CodyCross answers

Medieval Times

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Group 221




Puzzle 1

1. To pamper
2. Only son of Tsar Nicholas II; hemophilia sufferer
3. Dirty Peanut
4. It means "parents" in Spanish
5. If in time, it saves nine
6. Color made with red and blue
7. To disprove a theory or belief
8. 1984 and Big Brother creator
9. Horse room
10. Theory of Evolution
11. Lead singer of Pearl Jam
12. John ...., Python and Basil Fawlty
13. Leave it to ...., 1950s idyllic TV family show
14. Croque Monsieur with an egg on top: Croque ....
15. .... Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi cricket grounds
16. Sugar, almond milk and orange cordial
17. Religious, ceremonial sword of ancient India




Puzzle 2

1. Ancient literary language used in Hinduism
2. Beatle, George ....
3. .... clad; not wearing many clothes
4. Mixture of kamacite and taenite, "filling"
5. A basin with running water and drainpipe
6. An egg's least favorite golfing format
7. Shiny, spotless, unspoiled
8. Indian mausoleum that's one of the new Seven Wonders
9. Cross-country runners
10. Small pasta tubes
11. Yellow bulbous spring flower
12. Investigative reporter who brought Nixon down
13. Affixed, enclosed, added
14. World's most popular language
15. Author of "Candide"
16. An egg's worst golfing format




Puzzle 3

1. Another name for cilantro
2. Shoreline of Louisiana, Alabama, etc.
3. Software company that Bill Gates cofounded
4. Deltiology is the collection of these items
5. Epic Babylonian poem about a tyrannical king
6. Chemical administered to elicit a confession
7. The range of a quality, property, phenomenon
8. Leading actor in Scott of the Antarctic
9. Curved embellishments in handwritten letters
10. Cocktail of whisky and Drambuie, not used in d-i-y
11. German author of Thus Spoke Zarathustra
12. Real state event for prospective buyers or tenants
13. Costa ...., cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany
14. Folk music entertainment in a countryside building
15. Towelling sports accessory to absorb perspiration
16. Son of Queen Victoria, ruled England between 1901-10
17. Jewish minor prophet; his Book follows Haggai
18. Military belt and strap named after a commander
19. Tsunami, seismic sea movement following earthquake
20. Ballet thriller movie starring Portman, Kunis




Puzzle 4

1. Associations, leagues, consortiums
2. Middle Eastern flatbread, laffa
3. Historically, a diplomat lower than an ambassador
4. Construction of an item, act of creating something
5. Russian leader at the 1945 Yalta Conference
6. A mythical reptile with wings, slain by knights
7. Handbag designed to be carried in one hand
8. Singing or talking the same thing at the same time
9. Surgeon's uniform
10. Payment received from work done
11. The .... of Christ, Caravaggio painting
12. .... Leone, African country
13. Road built to go around a town and not through it
14. .... Brothers, US entertainment company
15. King of Spain, brother of Napoleon
16. Open and sincere, frank and honest




Puzzle 5

1. The main pack of cyclists in a race
2. .... Astros play at Minute Maid Park
3. Deceased Blues Brother, comedian brother
4. Prominent historical Germanic state
5. Not reacting visibly; not aggressive
6. Residential areas on the fringes of a city
7. Captain .... first appeared in 1941
8. Name of God in the Bible, also a witness
9. Winner of 2015 Best Picture Academy Award
10. Kylie ...., petite Australian diva
11. Pasta with filling inside
12. Bitter and ....; miserable and hard-hearted
13. Desiderius ...., Dutch humanist philosopher
14. Cuban brand, famous white rum
15. Curious, mask-wearing mammal native to the US

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Group 222




Puzzle 1

1. .... R.R. Martin, wrote the Game of Thrones series
2. United State's most northern state
3. Indian leavened bread made with maida
4. Pablo ...., Spanish cellist and conductor
5. Not a lot
6. Milfoil
7. Periodic payment not based on hours worked
8. This tech bubble burst in the late 1990s
9. Someone people follow
10. Roberta ...., first neurologist in space
11. Bela ...., best known actor for portraying Dracula
12. Serpentine creature of reptilian traits
13. Active fighting during the course of a war




Puzzle 2

1. Birds of ...., exotic flowers that seem to fly
2. Sacramento ....; former WNBA side, defunct in 2009
3. Main vegetables in Chicken Cacciatore
4. To reduce amount, to move to a smaller home
5. King turned royal sage in Hindu tradition
6. Italian goalkeeper, won World Cup 1982 at age 40
7. French candy, smooth yellow paste of candied fruit
8. Eating small amounts of food throughout the day
9. Going after or in the tracks of another
10. Code of conduct associated with knighthood
11. Shiny silver metal used in plating
12. Greek god of death, Hypnos' twin
13. Pistol stand-off
14. HTTP: Hypertext .... Protocol
15. 1933 movie with giant gorilla-like monster
16. Family member you're descended from
17. Eating small amounts of food between meals
18. Preface
19. Female antihero with feline traits
20. Very affectionate parrot




Puzzle 3

1. Method, process
2. Baker's ammonia, leavening agent
3. To begin to grow, to sprout
4. Plato's most famous student
5. .... Dumas, wrote The Count of Monte Cristo
6. City on the river Pegnitz, state of Bavaria
7. Inflammation of the stomach's lining
8. Russian composer of "Peter and the Wolf"
9. Evander ...., "Real Deal" heavyweight boxer
10. Fan that converts rotational motion into thrust
11. Places where photographs are developed
12. Artificial sweetener
13. Vital link between cerebellum and spinal cord
14. French artist Auguste Rodin's specialty
15. The Age of ...., Scorsese's 19th century love story
16. Large, thick-skinned animal such as an elephant
17. Carving a piece of wood by shaving it down
18. River of Myanmar, Mandalay lies on its banks
19. Reference point




Puzzle 4

1. Guitar combos
2. Short metal bolts
3. Another name for a fireplace
4. Costa ...., Spanish white coast at Benidorm
5. Jeopardy host, once famously moustached
6. Your sibling's son
7. Darwin's famous ship
8. Capital of Iran
9. La ...., Puccini opera about Rodolfo and Mimi
10. It means "Domingo" in Spanish
11. Polish author, Heart of Darkness
12. Academia, university, faculty
13. The neck of the uterus
14. Martha ...., US modern dance choreographer
15. You have been warned when you see it
16. Your sibling's little boy
17. Tent-loving person
18. Doomed allied raid of 1942 on this French seaport
19. Will magically make you fall in love




Puzzle 5

1. Military nobility and warrior caste in Japan
2. Texas NBA team won twice in 90s with Olajuwon
3. To give permission
4. Southeast European, Western Asian language
5. Short heavy curved sword used by pirates
6. Masses of tissue in the throat, often removed
7. Rumble, bang
8. This person doesn't ride a horse
9. Indian leader of nonviolent civil disobedience
10. Considered founder of Beatnik movement
11. Very small headphones
12. Mincer
13. Perennial flowering plant, 1,795 different species
14. Black ...., world-renown English rock band
15. To agree
16. Originally, twisted German bread, now salted snack
17. Neither something nor everything
18. Physician who performs medical operations
19. Such a personal important thing
20. Film in which actor Hoffman plays an autistic genius
21. Wire ...., supermarket carriers for quick shops

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Group 223




Puzzle 1

1. Machines that perform human tasks
2. Book and TV series .... Little Liars
3. Irony understood by the audience only
4. Old bearded man, 1967 cartoon, what is inside
5. Compos ...., of sound mind, sane
6. The .... tuna can grow to 400 lbs
7. Speed .... is solving Rubik's cubes really fast
8. Metal compound used as a diamond substitute
9. Ignatius of ...., Spanish priest founded the Jesuits
10. Humans have five, including touch and taste
11. .... Jean; MJ's "The kid is not my son" mega hit
12. An image that is unclear and hard to make out
13. Times ...., US popular intersection
14. .... Pieces, peanut butter in sugar shells
15. Thin, crisp crackers
16. Colored wax stick for drawing
17. Ship's steering mechanism




Puzzle 2

1. Being anxious about something
2. Number that equals to 10 times 100
3. Border
4. .... Punch, tropical, knockout beverage
5. Travel across a place
6. Pete Fountain's instrument
7. .... My Lovely, Chandler tale stars Philip Marlowe
8. End of the line
9. Estadio Gigante de ...., Rosario, Argentina
10. Radically curved Persian sword
11. Giving back money that was loaned
12. Upper case letters on a keyboard
13. HST: Harmonized ....
14. The Curious Case of .... Button, film with Brad Pitt
15. Type of medicine used to establish cause of death
16. Woman in Norse mythology linked to deaths in battle
17. A dish designed to hold a cleansing bar
18. True heir of the iron throne in Game of Thrones
19. Person who betrayed Jesus: Judas ....
20. East Asian mushroom
21. Santa Maria ...., basilica on Rome's Esquiline hill
22. Joshua ...., president of the Royal Academy of Arts
23. Wording of Nobel prize: Physiology or ....
24. French brandy made from apples
25. Devil's ....; supporter of unpopular opinion
26. The text for an opera
27. .... Pankhurst, suffragette matriarch
28. Scaling a mountain




Puzzle 3

1. Animal part of a sandwich
2. Aquatic animal featuring a saber
3. Giuseppe ...., Italian director of Cinema Paradiso
4. Scientific study of mosses
5. Usual way a person lives
6. One who makes alcoholic drinks for money
7. It means "snails" in French
8. Common name for digitalis flower spears
9. Greek cycladic volcanic island also known as Thira
10. Spanish city that hosted the 1992 Olympics
11. 1830s Boer exodus from Cape Colony
12. Disciple of Jesus, also identified as Bartholomew
13. Poirot's secretary, Felicity
14. Seafarer made three attempts on the N-W Passage
15. HTML: .... Markup Language




Puzzle 4

1. Fictional books
2. Keith Richards' instrument
3. “I'm just a living .... to the leader of the band”
4. Jeff Goldblum film about a mutant insect
5. Tree seed sometimes used for milk
6. Out of ....; off balance
7. Maintain an unobtrusive profile
8. Miranda ...., Cynthia Nixon's Sex and the City role
9. Diamond plaids
10. Rosh Hashanha dessert aka Jewish honey cake
11. The Mark of Zorro swashbuckler actor, .... Power
12. .... Sore, painful, mouth ulcers
13. Ships of the desert, with humps
14. Capable of being eaten
15. Tissue that bulges through a body cavity wall
16. Danny .... played Louie De Palma in Taxi
17. Ordinary, unceremonious
18. Antiquated term for a farmer owning his own land
19. Bug
20. Palm tree fiber used for weaving baskets and mats
21. A rolling stone gathers ....
22. Mixed with type of heavy metal, eg. .... gasoline
23. .... Horde, Batu Khan's 13th-century Mongol khanate
24. Late 1800 US age of social inequality
25. .... Sandberg, Facebook COO
26. Direction in which Muslims face to pray
27. Lake venue for 1980 Winter Olympics in the US
28. .... Prynne, she wore a Scarlet Letter
29. It holds the archer's arrows




Puzzle 5

1. .... milk; high-fat non-dairy coffee additive
2. Each state issues these plates for cars
3. Queen of France who married the King of England
4. Traditional candelabra for the holiday of Chanukah
5. Kerchief, napkin made of cloth
6. Hotel rating at lower end of scale
7. The Three Caballeros is a Disney .... buddy film
8. Nationality of the music producer known as Zedd
9. Division of content within a book
10. .... Ceausescu, leader executed on Christmas Day
11. Tortilla folded around a filling
12. Male who repairs or rents nautical vessels
13. .... Villeneuve, won the F1 title in 1997

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Group 224




Puzzle 1

1. Syndrome includes autism disorder or brain injuries
2. Frequent soap opera advertiser Procter and ....
3. To raise the right hand to the side of headgear
4. Picky, selective
5. .... moray eels are the largest in their species
6. Disposable handkerchief
7. Organ where humans develop
8. Longest river in the European Union
9. Very well known by everyone
10. Historically, indigenous people of South Asia
11. The .... Family has a towering butler named Lurch
12. Processed wood used to build homes
13. This voyager called Gulliver has a first name
14. Chinese communist revolutionary, Chairman Mao
15. Actress and singer from 1950s named Marilyn
16. To stagger, wobble; to sway




Puzzle 2

1. Brazil's largest uni, founded in 1934
2. Telescope
3. Bratislava is the capital of ....
4. Japanese celebration of plants on 4 May
5. Table tennis
6. Italian mopeds
7. Basic cocktail of rum citrus juice and sugar
8. The mapping partner of longitude
9. Worldwide known boxer movie star
10. Being emotionally dependent on someone
11. Maradona, Pelé, Beckham, Ronaldo
12. Any form of pleasure is a sin to them
13. Modus ...., method, way of doing something
14. White bird, yellow or orange crown, very outgoing
15. Dominican Republic leader for 31 years: Rafael ....
16. Scholarly, relating to studying




Puzzle 3

1. Quality related to inquisitive thinking
2. Who Greg Lake believed in, Father ....
3. The California Gurl
4. Common rash-causing plant
5. Blood ...., toxins in a bodily system
6. They power your devices
7. British ocean liner sunk in World War I
8. Dark green nutty legume from French volcanic soil
9. The state of having lost the esteem of others
10. Period before a mother gives birth
11. Small devices that provide power to toys and phones
12. Hit song by Tina Turner
13. Thick smooth tissue at the end of bones
14. Cold-blooded animal
15. Equestrian footwear
16. There is no artistry or ideals in this statement
17. Quilted trouser with shoulder straps, for skiers
18. Time following the middle of the day
19. Ejections of molten rock from a volcano
20. Dolby co-invented this film/sound recording method
21. Claudia ...., beautiful Italian actress from 1950s
22. Sale rack
23. Person who cares for your animal when you're away
24. Ardency, fervency, emotion
25. Shape with 4 right angles, but not 4 equal sides
26. Group of assets, stocks, bonds or cash
27. Very small pieces




Puzzle 4

1. Country singer .... Yearwood
2. U.S. State with highest canned Spam consumption
3. Pretending, feigning
4. Prize fighters
5. Oblast, city and river in south-west Russia
6. Skimmed milk, bacterium probiotic dairy drink
7. Athletes who fight in a ring
8. French Resistance leader; Paris airport, de ....
9. Thigh supported hi-tech device
10. The second softest rock in nature
11. Japanese martial art, means "empty hand"
12. You can have many up your sleeve
13. Rambling, taking a long walk with a rucksack
14. Performed in beauty salons and spas
15. Sword blocker
16. Rubbernecker
17. Extreme fear
18. Grammar says it can be restrictive or not
19. Paul ...., US actor, won oscar for The Color of Money




Puzzle 5

1. .... Díaz, actress of Charlie's Angels
2. Muslim military-political leader of the Crusades
3. Swedish astronomer invented centigrade thermometer
4. Enzootic means endemic to ....
5. Yellow part of shelled food
6. Where acorns fall from
7. The Last ...., British-Italian epic film about Puyi
8. You need one to insert your door opener
9. Illegal to buy in Mississippi from 1907 to 1966
10. Mythical hybrid, a cross between a lion and eagle
11. This Ninja turtle doesn't paint in the Renaissance
12. Marksman, sniper, gunner
13. The opposite of vituperation

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Group 225




Puzzle 1

1. Sartre's sickly Existential tome
2. People switch these off in support of Earth Hour
3. Overtaken on a running track
4. One of the best selling cars in the US
5. Abu Dhabi branch of Paris art museum since 2017
6. The most capable
7. Bud, comedy partner of Lou Costello in the 1940s
8. General defended Moscow and Stalingrad in WWII
9. Eastern European Jewish preacher
10. .... acid, found in vinegar, used as solvent
11. Music term for very fast tempo
12. Yes, muscly, but so gauche! (anag)
13. Psychopathically violent Trainspotting character
14. Who .... Roger Rabbit, 1988 live action film
15. Anne ...., second wife of King Henry VIII
16. Pictures usually look better this way
17. The place in the fridge to keep frozen food
18. Utensil to remove stone inside
19. Within
20. City where Big Ben is located
21. Corpulent and pig-tailed friend of Asterix
22. Golf club for green work
23. Capital city of Russian republic of Khakassia




Puzzle 2

1. Heart Month in the United States
2. Irish expression: “he scared the .... out of me”
3. Cincinnati Reds play at the Great American ....
4. Superstate in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
5. Formidable late French general
6. Japanese arcade game, similar to pinball
7. Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity
8. Largest saltwater lake in the world
9. Titanic's male star
10. Not yet a suspect, person of ....
11. Featuring glamour and vitality
12. Tropical fruits with white flesh and hard shell
13. Put in jail
14. Opposite exit to front entrance
15. Female with child; expectant
16. Very fast sombrero-wearing mouse, Speedy ....
17. Storage container for a vehicle's petrol or gas
18. Collection of schemas, tables, queries, reports
19. Accelerating accumulation of weapons
20. Salty liquid dressing used in Chinese foods
21. Drug used to cure constipation
22. Collarbone




Puzzle 3

1. Writing implements used by Shakespeare, say
2. British car designer of world-famous Mini
3. Red pigments found in tomatoes
4. Versailles treaty demilitarized this German area
5. Barcelona's most famous green space
6. Pedro ...., Spanish film director
7. Cooking just below the boiling point
8. Russian triangular plucked string instrument
9. .... diamonds are pinky-brown and named after drink
10. In F1, an indication that you are disqualified
11. Idea, purpose, aim, goal, objective, plan
12. Bad words
13. Crux ...., also known as the Southern Cross
14. Latvian capital lies on this Baltic body of water




Puzzle 4

1. The Virgin Mary and a pop princess
2. Period of one hundred years
3. .... Ice, frozen dessert sold in carts
4. .... and Remus, twins suckled by a she-wolf
5. Ancient supercontinent, once called Pangaea
6. Pattern of musical sound
7. Participants in a game
8. Another term for pistol or small gun
9. The practice of accepting a situation as it is
10. Spiky, egg-laying mammal
11. Tokyo "Inspire the next" electronics firm
12. Audrey ...., star of Breakfast at Tiffany's
13. Neat and tidy, well presented
14. Alerting systems
15. Title of Ancient Egyptian ruler
16. One of the five senses
17. Baked German flaky pastry with filling
18. Drug often used for fast muscle development
19. Medusa, Euryale and Stheno
20. To make louder, larger, stronger, bigger




Puzzle 5

1. Move about when bored
2. To soak it in
3. Seat of worship of Sumerian god Enil
4. Player of cor anglais or shawm
5. Greatest and most celebrated pharaoh
6. Abstract, breviary, summary, conspectus
7. World .... Day focuses on world sanitation
8. Bloody Mary
9. Giant .... shrimp have vivid colors
10. Zinedine ...., well-known French footballer
11. Garden hand tool for planting
12. Pinocchio, 1940 film about a .... puppet
13. Its area is calculated by 4 x pi x radius squared
14. Response to a question
15. .... Spring, 1962 book about environmental issues
16. Slogan, Have ...., Have a KitKat
17. Female parent
18. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

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Group 226




Puzzle 1

1. Olympic medal awarded for third place
2. .... Red Sox play at Fenway Park
3. Kids' party game of pin the tail on the ....
4. One of an ancient East Germanic tribe
5. Spoken in Kenya and Tanzania
6. Muslim dynasty, ruled in the Levant 1127-1250
7. Special colored lenses for spectacles
8. Lost speed
9. Blue flowers painted by Van Gogh
10. To delay temporarily
11. This 80's band doesn't kill anyone
12. Soviet human spaceflight program
13. Open-top pie with savory custard and cheese
14. The mountain lion
15. Not solid or gas
16. Creator of Kermit and Miss Piggy
17. Back ...., fireplace, hot water heater combo




Puzzle 2

1. Augusto ...., Chilean dictator from 1973-1990
2. Mrs Dalloway's forename in Virginia Woolf's book
3. North America's largest movie theatre operators
4. John III ...., Polish general and hero of the 17th C
5. Greeks chiseled the leaf of this plant in stone
6. Collection of outside furniture
7. Advocate for women's rights and associated movement
8. Of, in, or relating to the head
9. No. 1 element on the periodic table
10. It means "estate" or "farm" in Spanish
11. Whoopi ...., won an Oscar for Ghost
12. The Blue ridge coral is the only one that forms a ....
13. It doesn't hurt
14. Pope Francis' predecessor, .... XVI
15. Skate.... involves riding and tricks
16. An area rich in fuel deposits
17. Shrubby mint, grayish-green needle-like leaves




Puzzle 3

1. Process of making the illusion of motion and change
2. TV show about a remote hotel, .... Junction
3. Belgian/German yellow cheese shaped like a brick
4. Turned to stone
5. A square dance for four couples
6. Location of first Olympics to use electric timers
7. Quick-fire, snappy retorts
8. To depreciate
9. Inventor of the Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD)
10. Turned to stone; scared stiff
11. Norman invasion in 1066, William the ....
12. Skeletal muscle separating chest and stomach
13. Michelangelo ...., Italian writer of L'Avventura
14. Sea separates mainland Asia from Japan
15. Syntactically, not the subject
16. Ancient times
17. The meaning of philosophy is the pursuit of ....
18. Predator fish with a long body and tons of teeth
19. One who relies on another for support




Puzzle 4

1. Advantages or benefits
2. Short kickoff designed to get the ball back
3. Wu ...., only woman to lead a Chinese dynasty
4. Uranus moon named after the King of the Fairies
5. The Satanic ...., controversial book by Mr Rushdie
6. Tears rolling down the cheeks; bawling
7. Headwear of the Sikhs
8. Meryl ...., Out of Africa's star
9. .... runner, tall upright breed of domestic duck
10. Keeps you warm in the winter
11. James Cameron Sci-Fi film with blue beings
12. Supported, sponsored
13. Scotland's patron saint
14. Piña ...., cocktail of rum, coconut, pineapple
15. Martell, Pedro Pascal character's in Game of Thrones




Puzzle 5

1. Electrical loop
2. Drinking containers that sit on saucers
3. Removes weapons from someone
4. Jim Crow law, pay to vote
5. White Siberian dog breed nicknamed Sammy
6. Favorite social media site of current US president
7. Jan ...., Flemish painter from the 15th C
8. Social media site with tweets
9. Used before forks
10. Paul .... Cruises from Tahiti are named after artist
11. Line for holding a tent steady
12. Greek posited a geocentric theory of the universe
13. Money ...., 2016 US film with George Clooney
14. Snake, reptile
15. Indian sauce ranges from tomato to mango
16. Detailing, itemizing, numbering
17. The Raging Bull of the boxing ring
18. Condition that lasts three or more months
19. Maori people are native to New ....
20. Strauss was known for composing these
21. Omar ...., Persian polymath, author of the Rubaiyat
22. Multicolor natural beauty

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Group 227




Puzzle 1

1. Death or downfall
2. .... train created the updraft of Marilyn's dress
3. One-quarter president
4. Collections of songs
5. Never ask a .... if you need a haircut
6. British word for gasoline
7. Hat traditionally worn at Easter time
8. Happy Days spin-off Joanie Loves ....
9. Scary and eerie, making you feel uncomfortable
10. Iraqi birthplace of Saddam Hussein and Saladin
11. .... Grounds, host of Limerick hurling, football
12. Raft of the ...., Géricault portrait of a shipwreck
13. Shellfish
14. Layer between the Earth's crust and outer core
15. Sea separating Italy and Greece
16. It means "fifth" in Spanish
17. Patrick ...., Dirty Dancing's star
18. Relating to the stars
19. Japanese crossword with numbers instead of letters
20. Inflatable car safety device
21. Style of hot yoga
22. Black ...., dark cake with German origins
23. Made-to-fit
24. Blue-spotted ....fish is long and very thin
25. Internal parts of the body
26. Evil goblin who kills voyagers in Border folklore
27. A sled, maybe pulled by reindeer
28. City where the first Olympic games were held
29. Upset and disappointed




Puzzle 2

1. Team of Marvel superheroes
2. A weight on a rod that keeps a clock regulated
3. Abdominal ...., aka sit-ups
4. Football player that receives kickoffs
5. Singers like Sinatra
6. Daisy flower used to treat migraines
7. Moralist who rejected the idea of original sin
8. Alaskan islands hit by earthquake in 2014
9. Estadio ...., Valencia stadium hosted 82 WC matches
10. The Guns of ...., Peck part of Allied commando team
11. Blind Greek prophet who took male and female forms
12. Christian festival celebrated on January 6
13. Three plus ten plus one
14. Flying military branch
15. Ancestral or blood line
16. Small-sized newspapers
17. Delicate facial hairs that add expression
18. To engage in reflection or contemplation
19. Manhattan's Art-Deco famous building
20. UK monarch with the 2nd longest reign
21. Punta is the main music of this country
22. People-eating person
23. Tall, African mammals with extra long necks
24. Sleeplessness
25. To practice a performance
26. Scientific study of whales and dolphins
27. Colouring meat in a pan
28. Huge, colossal
29. Hair or paper cutter
30. Irish pop boy band with Brian McFadden
31. Cuban cocktail of rum, lime and sugar syrup
32. .... Alps in Germany, Zugspitze is the highest peak




Puzzle 3

1. Casual, short-sleeved top, named after a letter
2. .... Kutcher plays Michael Kelso in That 70's Show
3. To relinquish rights or privileges
4. Present information
5. River running through Amsterdam and a beer brand
6. .... Eaton, record-breaking US decathlete
7. Parts of a bicycle where you put your feet
8. I beg to ....
9. Johannes ...., German composer of lullabies
10. Angela ...., Germany's first woman Chancellor
11. School of ...., Raphael's fresco of philosophers
12. Currency in Portugal before the Euro replaced it
13. Arctic explorer who created refugee "passports"
14. Riddle, mystery
15. Site of famous tax revolt, .... Tea Party
16. .... Robinson, Motown's miraculous falsetto




Puzzle 4

1. Transport that takes you to the airport and back
2. Charlotte .... play at Time Warner Cable Arena
3. A small ax
4. Patrice ...., South African mining magnate
5. 4th biggest Indian river important for irrigation
6. Layered pasta
7. They don't bite when they find search results
8. Locomotives and train tracks
9. Germanic tribe "damaged" Gaul, Spain and Rome
10. Prawns are also known as
11. Pants, jeans, skirts
12. Someone who regards another person with wonder; fan
13. .... Walk, iconic song from Me and My Girl musical
14. A betrayal like Benedict Arnold's one
15. .... fascia, band of tissue on underside of foot
16. Pops of light, intermittent bursts
17. Layered pasta dish
18. Preparing or making food
19. Pierce ...., four-time James Bond's star
20. Timon's species that stand on two legs




Puzzle 5

1. Top Gun and Cocktail actor
2. Type of cord attached to an electrical device
3. Horned red Marvel Comics character
4. Antonym of benevolent
5. Natural magnet, early navigation mineral
6. Community supported agriculture, output portion
7. Italian red wine made from Nebbiolo grapes
8. Military home by the water
9. To temporarily have a joint out of position
10. Fumes and gases discharged by vehicles
11. Meandering, atmospheric air current
12. Society where more than one religion is recognized
13. Frothy underskirt goes under a dress
14. To understand the meaning of something
15. Card game with the aim of outdoing other players
16. Unable to get up and about
17. Person who digs for precious metal
18. To support or motivate someone
19. Bad pollution killed thousands in London in 1952
20. Verdi's opera based on a Victor Hugo play
21. US actor who played Batman
22. Intentional road obstruction
23. Cookers patented by James Sharp in 1826
24. Spying practice

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Puzzle 1

1. Gentlemen .... Blondes, a 1953 Monroe–Russell movie
2. Tom Cruise pilot movie
3. Philadelphia 76ers play at the Wells Fargo ....
4. A pocket full of these flowers are in a nursery rhyme
5. WW2 chaff dropped by British planes
6. Wolfgang van ...., wrote Faust
7. A gun needs at least one
8. Place that means "Naples" in Italian
9. Found in the middle of pigs' faces
10. European capital where Handel made his home
11. The porcelain object Duchamp titled "Fountain"
12. Crop failure in Ireland causing the Great Famine
13. Impenetrable tangled mass of tropical vegetation
14. Fashion designer Coco ....
15. Person paid to kill people
16. Egyptian president nationalized the Suez Canal
17. Scotch ...., a northern hat and a very hot chilli
18. Food cured with fire fumes
19. Section, division; private or public




Puzzle 2

1. Original female coach of The Voice
2. Joël ...., Michelin-starred chef of pommes purée
3. Alice's nemesis
4. Romeo's clan
5. Cyclist's path
6. In poetry a five line stanza
7. Capital of American Samoa
8. A place used to retreat; refuge
9. Opening through which light enters a camera
10. French Impressionist painters who worked outside
11. .... scale, used to measure wind speed
12. Gem cut that is a pointed oval in shape
13. Soldier's dining room
14. Someone expected to lose a contest or battle
15. Sea devil
16. John .... sought the NW Passage aboard Erebus
17. Anything pertaining to the temple area of the head
18. Gelling, thickening agent derived from seaweed
19. Horror TV series based on Thomas Harris novels
20. Covered with small pieces of sparkly material




Puzzle 3

1. Author of “Dr. Zhivago”, Boris ....
2. Michael Myers is the villain in this horror movie
3. Italian Sebastian's father and fellow explorer
4. Italian version of hors d'oeuvres
5. Basketball big man won with Lakers and Heat
6. King Arthur's magical sword
7. Taking aggressive action against
8. Lack of knowledge
9. The matrilineal name of General Franco
10. Type of chemical that kills mites
11. Science of putting people to death
12. Othello's love
13. La ...., Italian film by Federico Fellini
14. Carbonated water; soda
15. State of slavery or work imposed as punishment
16. Protector of the stars
17. Phrase actors use for good luck
18. A person's culture, background, origins
19. Medical expert in joints and muscles
20. One of the four humors in medieval medicine
21. Artificial sweetener that Splenda contains
22. Rotter, cad
23. Domestic animals, such as goats, pigs and sheep
24. Deep, glass-fronted display frame
25. Used to carry off injured football players
26. Winter underwear
27. Ovoid




Puzzle 4

1. Severe financial collapses
2. Old gold and silver coins, meaning “dukedom”
3. Window covers that can be vertical or Venetian
4. City with both a Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena
5. TV comedy about the Pritchetts, .... Family
6. Paul...., US actor, entrepreneur and humanitarian
7. Syntactic constituent, single grammatical function
8. Narinder ...., Indian inventor of fiber optics
9. The clones are made on planet .... in Star Wars
10. Latin cocktail of lime, mint and coconut rum
11. Contusion; abrasion, scratch
12. Brother trapped in confectionery house
13. Opportunity
14. Beethoven's first name
15. .... l'oeil, optical illusion art style
16. The best
17. A primary color
18. Bahrain capital; rhymes with Panama
19. Guru .... Sahib, Sikh holy book
20. Mouth liquid that helps start digestion
21. World .... Day supports action to combat the disease
22. Poetic name for Britain; suffix to West Brom name
23. General ...., died during the defense of Khartoum
24. Chinese premier 1987-1998, followed by Zhu Rongji
25. Martin, last German to be World No 1 golfer




Puzzle 5

1. Print made from a design cut in linoleum
2. Kevin ...., actor of Dances with Wolves
3. Peter ...., famous portrayal of Hercule Poirot
4. Dish decoration
5. French term meaning social blunder or “false step”
6. Japanese winter squash
7. Roman army formation resembling a tortoise
8. Nancy Boyd is her pen name: Edna St .... Millay
9. Artist of pictures
10. Playing alone, anagram of loosing
11. Vacation
12. When a rocket leaves the ground
13. Rummy card game with two sets of cards
14. The sort of pot that never boils
15. Short rail track diverts trains off the main line
16. Spanish ex no. 1 tennis ace, .... Sanchez Vicario
17. Professors, deans, et al.
18. Pre-historic, hairy elephant-like creature
19. Shaking caused by cold or a horror movie
20. Country where US Casablanca film is located
21. Battle of .... followed a first attack at Lexington
22. 1999 in Roman numerals
23. Ripped, separated, divided, sundered

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Puzzle 1

1. Paying for it
2. Deep blue-violet color; a plant used to make dye
3. Labelled
4. Protestors gathered to strike
5. Flat panel on a digital device that displays images
6. Berber sword of the Kabyles of Algeria
7. They propel dolphins
8. Trademark name for fluoxetine
9. Gland that slowly shrinks after puberty
10. Title character of Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece
11. .... rays, high energy radiation from space
12. Beaded counting device invented in Ancient Sumeria
13. Sport in which Ilie Nastase gained fame
14. Purchase of controlling interests in a company
15. Climb this to go higher
16. Siberian river that drains Lake Baikal
17. .... series, research into hydrogen atoms
18. Poet of Ancient Rome
19. Crockery for breakfast food from hens
20. Single flight leg with no return ticket
21. In between front and rear, equal distance
22. "A .... on both your houses", from Romeo and Juliet
23. "Bet your bottom ....", a US currency metaphor
24. A scribe, such as an author or journalist
25. The Nutcracker, Swan Lake
26. Great ...., split in the Catholic Church




Puzzle 2

1. Having no say, inarticulate
2. Early One Direction song: What Makes You ....
3. Whirling art movement with bold geometric lines
4. .... passage, shipping route passing Arctic Russia
5. Process necessary to get a job
6. System of equitable prices paid to producers
7. Ruthless, fierce
8. Christian festival on the 50th day after Easter
9. Reed organ worked by foot-pedal bellows
10. Crinkled pasta shape resembles household heaters
11. Wild horned ibex living in Germany's Alps
12. Toy car brand by Mattel
13. Al Pacino becomes the Corleone patriarch
14. Profession of caring for the teeth




Puzzle 3

1. Things shouldn't be put off until that time
2. Where tracks converge
3. Liquid that dripped out slowly
4. Board game with mule, saddle, dynamite and blanket
5. Impolite term for collecting (when space runs out)
6. Cucumber-looking vegetable related to pumpkins
7. Painter who practiced Tachisme, Jean ....
8. Mindanao's preferred sword in the Philippines
9. What dogs use their nose for
10. Action planned or taken to achieve a desired result
11. US frontier period in the 19th century
12. Name by which the Czech language was known
13. Basketball play with both feet off the ground
14. Between 13 and 19 years old
15. Dr Crippen, or bread and .... in rhyming slang
16. Glistens, catches the light
17. When a storm comes ashore from over the sea
18. Tiny organisms first observed by van Leeuwenhoek
19. How nuclear blasts are measured
20. Nationality of Puccini's Madam Butterfly
21. .... Santa Justa, lift in Lisbon inspired by Eiffel
22. Dante's realm along with Inferno and Purgatory




Puzzle 4

1. Chopped very, very small
2. Household name products
3. Gobbling poultry bird bred for seasonal feasts
4. Goose egg is a score of zero in ....
5. Diamond pattern beloved by golfers
6. Soft wind
7. Righteous person in Judaism, Biblical figures
8. Justus von ...., chemist, fertilizer specialist
9. Knob or disk secured to an article of clothing
10. .... bean, red legume
11. Scientific study of plants and plant life
12. Male parent
13. .... Duchamp, French sculptor
14. Seat of the Government of the United Kingdom
15. Breathing inhaler tube for asthma sufferers
16. Chin...., pet rodent a bit like a squirrel
17. Considered the father of computation
18. US dam named after a 20th C president
19. To lead an uninteresting life
20. Car built by BMW
21. Former name for Iran
22. .... gallery, criminals' photo mugshots for IDing




Puzzle 5

1. Rodin's “Le Penseur,” or in English, “The ....”
2. A person is known by the one he/she keeps
3. .... Ducks play hockey at the Honda Center
4. Indian invention after 500 AD aka spinning wheel
5. Buddhist head, "King of Victorious Ones"
6. .... rex cats only have down hair, not fur
7. Long-handled stewing or frying pan
8. Doctor .... is the most powerful sorcerer
9. It means "plátanos" in Spanish
10. Near the .... describes something a little rude
11. Profit from labor, investment or business
12. Country where Guinness beer originated
13. Organ that holds urine from the kidneys
14. Sour liquid used to flavor or preserve food
15. Strip of land, surrounded by water on both sides
16. First satellite that Russia launched into space

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Puzzle 1

1. Glove that keeps 4 fingers together
2. City displaying the Tsar Bell
3. Sea robbery
4. .... Stars play at the American Airlines Center
5. .... Mellors, gamekeeper in Lady Chatterley's Lover
6. Total opposite in monetary habits to spendthrifts
7. Roger ...., Victorian photographer of the Crimea
8. Move or cause to move at a great speed
9. Visible ring of light during eclipses
10. Deadly whale
11. Hairline bone fracture from repetitive movement
12. Protective domed cover for plants
13. Aka groundnut, good for making a butter
14. King Leonidas in The 300, actor .... Butler
15. Berlin district, home to a museum complex
16. Type of felt pen, often permanent
17. The title of Wilhelm II, German monarch in WWI
18. Cosa ...., the Sicilian mafia




Puzzle 2

1. Yoga pose, standing tall like a large hill
2. Price to ...., common ratio to find company's value
3. French Polynesia islands with repeated name
4. Arc de ...., Parisian landmark
5. Large glacial lake in Lombardy, also called Lario
6. Boat colleague
7. French inventor of the frameless parachute
8. Discipline of forces producing or changing motion
9. Persian thinker, philosopher of Islam Golden Age
10. Catherine's surname in Wuthering Heights
11. William Herschel's sister and discoverer of comets
12. Spicy condiment
13. Norwegian explorer, the first to the South Pole
14. Formal exposition, dissertation
15. In tennis, only one point is needed to win the set
16. Another name for linseed
17. Medium-sized bird with blue plumage
18. Woman who "got married" in Coppola's film
19. Liquid soap delivered from a pump dispenser
20. Warbling like a songbird
21. Georgian region, seeking independence
22. .... Mira, German actress, Emmi in Fear Eats the Soul
23. The ...., TV Show about a ship cruise and its crew
24. Les .... Dangereuses, novel on Revolutionary France




Puzzle 3

1. Crossword hints; queries
2. Pregnant woman who carries a child for another
3. Doctor who advocated euthanasia, Jack ....
4. He played Jason Bourne
5. Irish patron
6. Wahlberg stage name
7. Shock ...., devices for dampening impact jolts
8. Italian term for singing style in music
9. An underlying layer
10. Real or perceived oscillation of a moon/satellite
11. In ballet, a tiptoes spinning of the body
12. Colloquial phrase for going to bed
13. To die from being unable to breathe
14. Someone who speaks out on behalf of a cause
15. A woman's work is ....
16. Sandra Bullock American football Oscar movie
17. Portable hinged set of stairs that can be folded
18. Dictated by law
19. In mountaineering, descending on fixed ropes
20. Personal driver
21. Italian volcano bread filled with cheese and herbs




Puzzle 4

1. Monkey...., tall evergreen tree
2. .... head snake has a reddish metallic coloring
3. Half robotic, lesser known hero of Justice League
4. Guardian of Qur'an, Madrasah teachers
5. First brand to develop a smartwatch
6. In golf, these score as +1 on a hole
7. To come back
8. Northernmost Scandinavian country
9. Fifth ...., a secret and subversive group in wartime
10. Surname of Doogie played by Neil Patrick Harris
11. Unassuming first name of Mussorgsky
12. Repeated behavior pattern following a round shape
13. CIA assassin played by Matt Damon
14. Torch with extremely flammable gas
15. Spicy Napa cabbage dish, a Korean cuisine staple
16. Item dropped into the sea to hold a ship in place
17. Greek city-state depicted in the film 300




Puzzle 5

1. .... alarm; intruder warning system
2. Entertainment company for online streaming
3. .... the Lake; waterside horror starring Judd Nelson
4. Former capital of Pakistan
5. Tellers
6. African wooden xylophone
7. Small, curved mounting for ancient Japanese sword
8. Georgian sauce made from sour cherry plums
9. Swiss inventor of Velcro, George de ....
10. Birth name of Genghis Khan
11. George played Hannibal Smith in The A Team
12. Website that allows one to post and watch videos
13. Japanese art of paper folding
14. Economic excess
15. Circular vegetation creations for the front door
16. Table, chairs for informal dining
17. Ready to give up his kingdom for a horse, .... III
18. Figure skating move named after Swedish skater
19. The act of going without food, esp. in religions
20. To be cautious when doing something
21. Founding Father reference refers to signature
22. Often the center of an engagement ring
23. Love makes the world ....
24. Bruce, the shark, from Jaws and .... Nemo
25. Tokay geckos are one of the .... geckos
26. Born in the most populated country in the world
27. Slang for psychiatrists and psychotherapists
28. Small, round shield

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Puzzle 1

1. Buffy the .... Slayer, or the Chosen One
2. Beat, vanquish
3. Cheap ticket carrier, US' fifth largest
4. .... Disc, plastic storage device
5. “Easy peasy, lemon ....”
6. Red wine mixed with sliced fruit
7. Peaceful Sea or .... Ocean
8. Saddam ...., Ba'ath president and dictator of Iraq
9. Something divided into four pieces, 3/....
10. Ancient city, center of Hellenistic Judaism
11. Extra jobs done without extra pay in circus
12. Lightweight silk twill fabric with print
13. ....-snouted, endangered African crocodile species
14. Smoking this may be hazardous to your health
15. Victor ...., the overall winner of school sportsday
16. Fruit that looks like a very small orange
17. Ability to understand and share others' feelings
18. .... sheet, where all the negatives are gathered
19. Getting to ...., from Rodgers' The King and I
20. Hua ...., Mao's Communist Party vice-chairman
21. Central Swiss canton with large lake
22. .... pike is also called yellowfin pike
23. What little Miss Muffet sat on
24. Earless artist sold just one work during lifetime
25. Full name of this tinted moisturizer: Beauty Balm
26. Fashionably French




Puzzle 2

1. .... Thomas, disciple who wasn't totally convinced
2. Approximately 2.2 pounds
3. Another word for buy
4. In loco ...., guardianship of a minor
5. Low-cost air carrier out of Denver
6. Opening night of a show
7. East African lake named after British monarch
8. Coriander
9. Latin phrase meaning the common people
10. Opening night of a show or film
11. .... lobster are blue with purple-red marks
12. Range with Europe's highest mountain, Mt Elbrus
13. Coin-operated communication
14. Rain protector
15. Modern toilets developed by Sir John Harington
16. Larisa ...., Russian gymnast with 19 Olympic medals
17. Ceases, concludes, ends, closes
18. .... Planet, one of the most expensive Disney movies
19. Type of rose has the appearance of a pruned tree




Puzzle 3

1. The Shining actor, Jack ....
2. Sending up a rocket
3. Presumed birthplace of Jesus
4. Part of the day when soaps are usually broadcast
5. Office of the cantor in Judaism
6. Painter's device for steadying the hand
7. The ...., 37th Academy Awards winner, cartoon panther
8. French cardinal, Louis XIII's chief minister
9. Swindler, deceiver; .... spider Anansi in mythology
10. Victorian mode of transport for Holmes and Watson
11. This is worth six points in American football
12. German pioneer of the printing press
13. Unique male in a group
14. Yellow citrus fruits come from a ....
15. Leisurely walking
16. German "city railway" tramway system
17. World's largest personal computer software company
18. Capable of producing desired results




Puzzle 4

1. The little girl in The Wizard of Oz
2. Father of English literature, Canterbury Tales
3. Egyptian god of healing; architect of Step Pyramid
4. To refuse, reject
5. Doctor ...., film based on banned Russian novel
6. Regulatory body substance, e.g. insulin, cortisol
7. Overly concerned with his or her own needs
8. Used to give a licorice-like flavoring
9. Batman villian who left clues
10. System of seats and tow bars used in mountains
11. Prince who escorted Meghan Markle down the aisle
12. Hamlet's bethrothed, subject of artwork by Millais
13. Star of “The Boys from Brazil”: Laurence ....
14. Cuts exactly in half
15. Hanna .... German pilot of WW2
16. Sheets, blankets, pillows




Puzzle 5

1. Penal ...., remote place such as Devil's Island
2. Church pathways
3. .... Nadal; Spanish tennis supremo
4. Irish poet who won the 1995 Literature prize
5. Horse's home
6. Roman god whose name is linked to sleepwalking
7. C S Lewis's magical land through the wardrobe
8. Truman ...., US writer of Cold Blood
9. Gone to a specific direction or place
10. French variety of "fire wine"; Cognac
11. Brave New World
12. Juan ...., former king of Spain, Franco's successor
13. .... Nadal, Spanish tennis ace
14. Type of garden populated with blooms
15. People like this are very successful
16. The best-known ancient oracle was found here
17. Twenty minus nine plus one
18. Dead body, cadaver
19. Type of volcano with tall, conical peak

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Puzzle 1

1. Legendary creature in West Virginia
2. A tall slender glass for drinking beer
3. Prince ...., married to a ruling queen
4. Car attached to the rear of the train, usually red
5. .... say, Only fools rush in; 1962 Elvis line
6. Tortilla folded over filling, meats, cheese, beans
7. Hard-paste white porcelain from near Dresden
8. Reverend who gave his name to verbal transposition
9. Person whose job is to care for people's teeth
10. The sound of nothing
11. Nation that was once the Hapsburg Empire
12. Character of a cartoon about inventors brothers
13. To ask for something
14. This nocturnal omnivore wears a black mask
15. Eskimos live in igloos, Algonquins in ....
16. Room separator
17. Stomping grounds of FC Barcelona
18. Birth country of Beethoven
19. .... golf is golf with flying discs not balls
20. To ignore orders
21. Small, short-handled ax
22. Gladiator actor with a Beautiful Mind, .... Crowe
23. Ovenproof dish with fluted sides for crème brûlée
24. German-speaking Swiss canton on Lake Constance
25. The ...., movie with Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable




Puzzle 2

1. Working class sitcom
2. The same color, or paired well, not contrasting
3. J. M. Barrie's boy who never grew up
4. Sent by God to aid Umma, revives every century
5. .... acid, crystals found in wine
6. Ole ...., invented the outboard motor
7. More than arguing
8. Items in a container; topics in a book
9. To secure with a hammer
10. The name the Turks gave Constantinople
11. Climber with striking purple/blue hanging flowers
12. To spend lavishly
13. One hundred times ten
14. Bowie's astronaut
15. Dumbo
16. Dictator pig from Animal Farm
17. To fail to give proper attention to
18. Deserted, abandoned
19. Everyone should have a kit like this one
20. Phrase meaning water, biblical origin
21. Bugle call to wake you up
22. Pan ...., once the world's largest airline




Puzzle 3

1. First starring film role for Elvis, in 1957
2. Trail of patterns left by animals' feet
3. Tampa Bay .... plays hockey at Amalie Arena
4. Krai and city in western Russia, on Kuban River
5. Food stabilizer from African tree sap
6. Physicist, proponent of the steady state theory
7. Fleas, lice and tapeworms are all ....
8. Microsoft operating system that preceded Vista
9. How fast your ticker is beating
10. .... Meyer, Twilight author's first name
11. Every .... Take; 1983 hit for The Police
12. Green-and-red gem is named after this tsarevitch
13. Last name by birth of Pope Benedict XVI
14. Type of car-racing that lasts many hours or days
15. Prepared in advance or precooked, e.g. potatoes
16. Eastern Roman emperor formed a Roman legal code
17. Speaking alone, as in a speech in a play
18. Rising prices
19. Metal finders of hidden treasures
20. .... Empire, dynasty centered on modern-day Germany




Puzzle 4

1. Playing card Jack is Valet in this language
2. .... covers stop kids getting to electrical outlets
3. Famous Mexican mural painter: Diego ....
4. Carnival doughnut from Central Europe
5. French military honor, the Croix de ....
6. City in western Germany, in Ruhr industrial area
7. Ship carrying oil
8. Became publicly known
9. Humped animals that cross the Sahara
10. Scribble absentmindedly
11. Assassination
12. Italian term for a defending footballer, a sweeper
13. Johannes, who composed a famous lullaby
14. Los ...., site of the WW2 Manhattan Project
15. Large enclosure for birds
16. .... of the Field, Poitier won historic Oscar
17. Powdery sticks used on blackboard or in art
18. Clear understanding of some area or industry
19. HTML: HyperText .... Language
20. He flew too close to the Sun




Puzzle 5

1. It may cause stupor
2. .... Daly started on MTV
3. Feast of the Seven ...., Italian Christmas seafood meal
4. Milan newspaper once edited by Mussolini
5. Indigo has players collect .... from the board
6. Old golf club, equivalent to a 4 or 5 iron
7. Small, savory fruits also used to make oil
8. German who worked on the laws of planetary motion
9. Bipedal primate mammal, homo sapiens
10. Styx ferryman of the Greek Underworld
11. Defects in something, errors
12. Mother ...., Albanian-Indian nun
13. Small river running through a forest
14. Inflamed and reddish areas on the skin
15. Cute, good looking
16. Central American country with famous canal
17. Small green fruits put in martinis, used to make oil
18. To connect two things together for use
19. Any baked dish topped with cheese/breadcrumbs
20. Dress worn to evening parties or special events
21. Elton John's real last name
22. Breathing disease eased by an inhaler

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Puzzle 1

1. Farmer-type who looks after sheep
2. .... scales, devices for measuring out fresh produce
3. Having wide space between canines
4. Left on a desert island
5. Not compulsory
6. Second longest ruling Soviet leader
7. Science of ultimate nature of values
8. 18th century naval sword
9. Side part ...., a hairstyle
10. Party cruise line with more than 100 vessels
11. Aircraft with three wings
12. .... Crossing the Alps, David's famous emperor art
13. Red fruits used in salads
14. Cloud-covered
15. Arctic footwear looks like tennis racquet
16. .... Singh, Indian prime minister till 2014
17. Thin metal cord carrying electricity
18. Wrist timekeeper with 007 capabilities
19. Side-to-side-dog command
20. Tall towers that form part of mosque architecture
21. Chip or Dale
22. To constrict or squeeze someone's neck
23. Playground game aka Octopus tag




Puzzle 2

1. Idaho famous for this type of potato
2. Yankee ...., patriot song of the American Revolution
3. The name of Hitler's German shepherd dog
4. Crocodile ...., 80s comedy set in Australia
5. Capital of Cayman Islands, .... Town
6. Member of male congregation "Society of Jesus"
7. .... spring, expression for someone ready to react
8. Yankee .... Dandy, a 1940s musical with James Cagney
9. The Greek god of sleep
10. Equipment for glacier climbers
11. Brine or vinegar solution to preserve foods
12. Looking with special attention
13. Don't water it too much
14. Base unit of electric current (SI)




Puzzle 3

1. Supporters of the monarchy
2. .... and meatballs, americanized pasta dish
3. Your holiday plan of places to go and things to do
4. Language also known as Magyar
5. Divergent Series: ...., 2015 movie
6. Latin phrase which means the voice of the people
7. Not guilty verdict
8. Second US president
9. Growthpoint ....Stadium, The Shark Tank
10. Absorbent clay used in kitty litter
11. Romantic opera by Richard Wagner
12. Charged particles from the upper layer of the Sun
13. Information vault
14. Spiritual leader no. 14, won Nobel Peace prize
15. Flesh eater
16. French actor in Cyrano de Bergerac and Asterix
17. Angels
18. Large Rhodesian dog breed with spine markings
19. To renovate, freshen up
20. Cacao treat once used as currency
21. Warfare strategy of wearing down opponents
22. Love interest in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
23. Picking or choosing
24. To refine, render noble
25. Item required for some types of jobs
26. Terra ...., Latin for land that remains undiscovered
27. Portable device for recharging your phone
28. Spiked tool breaks up the surface of a lawn




Puzzle 4

1. Biggest US state
2. In Cold Blood author
3. Where Rodin's Burghers are sited
4. Mosquito-borne disease aka breakbone fever
5. Not at sea, on solid ground
6. Makes a noise through mouth/nose while sleeping
7. Man king of the jungle
8. James .... shared Nobel prize with Crick and Wilkins
9. Greek god of vegetation and rebirth
10. River flowing through several SE Asian countries
11. Describes fiber that makes linen, and blonde hair
12. Old, superseded software or hardware
13. The Blinding of ...., Rembrandt painting
14. Table-tennis bat
15. Henri ...., founder of the Red Cross
16. Portions of a company divided among people
17. Line of equal pressure on a weather map
18. It gives pleasure to the senses, mind or spirit
19. Orchestral wind instruments held to the side
20. Sugar, milk, brandy and an ovum at Christmas
21. In truth, emphasis, confirmation, reality
22. Vine-swinging man raised by apes in the jungle




Puzzle 5

1. Frank ...., played Angelo Maggio to Oscar success
2. Kids love to play in this with pails and shovels
3. Tom Hanks war movie, Saving .... Ryan
4. End-of-the-year Italian sweet bread
5. Italian jockey with more than 500 wins, Frankie ....
6. Nat King Cole, for one
7. The .... Worker, movie about Helen Keller
8. Not specific
9. Members of the primordial race of giants
10. Ancient quest to turn base metals into gold
11. Agile, goat-like antelope, known for its leather
12. No man is .... with his lot
13. Mongol leader .... Khan
14. From right to left around the clock
15. Swedish ...., body decides Nobel Lit prizewinners
16. Small adjustments were made
17. Lacking creative skill
18. Associated with a river or stream

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Puzzle 1

1. The P in TPTB, “the .... that be”
2. Social ...., his job is to improve communities
3. Azim ...., Indian tycoon, chairman of Wipro
4. Cheerful expression like hooray
5. Amusing, soppy love movie
6. Investment from overseas
7. ....heim, this museum has a branch in Bilbao
8. Louisa May ...., wrote Little Women
9. Just one look will turn you into stone
10. PvP means .... versus ....
11. Hungarian sweet white wine from Aszú grapes
12. Handgun
13. Official currency of Haiti
14. Skiing event over a series of hard mounds
15. Nut that's a seed and same genus as peach
16. Amusing, soppy love movie adored by the ladies




Puzzle 2

1. Water bath cooker to cook food in plastic pouches
2. .... bomb, WW2 invention by Barnes Wallis
3. Valuable item inherited from a relative
4. National ...., US-based weekly tabloid
5. Describes the belief that the glass is always half full
6. Religious vessels and vestments are kept in here
7. Noble, 3rd most popular in atmosphere
8. Feminist magazine founded by Rosie Boycott et al
9. Cheap Italian bubbly served in lieu of champagne
10. A type of surgery to remove wrinkles
11. Prohibited
12. Boer general and twice PM of South Africa
13. Stores your Merlot and Chardonnay
14. Flight recorder on planes that is actually orange
15. Raymond ...., French president throughout WWI
16. Agile tree-dwelling rodent with a bushy tail
17. .... vision, the power to see heat
18. Skipping
19. Subtracting
20. Two pieces of bread with whatever you want inside
21. Boggy wetland area
22. Flash memory gadget
23. Beethoven's disability
24. Wireless, unplugged
25. With qualities of life
26. Hat designer
27. Christmas table decorations with a bang
28. Going faster and faster




Puzzle 3

1. Go beyond your budget
2. International exhibition for businesses
3. One-word synonym for “or else”
4. .... Acts taxed British imports to the 13 colonies
5. Having to do with taste or flavor
6. Awareness, judgment, knowing
7. Scientist who studies living things
8. Shakespeare's tragedy in which Imogen appears
9. Falling prices
10. US swimmer, multiple gold medallist
11. Waterproof canvas fabric for tents
12. Iron Man's alias
13. Rubbery circular air chamber
14. Famous gladiator
15. Inflatable worn on the arms for non-swimmers
16. Instrument for predicting weather changes
17. Where trash is stored and covered with dirt; dumps
18. .... Fawcett, suffragist leader and campaigner
19. Major Canadian wildfire of 1825




Puzzle 4

1. .... longue, long recliner with leg rest
2. Peroni Brewery's premium lager, .... Azzuro
3. Taiwanese drink made with semi-fermented leaves
4. In Shrek this comedian voices Donkey, Eddie ....
5. America's “Last Frontier”
6. School of thought developed by Chinese chairman
7. Rickety old car from a bygone era
8. Sport for which Martina Hingis is famous
9. Britain's longest river flows through Ironbridge
10. To excessively decorate
11. Tune
12. Skates invented by Belgian Joseph Merlin
13. Thomas ...., author of Le Morte d'Arthur
14. .... brain coral can grow up to five meters
15. It is too hard to be used or eaten now
16. Italian island, origins of Mafia
17. Stock
18. Pete's ...., a live-action/animated 1977 film
19. Middle Eastern food spread made from chickpeas




Puzzle 5

1. Spanish wine drink with fruits
2. Dank prison, in a castle
3. Online marketplace with travel & product discounts
4. Rolled cream cake, such as a Yule log
5. One part in a hundred
6. .... Place, soap opera Seinfeld “didn't watch”
7. Known as a musician, poet in Greek mythology
8. Yet undeveloped beings
9. First president of the Republic of Indonesia
10. Glutinous, translucent protein
11. Folies ...., French theatre famed for exotic cabaret
12. Unique six-limbed legendary creatures
13. Soft hail or snow pellets
14. Fish with greenish black lateral line, US and UK
15. Ancient Egyptian construction
16. Manchurian people who founded China's Jin dynasty
17. Paper is gone
18. In Christianity, Jesus cured it
19. Event ...., theoretical boundary around a black hole
20. This genre rarely presents real facts
21. Samba singer famous for fruit basket on head
22. Adolf ...., founder of sportswear brand Adidas

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Group 235




Puzzle 1

1. Someone learning how to do a job
2. Pablo ...., Spanish Cubist cofounder
3. .... Bulls play at the United Center
4. Indian grass root used in men's perfumery
5. Larvae form of mite that can bite
6. Mythical Irish specter portending death
7. Hot desert wind from North Africa
8. Credit bureau with a massive data breach in 2017
9. 80's portable CD player by Sony
10. Wrongly taking property for personal gain
11. .... Rostova, central character of War and Peace
12. It smells sweet
13. See-through paper used for drawing copies
14. Stovepipe, rocket-propelled anti-tank weapon
15. Leafy plant, patch where kid's dolls are born
16. .... Temple, famous US child actress during 1930s
17. The wings of a bird, in poetry
18. Vincent ...., artist rumored to have cut ear off
19. The movie 20,000 .... Under the Sea is from 1954
20. To move forward
21. Science dealing with rocks and earth
22. Traveling in a boat with the aid of the wind
23. This person can't drop balls, swords or flames




Puzzle 2

1. Packs of sheep
2. French presidential palace
3. Psychotic villains' destiny in Gotham City
4. Ability to go somewhere, use something
5. Julia Child brought .... cuisine to Americans
6. Films
7. .... Goolagong, top Aussie tennis player in the 70's
8. .... train, speedy Japanese mode of transport
9. Magnate, mogul
10. Add fuel to the ....
11. Single-room apartment or flat; efficiency
12. Julius Caesar's friend and assassin
13. A lion's .... is like its fingerprint
14. Joined pair of Afro-Cuban drums hit with hands
15. Apple's remote storage service




Puzzle 3

1. How the French say 50
2. Bottler of fermented grape juice
3. Footwear for those tackling fairways and greens
4. Release of an egg from the ovary
5. Comedian, TV host, Jeff ....
6. Beverage traditionally served with churros: hot ....
7. Science of sacred matters
8. Buoyancy structure attached to side of boat
9. Active early in the morning
10. Close Encounters of the ...., UFO film
11. Voucher for readers
12. Test of speed against the clock
13. US presidential retreat
14. Rounded mass of minced food that has been fried
15. Area of Asia including Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia
16. Issuing entry passes
17. .... elegance, referring to smart tailoring
18. To underline, emphasize, remark
19. Last supper
20. War made famous by the Battle of Rorke's Drift
21. WWI battle, ignoble Italian defeat




Puzzle 4

1. Play several notes at once to make these
2. Center
3. Colorless fluid part of milk where fat is suspended
4. Duplicitous trickster
5. Big cat; British car maker
6. Long periods of time; units of geological time
7. Harbor to dock yachts and small boats
8. Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule
9. He appears in four novels by Mark Twain: Tom ....
10. Americans call it a derby hat, the English call it
11. 2005 film: "Harry Potter and the .... of Fire"
12. Island where Mount Etna is located
13. Sage also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni
14. First video game to feature Mario: .... Kong
15. Marlon ...., reknown US actor and Oscar winner
16. To give a large part of one's time
17. A stanza of eight lines
18. Tiny ...., Elton John song
19. Cuisine promoted by the late Julia Child
20. The gland in which T cells mature
21. Made amends or reparations




Puzzle 5

1. In the .... hemisphere, spring begins in March
2. Made-up golf rule for a do-over shot
3. Italian doughnut made with fruit peels
4. Artificial structure shooting jets of water
5. Sleeveless undergarment for women
6. In chess, to move the king over the rook
7. City where Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
8. Former French president with Dutch-sounding name
9. Answer to a problem
10. Two runners cross the line at the same time
11. Groovy oil and wax with a pink light
12. First commercial .... generator was invented in 1873
13. Scowled
14. Believer in the teaching of Siddhārtha Gautama
15. Rock band named after an Aldous Huxley book
16. Military home of operations

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Group 236




Puzzle 1

1. French term for influenza
2. Word ...., grid of letters, words hidden within
3. Space rock, anagram of remote
4. Antonym of singular
5. Arm joints
6. A boat made from a hollowed out tree trunk
7. Troy ...., quarterback, played alongside Irvin, Smith
8. Quark flavor, with symbol b, also known as beauty
9. .... Best, greatest player from Northern Ireland
10. Coveted crystal from Venice
11. Color of the sun and daffodils
12. Adds a circle at the intersection of a Latin cross
13. She was awakened by a kiss; Sleeping ....
14. Eugene ...., the last astronaut to walk on the Moon
15. ....Haydn, German composer of London Symphonies
16. Uproar, disturbance
17. Former name of Tuvalu island in Polynesia
18. Not the headquarters
19. First name of South African leader Mandela
20. It means "cake" in German
21. Cottonwick has a black line under its .... fin
22. Injury
23. Predominant original language of the Old Testament
24. Controversy in Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris
25. The Persistence of ...., Dali's "melted" work
26. Nail it




Puzzle 2

1. Deciding between two options
2. .... of the Faith, title bestowed on Henry VIII
3. Steady pursuit of someone, a crime like harassment
4. Name of boat on TV Show Gilligan's Island
5. Gushing with praise
6. Light of the biggest star
7. Royal ...., Leopards South African stadium
8. Japanese naval commander of Pearl Harbor attack
9. Light of the nearest star
10. Process of sewing layers of fabric together
11. Person who informs the news
12. Akira ...., Japanese director of Rashomon
13. Not done by chance or accident
14. To .... and Beyond said Buzz Lightyear
15. Storage compartment on a car's dashboard
16. .... of Ávila, canonized in the 16th-century
17. Term for the hammer, anvil and stirrup in the ear
18. Soak veggies or meat in it to infuse flavor
19. Any imaginary semicircle on the earth's surface
20. Fela Kuti made this musical genre famous




Puzzle 3

1. Another name for whooping cough
2. Phil .... is an American pro golfer from San Diego
3. Spy that Madonna sang Die Another Day for
4. .... Mean Time, 0 hours, named after an observatory
5. Long-distance communication through wires
6. One of four Hogwarts houses
7. All ...., holiday board basis with food and drinks
8. Hogwarts house represented by a snake
9. Strength and toughness
10. Identical twins whose bodies connected in utero
11. Human .... Virus, over 170 types are known
12. Large vibration in mechanical or electrical system
13. Kids are out of the house
14. Largest of the world's crocodile species
15. Leaders of Jewish rebel army in Judea
16. The red one carries oxygen
17. Son of Parsifal in Germanic legend
18. Peach variety with smooth skin
19. Avenida da ...., Lisbon's main thoroughfare
20. Black and white 1973 US film, Ryan and Tatum O'neal
21. Machine or person who gathers crops
22. Immensely, supremely, exceedingly
23. To copy edit
24. Mostly ridden by children




Puzzle 4

1. Those who follow the god Ganesha
2. .... Keyes, Irish novelist who wrote Watermelon
3. Law enforcement brigade
4. German operatic composer of Die Walküre
5. Action of revolving around an axis; vintage phone
6. Wristy tracker for recording daily activities
7. Flying projectile
8. Not in working order; flawed
9. .... Christi, Lonestar city, “Body of Christ”
10. A hole in the tooth
11. Production of quality prints with ink-jet printer
12. A hole in a tooth caused by decay
13. The .... Book, story about a boy raised by animals
14. Ear part sometimes pierced
15. Step-by-step instructions for cooking or baking
16. Arabic noble title meaning strength
17. Martial arts form where a black belt is the best
18. Sea abuts Athens and Izmir named after King Aegeus
19. Castrated male
20. An edge or boundary of a surface, land
21. The currency of the Nobel prize
22. .... de Winter, French spy of The Three Musketeers
23. .... Pacific, Hong Kong's largest airline
24. Looking
25. Family of insects that feeds on plants
26. .... punch is thrown after a lapse by the opponent
27. Capital of Flemish Brabant, Belgium, aka Louvain
28. Notepad
29. .... coffee, adorned with Irish whiskey and cream
30. Bela ...., Hungarian composer of Mikrokosmos
31. Roman god of wealth, father of Jupiter




Puzzle 5

1. Wallowing in self-pity
2. “Hasta ...., baby”, Terminator catchphrase
3. 70's TV crime-action cop series “.... and Hutch”
4. Where the Tower of London is located
5. Lower course of a river where it reaches the sea
6. Container holding the bones of the dead
7. Nomads of the Middle Eastern deserts
8. Payment for public transport on the road
9. Digital currency designed by Satoshi Nakamoto
10. Boris ...., first elected president of Russia
11. TV, concert and software
12. Canadian skater punk
13. Wooden framework for growing climbers and roses up
14. .... of the Caribbean, Jack Sparrow's fantasy
15. Dab paint with a brush
16. Inner parts
17. Scapegoat, someone to take the rap
18. British singer who had a hit single "American Boy"
19. She who opened the box full of evils of the world
20. Trading in goods
21. Ron Weasley is most afraid of these

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Group 237




Puzzle 1

1. Big cat MLB team from Detroit
2. Ad song
3. Someone who was once married to a husband
4. Jasper ...., designer son of Sir Terence and Shirley
5. Fear ...., Joe Rogan hosted extreme game show
6. .... knife, ring like weapon found in Africa
7. CV
8. Printed work in installments
9. Roman philosophical writer, orator and senator
10. Antonio, who was Huggy Bear in Starsky and Hutch
11. Thick but not fat
12. Eine ....Nachtmusik, "little sweet serenade", Mozart
13. Canton in central Switzerland with the Linth River
14. Sinbad, .... of the Seven Seas
15. Criss crossed pattern associated with Scotland
16. Man with a ...., Braque's musical painting
17. Eggs Benedict with salmon instead of ham
18. Floating fishing device




Puzzle 2

1. A series of things linked together
2. Insect that sucks blood and can transmit malaria
3. Antonym of northern
4. One of two teams vying to be the ultimate winner
5. Holding a baby tenderly
6. Surviving host of American Idol's first season
7. Antigorite, green stone used by the Maori
8. .... Cricket Association Stadium Jamtha
9. In Hindu philosophy, the renunciation stage
10. French director of L'Atalante who died at 29
11. Abandoned or deserted place
12. "Once in a ....", an extremely rarely lunar event
13. Simone de ...., French existentialist writer
14. Joseph Marie .., inventor of the programmable loom
15. It can be done
16. Horse whose ancestry is clearly documented
17. A big maritime potence of the 16th century
18. Wooden fence preserver
19. Quayside structures for securing boats
20. Dermabrasion is a .... procedure on the skin
21. Opposing current below the surface
22. Artwork rescued by Sherlock in Final Problem on tv
23. Powerful light attached to the front of a vehicle
24. UN General ....
25. The evening star was called this in ancient times
26. Pottery coated and decorated with liquid clay
27. Don't Rain on ...., popular song from Funny Girl
28. This cartoon ursus may not know downward dog
29. Three children born to the same mother on the same day
30. World's most popular language from China
31. Albumen
32. An Ankh is an ancient .... good luck charm




Puzzle 3

1. Counterfeit copies of coins, paintings etc
2. Actions that do not respect your privacy
3. Dandruff Shampoo, Head and ....
4. A soldier armed with grenades
5. Did not hold the same view, diverged in opinion
6. Young male student
7. "Moorish" cocktail popular in southern France
8. Sao ...., large Brazilian river, "Velho Chico"
9. Formal name for veterinary surgery
10. 1922 iconic German horror film
11. Schedule
12. Great Indian cricket player, Sachin ....
13. .... Baird, Scottish inventor of the television
14. Planting pot for ledges and sills
15. Charlie Higson wrote about this juvenile spy
16. King Arthur's legendary sword
17. A bomb is an .... device
18. Antique paper for documents
19. British novelist, creator of Gremlins
20. A .... measures hardness of minerals




Puzzle 4

1. The line that all athletes want to cross first
2. Oldest U.S. fashion magazine, Harper's ....
3. To ship goods to a different country
4. Palm .... were waved as Jesus entered Jerusalem
5. Aesop's .... are tales that teach lessons
6. Marie-...., 1st foreign language Oscar winner
7. Christine ...., French feminist and sociologist
8. Beer plus soda popular in Western Europe
9. Edith ...., drafted US Social Security Act of 1935
10. Shiny
11. .... Biloba, plant enhances cognitive function
12. Boating powered by oars
13. Popular racket sport, first called sphairistike
14. World .... Day on 7 April promotes global well-being
15. Most pleasant, politest person
16. .... Real, third-largest Spanish province
17. Japan's largest island, home to Tokyo and Osaka
18. Makes mistakes in one's lines in a play
19. John Cleveland ...., fuel and iron robber baron
20. Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Port Salut, Neufchâtel
21. Sleeveless shirt or dress tied at the neck
22. Discover existence of something
23. 80's hair metal band, .... Crue
24. Dish with a melted cheese crust
25. Art style featuring geometric shapes




Puzzle 5

1. Rushed, hurried busily
2. Sheryl Crow song, The First Cut is the ....
3. Tricks, gets the better of
4. Wooden conical bore from Switzerland
5. 70's US probes that visited Jupiter and Saturn
6. Judy ...., Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
7. Patron saint of Ireland
8. Region of Europe in East Germany and SW Poland
9. French pilot, the first to cross the Channel
10. Taking small mouthfuls of drink
11. Stretchy fabric invented by Brit Thomas Hancock
12. Wine is stored there
13. Perished species
14. Old slang term for detective
15. A lesser deity
16. System of government by an oppressive ruler
17. Tropical fruits with a large flat stone inside
18. Diver's prize

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Group 238




Puzzle 1

1. Colorful talking birds, now endangered
2. Type of candle lit in a vigil
3. Seinfeld neighbor, nemesis
4. Stefan ...., Swedish serve-and-volley tennis player
5. Emma Thompson's ‘nanny' with magical powers
6. Female water sprites unfriendly to people
7. .... Brody, The Pianist actor
8. Equestrian slalom course with paired ponies
9. Where two walls meet
10. The capital of Zimbabwe
11. Quit your position
12. People who have been officially canonized
13. Fish eggs
14. Smutty, vulgar
15. Soft mineral used in plaster
16. Japanese car brand also known for its motorbikes
17. Bluegrass, circular stringed instruments
18. Clump breaker, sieve
19. Part of the body between neck and diaphragm
20. Half of a .... Sun, novel by Nigerian author Adichie
21. On, but not moving
22. Popular, multi-use folding knives, Boy Scout tool
23. Burns from boiling liquid




Puzzle 2

1. Chilean capital
2. To be alarmed or scared (past tense)
3. Mackintosh by another name
4. Oscar-winning director of the musical Cabaret
5. Table of elements
6. A stew made from whatever is within reach
7. Deep purple-reddish color
8. The ...., US film with Dustin Hoffman
9. .... velocity, final constant speed of falling body
10. John ...., Saturday Night Fever star
11. In marketing, a target area larger than local
12. The capital of Liberia
13. Unlawful
14. Author of "The Little Mermaid": Hans Christian ....
15. Decade following the 80's
16. StarCraft: The Board Game was shown in 2007 at ....
17. Russian granny
18. Backless couch with high curved headrest
19. Someone who finished school and received a diploma
20. Person or thing radiates warmth, cheer, happiness
21. You'll need this with your password to log in
22. Parasite that can live in the digestive tract
23. Blue-skinned alien animation with Roxie Ritchie
24. John .... played Danny Zuko in Grease
25. UK currency




Puzzle 3

1. Someone nominated for election
2. Eagles' song about bad things of the past
3. Book containing alphabetical list of entries
4. Dust-tube tornado that funnels over ground
5. Walking with no set route
6. Sticks out like an aching digit
7. Atlantic weather system
8. Old name for Santa Claus in England, Father ....
9. Cult 80s French film starring Béatrice Dalle
10. When the pass is considered complete in football
11. Oskar ...., child-sized narrator of The Tin Drum
12. Medieval German double-reeded wind instrument
13. Not funny
14. Laboratory receptacle
15. .... bar, cocoa in a delicious and portable form
16. Wooden sailing boats used by the Vikings
17. Fear of anything new
18. Chaotic, in total disorder
19. The study of the meaning in language
20. Gelatinous sea creature; it might sting
21. Related to the skin
22. Term for the study of the origins of the universe
23. Mist-powered water vessel created by John Fitch
24. Sub-unit of former Italian currency lira
25. To give in
26. With Scribes in the New Testament, opposed Jesus
27. Soaked through, drenched
28. Heavenly yolkless baked sponge
29. Died of a heart attack while filming Wagons East!
30. Tropical breeze that blows towards the Equator
31. Gardening expert collects rare specimens
32. A den made up in the leaves and branches
33. Shia militant group based in Lebanon
34. Aubrey ...., Victorian painter
35. Official cost of an item




Puzzle 4

1. Long-running comic strip of romantic wisdom
2. Teddy ...., animatronic, talking bear kid's toy
3. Professionals who check instrumental pitch
4. .... Back to Life, returning with Pink Floyd
5. Holy place of worship, e.g. Angkor Wat
6. Madame ...., French Revolutionary executed in 1793
7. Former argentinian football player, Mario ....
8. .... Santa, Holy Week celebrations in Spain
9. Per ...., for each person or individual
10. Cleaning devices on a vehicle windscreen
11. Line from center to circumference of circle
12. Sunken, concave, indented, recessed
13. Country where actress Salma Hayek was born
14. Bones of the ankle joint, connected to the tibia
15. Fruit that makes a split
16. Petit ...., French kids wear, means "small boat"
17. Dog's necklace
18. Skin infection caused by virus
19. .... gland, gin and orange for simians
20. Witches' rides
21. A picnic basket
22. The largest and best-known cuttlefish
23. Haitian religion complete with magic and priests
24. Transition metal, used in electric guitar strings




Puzzle 5

1. She is often referred to as the Queen of Pop
2. Extremely stupid, foolish
3. Bunch of flowers
4. Roman goddess of wisdom
5. Felt weak suddenly, lost consciousness
6. Captain of the White Tower (The Lord of the Rings)
7. Beguiling, dodgy, cunning, guileful,
8. Chest of drawers
9. Russian novelist who came from the aristocracy
10. Influences someone
11. Seed carrier from a tree
12. The art or sport of fighting with swords
13. Japanese close combat against armed person
14. Italian opera composer of the Barber of Seville
15. Train of a flamenco dress
16. The Cowboy State
17. Cool fashionable type of food
18. To lean back
19. Ugandan, styled himself the Last King of Scotland
20. Applying middle pedal in a car to slow speed
21. .... bannerfish are white, black, and yellow

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Group 239




Puzzle 1

1. The least sullied
2. “Jack of all trades, .... of none”
3. Wide spade
4. Wishing for something to happen
5. Archimedes' famous exclamation
6. Made for fertilizers, potassium salts
7. Opposite of malignant
8. Cat with no hair, sounds Egyptian
9. A person's account of life events
10. Administrators
11. Tower of ...., English royalty; notorious prison
12. .... and Clyde
13. Country where Calgary International Airport is
14. .... Gandolfo, former summer residence of the pope
15. It means "Mountain range" in Spanish
16. Marionette
17. Jules Rimet ...., awarded to World Cup winners
18. Largest Christian church in Egypt




Puzzle 2

1. Actresses Vanessa and Lynn....
2. Apache chief born in 1829
3. Of a loaf, with a crunchier shell
4. A spice used largely for desserts worldwide
5. She sings “What a Girl Wants”: Christina ....
6. Created something new
7. Settlers who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620
8. World's largest impact event in Russia in 1908
9. Feldspar variety with optical effect
10. Purple vegetable
11. ....of Love, opera singer moves to Milan
12. British Overseas Territory, capital Adamstown
13. Meditating
14. The clapping of a theater audience
15. When a female is with child
16. High natural elevation on Earth
17. Air force, navy, army
18. Tablets that can be taken without water
19. First computer, invented by Tommy Flowers
20. Considered one of the smartest scientists
21. Mrs and Mrs Clark ...., Hockney kitty art
22. "A/The fly in the ...."
23. Country where the baht is the official currency
24. Purple vegetable (name used in US)
25. The process of arriving
26. Creator of the Garfield comic strip
27. Contemplating, considering
28. Restriction due to youth or maturity
29. Baby flying, water floating, big billed bird
30. The D in GDP
31. Woodwind instrument with a single reed mouthpiece
32. The clapping of an audience




Puzzle 3

1. Relating to mathematical equations with brackets
2. Locomotive expert
3. Of the highest social standing
4. Usual full forename of someone called Bess/Betty
5. WWE wrestler Steve Austin ring name
6. Planting and harvesting social media game
7. Commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza
8. The scientific study of cell nuclei
9. Catherine Deneuve film: "The .... of Cherbourg"
10. Spacy Russian traveler
11. Hunters
12. North German state, Mecklenburg-Western ....
13. Swiss inventor of Velcro, George ....
14. German Air Force in WWII
15. Medal-winning US sprinter and long jumper
16. Arabic language, news television network
17. 180-degree view
18. Two vowels combined as one syllable
19. Small isolated fortress built by ancient Romans
20. Less cold blizzard
21. Book issuer
22. When sugar has turned to alcohol
23. Laurence who played Ray Langston on CSI
24. Spacy Russian voyager
25. Gathering spot for hot beverage drinkers




Puzzle 4

1. Except that; except on the condition that
2. To save online information in additional storage
3. Thuds, punches
4. Waiter
5. Harshly criticize, berate
6. Late golf great, Arnold ....
7. Face paint
8. Tenzin ...., the 14th Dalai Lama
9. Peril, danger, hazard, threat, imminence
10. Only U.S. state located in Oceania
11. A very small vein
12. Saturn moon, travels in a reverse direction
13. Tropical viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes
14. Zeppelins for advertising
15. Greek god of voyagers and merchants
16. What Burger King is called in Australia, .... Jacks
17. Female face paint
18. Fiery Spanish opera by Bizet
19. Antonym of junior
20. To promote, encourage
21. Floating frozen mass on the ocean surface
22. Sardonic comedian of Groundhog Day
23. Reactive metal associated with the color blue
24. Strait separates Iran from Arabian peninsula




Puzzle 5

1. Large ocean wave created by underwater quake
2. Kidnaps
3. Vegetable common in many salads
4. Islamic trumpeter, announces the end of the world
5. Leafy green vegetable, common in many salads
6. An error or a fault, can be deliberate
7. Reproduction by single organism, no fusion needed
8. The remedy may be worse than this
9. The ...., band created for a TV show in the 1960s
10. Official currency of Mozambique
11. In opposition to
12. Areas of the Earth around the Equator
13. Moving furtively or inconspicuously
14. A young or baby goose
15. Enduring, not changing, steadfast

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Group 240




Puzzle 1

1. Have all your ducks ...., be very organised
2. Costume designer for “Gigi”: Cecil ....
3. Full-body push-up, from standing to plank
4. You sustain one when you hurt yourself
5. .... chloride, used in sewage treatment
6. Medicinal plant similar to mint
7. It's so vast that you cannot see the trees
8. "High" part of a city
9. Moses snappers have large spot below .... fin
10. A syringe's best friend
11. Area that contains your vocal cords
12. A large, tusked Arctic mammal
13. Oil rich country of first Gulf War
14. 60,000 milliseconds
15. Old occupation of stretching cloth over a machine
16. The Magus who brought gold
17. Before another, prior, earlier
18. The name of Captain Ahab's whaler
19. Willie ...., country singer of City of New Orleans




Puzzle 2

1. Captured by enemy, .... of War aka POW
2. Finger joints used in boxing
3. .... aspects align planetary energies in astrology
4. Island country in the Indian Ocean, capital Male
5. To take possession of money fraudulently
6. Guess at a price
7. Term for two-wheeled, off-road, mucky vehicle
8. Falling as freezing rain
9. Bookworm's injury
10. Ridged, tubed pasta
11. Distinguished by wealth and good taste
12. Giant, radioactive reptile, star of many movies
13. Metalloid used with alloys to create batteries
14. DIY shops sell this
15. Hungary's leader during the USSR invasion of 1956




Puzzle 3

1. Bleach booster
2. Change a liquid to a mist
3. 2017 Academy Award winner for Best Picture
4. Where to buy musical or play tickets
5. “Going the ....” (imperial measure for added input)
6. Corn and lima beans dish
7. French winner of 1947 Nobel Literature prize
8. The ...., British short film, won 87th Academy Award
9. Poorly constructed; crude
10. Mythic character; her prophecies are not believed
11. Wooden walkway over marshes
12. To ignore or fail to take into account
13. With Tigris created Mesopotamia
14. The Epsom Derby is one
15. Shoots the action
16. Represented by red semicircles on a weather map
17. Jerry Herman, US composer of La Cage ....
18. Surreal show focused on who killed Laura Palmer
19. These don't ever make one right
20. A careless comment
21. Russian oblast and city on the Volga River
22. I think, therefore I am




Puzzle 4

1. Cuisine that melds different styles together
2. Clark Gable Gone with Wind character, Rhett ....
3. Title character in Stephen King's first novel
4. Shoes with solid sole extensions, no instep gap
5. Colorado soccer team named after river current
6. Wriggled one's way out of or into a situation
7. Cream of ...., by product of winemaking, ingredient
8. The War of the ...., novel by UK writer HG Wells
9. Anatomy .... of Dr Nicholaes Tulp, by Rembrandt
10. Frodo
11. John ...., long-serving Aussie PM
12. Told tales on someone
13. Wavy, frizzy
14. Organ to be first successfully transplanted
15. Fake ducks on a pond
16. Different from
17. A pipe attached to a house for draining water
18. Having two spouses at the same time
19. Mountaineer Heinrich who spent seven years in Tibet
20. Pope and poisons in Italian Renaissance family
21. Vivid pinkish red color resembling cherries
22. .... Horse, event requires strong forearms




Puzzle 5

1. English breed of short, muscular dog
2. To scrape, scuff
3. Sultan who captured Jerusalem after the 2nd crusade
4. A well-known Beatles' song
5. Photo taken by the law
6. Psychic cookies
7. Cargo transported for money on land, air, sea
8. Collection of rural houses and amenities
9. Place where products are made
10. Monotonous talking
11. Homo ...., scientific name for humans
12. Person who writes online articles and comments
13. To adorn
14. Dutiful follower of a leader, especially religious
15. Old English epic poem with the monster Grendel
16. Insubstantial lingerie