ...; sci-fi TV series with Dirk Benedict
8. Teams that play in the ultimate cup match
9. Lively, full of energy, especially of older people
10. Doctor visit to one's home
11. Insect with taste buds in its feet
12. Takes a moment
13. Daisy weed used to make wishes
14. The original meat pattie in a bun
15. Boat that carries large containers
16. Jesus Christ ... by Andrew Lloyd Webber
17. British queen during the time of Shakespeare: ... I
18. The sources of information in a course
19. Frank Lloyd Wright's profession
20. Belle of the ball at school party




Puzzle 2

1. Someone trained to make coffee drinks
2. City with a new stadium in 2017, Sun Trust Park
3. Pithy saying
4. Stands firm in wanting something
5. Circus ..., sporting arena of ancient Rome
6. Schulz cartoons with Charlie Brown and Snoopy
7. Switches for adjusting brightness
8. ... faire; economic policy with little interference
9. Speaking in ..., also known as glossolalia
10. Little ... Boy, pa rum pum pum pum
11. ... Abbey; stately home drama series
12. Chocolate and cream glaze used to cover pastries
13. Very slow moving thick ice mass from unmelted snow
14. 19th C nationalists fighting for Irish freedom
15. ... League; DC Comics team of superheroes
16. Two-shelled sea creature
17. ... Amphitheatre; Rome's Colosseum




Puzzle 3

1. Yellow flower, often the first spring bloom
2. Small spiny mammal that can make a good pet
3. Kickboxing foot strike not from the front
4. Vitality, enthusiasm, liveliness
5. Beating of wings
6. ... combustion engine; invented by Étienne Lenoir
7. A follower of Jerry Garcia's band
8. Melodic container for jewellery
9. Joaquin Phoenix's character in Gladiator
10. Involuntary expelling of air/mucus from the nose
11. The ninth plague of Egypt
12. Rigid airship with German name
13. Restoration to initial state
14. Collectible stones masquerading as companions
15. Impose on someone's generosity
16. Sign up again
17. Nationality of author Margaret Atwood
18. Old furniture and other old items with value
19. Insulted, anagram of delights




Puzzle 4

1. Writing an online diary
2. Something that happens or exists before birth
3. Country where Satpara Lake is located
4. Deposed king of France, married Marie-Antoinette
5. French general, Charles ...
6. Silver adhesive used by handymen
7. Skilled shooters
8. Sudden release of emotion
9. Large city at the mouth of he Yangtze River
10. Fluffy winter coverings for the sides of the head
11. Tiredness, sluggishness, fatigue
12. Stolen, looted
13. German highway
14. Assemble, organize
15. Sabena Airlines replacement: ... Airlines
16. Singing as a duo
17. Splash with flecks of liquid
18. Margaret Thatcher's nickname, The ...
19. Those past their peak
20. Mocking or teasing unkindly
21. Cutlery for measuring and stirring sugar in cups
22. Spy drama series starring Claire Danes




Puzzle 5

1. Luke Skywalker actor, Mark ...
2. Cerebral ..., made of gray matter
3. The ... Woman, 70s sci fi show about Jaime Sommers
4. Book of recollection
5. Hard spice seed that can be grated
6. Idiosyncratic, oddball, eccentric
7. New York City's largest borough
8. Humble, unassuming
9. Friendly cartoon ghost
10. ... of luck, good fortune happening by chance
11. Defames someone in print
12. Jackal-headed god associated with mummification
13. Tiny bits of dry materials used to start a fire
14. The day after Thursday
15. Delays something from occurring

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Group 418




Puzzle 1

1. State where the Aleutian Islands are located
2. Greek god of darkness
3. Split or sever meat, along the grain
4. Eddie ..., Shrek's Donkey
5. Ancient Egyptian capital, within modern-day Luxor
6. Mexican painter Diego ..., married to Frida Kahlo
7. Resolve or reach an agreement
8. ... and bustle, rhyming phrase for frantic activity
9. Italian word for flute
10. White stone used in kitchen surfaces & sculptures
11. It fastens your shorts
12. Bullet-point plan for a meeting




Puzzle 2

1. Apple, Inc. co-founders: Steve Jobs and Steve ...
2. ... Faso, country renamed in 1984 from Upper Volta
3. Animal who sings when the sun rises
4. Edible fish has wide mouth and extruded bottom lip
5. Where baseball pitchers warm up
6. ... degeneration, ageing eye condition
7. Point of no return for some ships: ... Triangle
8. "Eat, drink and ..."
9. Steered wildly
10. Muriel's ..., early Aussie hit for Toni Collette
11. A sequence of film clips edited and put together
12. Pavarotti's profession prior to singing opera
13. Abraham's oldest son, as told in the Bible
14. Measurement of standards
15. Hugh Hefner's magazine
16. Bending
17. Came out from somewhere
18. Meaningful sayings adopted by families
19. Allowed, permitted, gave consent to




Puzzle 3

1. Arizona NFL team
2. Comedy drama about the Gallagher family
3. Second largest country in South America by area
4. American author who penned The Godfather
5. Half-human and half-robot, such as in Blade Runner
6. Time period in which humans began using metals
7. An individual taking part in a war
8. Raw fish cafes
9. Clinical measurement, e.g. pulse rate, temperature
10. Jewish Day of Atonement
11. Reusing household waste
12. ...... shops, small businesses run by a couple
13. Reasoning, basis for thinking
14. Of a machine suffering a sudden malfunction
15. Stubborn, determined, hanging on tightly
16. Particularly dazzling diamond cut
17. Comprehensive; covering all the services
18. Colourful connection of devices by short distance
19. Ant-eating animals from Africa, with large ears
20. Names written of people that have been ostracized
21. Timber that has been washed ashore
22. Moving in circles, like a rotating door




Puzzle 4

1. Happy ..., collect a full house of relatives
2. Worms that have many body segments
3. Film: ... of the Corn
4. Oil-processing plant
5. Act with the Heartbreakers as his backing group
6. Turn on, make a machine start
7. "Don't count your ... before they hatch"
8. Tennis play: the ball pops gently over the net
9. Disease characterized by high blood glucose
10. Neatening, rearranging
11. Inflicted sanctions
12. Edgar ..., horror writer of The Tell-Tale Heart
13. First year student
14. Recoil when a gun is fired
15. Edible flatfish; make clumsy movements
16. Someone who travels the oceans, nautical explorer
17. TV apparatus that converts signals into pictures
18. Dribble in anticipation of food
19. Friendly, likes being around people
20. Superman's love interest
21. To have the opposite effect of what was intended




Puzzle 5

1. To do with marriage
2. Body of water between Denmark and Sweden
3. Proving to be wrong
4. Lucky clover symbol in Ireland
5. Disease associated with severe niacin deficiency
6. Narrow glass vessel used to heat chemicals in labs
7. On your own two feet
8. Person or team least likely to win
9. Hitting sticks onto skins making percussive sounds
10. Former file-sharing service with green logo
11. People who post regular online articles
12. Spiral threads of a climbing plant
13. Sat lazily
14. Assassinated Dominican Republic leader: Rafael ...
15. Landlocked country whose capital is Gaborone
16. Small sweep of hair pressed to the forehead
17. Microscopic organisms that float in the ocean
18. Brand slogan: The best a man can get
19. Rightfully earned, merited
20. Chinese dish with meat and bean sprouts
21. Halting

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Group 419




Puzzle 1

1. Heinz Co. slogan: “57 ...”
2. Word/phrase used in place of a more offensive term
3. Large Italian lake, in Perugia province
4. Wind that comes off the ocean
5. Skill used by Sherlock Holmes in solving crimes
6. " ...... roasting on an open fire", popular carol
7. Its capital is Jakarta
8. Making amends for a wrong
9. A piece of public outdoor furniture
10. Clean, not tarnished, generally of reputations
11. People who finance and manage the making of a film
12. Swedish tennis legend, no. 1 six times 1977-1981
13. ... rate; e.g. number of deaths in a year
14. Person who passes away without leaving a will
15. Oscar ..., late Dominican fashion designer
16. Salacious online story to encourage site visits
17. It killed the cat
18. A divisive issue, can have serious consequences
19. He played Mr. Big in Sex and the City
20. High seating in pubs and drinking establishments
21. Sellers, vendors
22. Largest city in Victoria, Australia




Puzzle 2

1. Philadelphia Phillies Mascot
2. ... cooker, hob that doesn't use gas for heat
3. Relating to the Milky Way
4. Those with nothing between the ears
5. Defames in speech
6. Career for which one feels particularly suitable
7. Shallow container for holding bars of suds
8. Peter Pan's young male companions in Neverland
9. Fragment of wood caught in a finger perhaps
10. Nation ruled by Doctor Doom in Marvel Comics
11. Safety check that a vehicle is working properly
12. Word board game with tiles
13. Swift antelopes found on African grassland plains
14. Soften food by soaking in liquid
15. Sea to the west of the Balkan Peninsula
16. Large Hadron ..., the largest particle accelerator
17. Artist's device for spraying paint
18. Expressed, passed along
19. Remembered
20. Birth city of Barack Obama
21. Afternoon gathering with hot drinks and cakes
22. Mozart's first name




Puzzle 3

1. Only Great Lake bordering on Chicago: Lake ...
2. Medical, scientific
3. They're good for holding bubbles and for relaxing
4. Gland that is only found in males
5. Long-tailed tropical tree-living monkey
6. Second Estate, French social order pre-Revolution
7. ..., like Chewbacca, come from Kashyyk in Star Wars
8. Putters hit it
9. Grease rendered from strips of pig meat
10. Swankiness, luxuriousness, grandeur
11. Lachrymose channel in the eye
12. Comporting oneself correctly
13. Observant, keeping a close eye
14. People who post regular video blog updates
15. Automatic, unthinking, e.g. a ... reaction
16. ... Sam, archenemy of Bugs Bunny
17. Newest named ocean, acknowledged in 2000
18. Impetus gained by a moving object




Puzzle 4

1. Comic strip featuring a talking dog named Dogbert
2. Colonel ..., military character from Clue game
3. Another name for fabric, especially in art context
4. State of being abjectly poor
5. Mexican peninsula with Chichen Itza site
6. A great deal, hard to resist
7. The O in the sporting body IOC
8. Sugary, milky, buttery sauce is a sweet topping
9. Movie and music legend who played Dorothy, Judy ...
10. A large cup or goblet for drinking wine
11. Freddy ... of Nightmare on Elm street
12. Cylindrical clay oven used in Indian cuisine
13. Win, triumph
14. Submarine missile
15. System of raised dots essential for blind people
16. Disease spread by animals; heavy metal band
17. Watered down
18. Sons of ...; crime drama about motorcycle club




Puzzle 5

1. Only Vice President to FDR to be elected President
2. Film production house
3. The ability to think & behave in a rational manner
4. Wild horse tamed in the book by Mary O'Hara
5. School uniform jacket
6. Strong, effective, especially of pharmaceuticals
7. Both India and Bangladesh share this river's delta
8. Paris museum with glass pyramid
9. ... once, shame on you; Italian proverb
10. Morning joe
11. ... the Sailor, Arabic seafarer of legend
12. Mend
13. Compelled to act in a certain way
14. A room where musicians record songs
15. To inflict harm on behalf of another harmed

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Group 420




Puzzle 1

1. eaten at the start of a meal
2. Moves from one place to another
3. Late evening venue with music and dancing
4. Nontechnical term for tsunami
5. Ukraine-born Black Swan Hollywood actress
6. Destined to happen, down to fate
7. U.S. actor & rapper, the Fresh Prince
8. Showing moderation or self-restraint
9. Made less loose
10. They are for tying bows on your feet
11. Procedural problem-solving by a computer
12. Ruled by all; system started by the Greeks
13. Filled with stuff; messily arranged
14. Elvis Presley's mansion, now a museum
15. Uprising, riot
16. Longest river in SW Asia
17. Organising, sorting out methodically
18. Officially declared a saint in the Catholic church




Puzzle 2

1. Hung around for someone
2. Motion pictures as found on YouTube
3. Of time, to go by
4. For keeping money safe when out and about
5. Glassy or vitreous covering, or a paint type
6. ... Swift released 1989 and Red
7. Tacky, cheap, tasteless; the taste of gorgonzola
8. Scary movie series with ghostly mask
9. Found in, or produced by the sea
10. Shakespearean character: king of the fairies
11. He flew too close to the Sun




Puzzle 3

1. Famous Revolutionary War traitor: ... Arnold
2. Taking more time than necessary
3. ... House, site of Prince Harry's wedding reception
4. Ancient Greek lyric poet with an Acropolis statue
5. Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy, say
6. Fixed or mended something that was broken
7. List of all the letters, A-Z
8. Picasso anti-war mural for bombed Spanish village
9. ... of Fire, movie centred on the 1924 Olympics
10. System of symbols used to represent numbers
11. Novels for young women (or small hens)
12. Accounts in other countries, hard to trace
13. Nationality of a native of Zagreb or Split
14. Castrated or spayed
15. Rarely occurring lunar experience
16. Broadcast a programme or sports event online
17. Walking with long steps
18. Like something lightweight that can be carried
19. Scrape or laceration




Puzzle 4

1. Line said by Tom Hanks: “There's no crying in ...”
2. Monty Python's Broadway musical
3. ... Clooney, George's actress aunt
4. Monty Python's musical
5. Breakdown vehicle for moving immobile vehicles
6. Madeleine ...; first female US secretary of state
7. Arriving; opposite of outgoing
8. Once you pop, you can't stop eating these chips
9. Shame, scandal and ignominy
10. Italian flat bread made with olive oil
11. Engulfing with water
12. Relied on
13. ... Mead, US anthropologist
14. Boating sport, a bit like kayaking
15. Powers that form patterns between planets
16. Chair made to seat two amorous people
17. Ain't No ... High Enough, Marvin Gaye love song




Puzzle 5

1. Copyright thieves
2. Defensive effort, opponent gets no runs
3. Country whose capital and largest city is Tallinn
4. The sustained bombardment of a trench line
5. Members of the ruling family
6. Provider of input on the outcome of a sports event
7. Shutter ..., press this button to take a photo
8. Error in printed text, corrected in next edition
9. Brand perfumer of Hypnose and Poeme
10. Administration of law, upholding of rights
11. Every Breath ...; 1983 hit for The Police
12. ... Mob, gangster challengers in Wacky Races
13. Pouring oil over roasted meats
14. Prim and demure, overmodest
15. Famous diaper brand
16. Spooked, frequented by spirits
17. Hunting industry of the oceans