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- ___ 1 (speed of sound)
- #1 choice, in slang
- {1, 2, 3} and {4, 5, 6}
- #1, say
- 1/12 of a foot
- 1/640th of a square mile
- 100%
- 12, say
- 12-12, say
- 14 of these make up a fortnight
- 1492 caravel
- 18-wheeler
- 1880s-'90s veep ___ P. Morton
- 18th-century British P.M. William Pitt, e.g.
- 1960s protest singer Phil
- 1970s sitcom title character who "can turn the world on with her smile"
- 1974 Eurovision winners
- 1975 Spielberg film that's considered the first summer blockbuster
- 1977 Robin Cook medical thriller
- 1982 film inspired by Pong
- 1982 film whose name is a security program
- 1985 mystery film with three different endings
- 1994 Costner title role
- 1998 tech debut
- 1999 Ron Howard film about a reality show
- 2 to 5, say
- 2, 4, 6 and 8, e.g.
- 2000 Eminem single with lines from his "biggest fan"
- 2004's "___ Enchanted"
- 2010 best-selling Emma Donoghue novel
- 2010-12's ___ Spring
- 2017 Pixar film set in Mexico
- 2019 film co-starring Taylor Swift as Bombalurina
- 2019 film that one reviewer called "purr-fectly dreadful"
- 2019 Grammy-winning album for Tyler, the Creator
- 2020 Pixar movie
- 2021 Pixar film inspired by Italian folklore
- 2021 science fiction novel by Nnedi Okorafor
- 2022 book paying tribute to a 1960s rock legend
- 2023 Nobel-winning physicist L'Huillier
- 2025 Ron Howard survival thriller
- ’20s architecture style
- 24 cans of beer
- 3 to 1 are good ones
- 32-card card game
- 35mm options
- 4,840 square yards
- 411
- 49er's score
- *4th
- 5,280 in a mile
- 5/8 or 2/14
- $50/hour, e.g.
- ___ 51, highly classified Nevada facility
- 5x5-square crossword
- 7-Eleven competitor on the East Coast
- 70-minute section of the SAT
- 90° del norte
- 90° from norte
- A "bear of very little brain"
- A ___ as old as time
- "___ a Bad Mama Jama" (1981 R&B hit)
- "A Bug's Life" bugs
- A calf born with two heads, some say
- A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated)
- A goose egg
- A host of
- A ladybug landing on you is considered a good one
- A large quantity
- A little too pleased with oneself
- A long time, in Spain
- A lot of lot
- "A Man Called ___" (Tom Hanks film)
- A military parade might go through it
- A million years, so to speak
- A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking
- A noble gas
- A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly
- A person
- A proper one is capitalized
- A runner may need to pick it up
- A second helping, say
- ___ a secret
- A single time
- A smartphone has lots of these
- A smartphone has many of these
- ___ a soul
- ___ a soul (nobody at all)
- A tall one may be inflated
- A vacationer might hope to catch them
- A village in Wales has one with 58 letters - the world's longest
- A wine (with an accent), or a flower (without one)
- A word in closing
- A zero is one
- A, as in aviating?
- ___-a-brac
- A-lister
- ___-a-thon
- A.P. math subj.
- A: So he could wake up ___ in the morning!
- Abandoned
- Abbr. atop a memo
- Abbr. before a name on a memo
- Abbr. before a recipient's name on an envelope
- Abbr. before a year
- Abbr. next to a year on a company sign
- Abbr. not found on most smartphones
- Abbr. seen before a person's name
- About
- About 35,000 for the Taj Mahal: Abbr.
- About 75% of a football field
- About 8,100 square feet, for a baseball infield
- About 9% of the earth's total surface area
- Abraded
- Abrupt endings, of a sort
- Abruptly call off one's plans
- Absolutely nothing
- "Absolutely, amigo!"
- Abstain from eating
- Accompanies (to)
- Accomplishment
- Accounted for
- Accusative, for one
- Aching
- Achy joint for a floor installer, perhaps
- Acid's opposite
- Acidic ingredient in guacamole
- Acknowledged
- Acorn droppers
- Acorn growers
- Acquire by default?
- Acronym on a W-2
- Act all teenagerly, say
- Act bearishly
- Act the worrywart
- Action figures and such
- Action in the card game Egyptian Ratscrew
- Action star Jackie
- Action star Michelle
- Actions at auctions
- Actions at the Bellagio or Encore
- Activist Brockovich
- Actor ___ Patrick Harris
- Actor Astin of the "Lord of the Rings" films
- Actor Brody of "The O.C."
- Actor Epps of "House"
- Actor Eric of "Troy"
- Actor Estrada of "CHiPs"
- Actor Gilliam of "The Wire"
- Actor Guinness
- Actor Idris
- Actor John who has granted more than 650 wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
- Actor Malek of "The Amateur"
- Actor McGregor of "Trainspotting"
- Actor McGregor with a Golden Globe for "Fargo"
- Actor Michael of "Arrested Development"
- Actor Morales
- Actor Neeson of "Taken"
- Actor Scott or Driver
- Actor Stonestreet of "Modern Family"
- Actor Wilson
- Actor/rapper Omar
- Actors like biting into a juicy one
- Actors unsuited for subtle roles
- Actress ___ Lee Nolin of "Baywatch"
- Actress ___ Marsay of Disney+'s "Andor"
- Actress ___ Rachel Wood
- Actress Conn who played Frenchy in "Grease"
- Actress Dunham or Waithe
- Actress Falco
- Actress Falco of "The Sopranos"
- Actress Falco with four Emmys
- Actress Fanning
- Actress Jacobson of "Broad City"
- Actress Kendrick
- Actress Kurylenko
- Actress Kurylenko of "Quantum of Solace"
- Actress Palmer of "Hustlers"
- Actress Perlman of "Cheers"
- Actress Petty of "A League of Their Own"
- Actress Pinkett Smith of "Girls Trip"
- Actress Polo
- Actress Reneé of "The Sex Lives of College Girls"
- Actress Rooney
- Actress Rowlands
- Actress Ryan of the "Star Trek" franchise
- Actress Sedgwick
- Actress Seehorn of "Pluribus"
- Actress Shawkat
- Actress Skye
- Actress Sorvino
- Actress Taylor-Joy
- Actress Taylor-Joy of "The Gorge"
- Actress Teri
- Actress Ward
- Actress/singer Minnelli
- Actress/union leader Drescher
- "___, actually ..."
- Add some seasoning to
- Additional schoolwork?
- Address strings
- Adds unnecessary words to
- Adidas competitor
- Adjoin
- Admissions overseer, maybe
- Adroit
- Adult male deer
- Advance
- Advanced
- Advantage
- "Adventures of Huckleberry ___"
- Adversary of Julius Caesar
- Advertising award
- Advocate of war
- Affectedly cute
- Affectionate term for una madre
- Affinity for something, so to speak
- Affix, in a way
- Affliction for many first responders, in brief
- Affliction for some vets, in brief
- Affliction in "The Hurt Locker," in brief
- Affliction treated with a nit comb
- Afflictions
- Afirmativa enfática
- African antelopes
- *Afternoon socials
- Against
- Agcy. that protects the right to unionize
- Age group that includes 2000s kids
- Agency-issued rules, for short
- Agenda bullet point
- Agitate
- Agrees nonverbally
- Agricultural locale
- Aid for disaster relief, say
- Aide: Abbr.
- Ailment that aptly rhymes with "eye"
- Aims to sell for, as a price
- "Ain't gonna happen"
- Ain't proper?
- Air
- Air Max maker
- Air passage
- Airbnb alternative
- Airdrops?
- Airline predictions, for short
- Airplane wing feature
- Airport transport
- Alan of "M*A*S*H"
- Alan of PBS's "Scientific American Frontiers"
- [Alas!]
- Albatross, so to speak
- Album for which Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize
- Alexander ___, 1980s secretary of state
- Alexander who served under Reagan, Nixon and Ford
- "Alice in Zombieland" author ___ Showalter
- Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
- Alien leader?
- Align
- All ___
- "All ___ are off!"
- All by oneself
- All over again
- All right
- "All right. What's the big deal?"
- All slam dunks
- "All That ___"
- All the ___
- All tied up
- "All's well with me"
- All-caps reply to a spammy political text
- All-encompassing prefix?
- All-star pitcher Hershiser
- All: Prefix
- ___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce)
- Alliance
- Allied grp.
- Alma mater for George Orwell and Hugh Laurie
- Alma mater of Jackie Robinson and Arthur Ashe, in brief
- Almost any word that ends in "-ize"
- "Almost time for the weekend!"
- Aloe ___
- Along with "CODA" and "Argo," the only other four-letter Best Picture winner
- Aloo gobi go-with
- Alphabetically last nutrient in a multivitamin, often
- Already heard, say
- Alter ___ (other selves)
- Altered mortgage, for short
- Alternative to a cup
- Alternative to a tap on the shoulder
- Alternative to caps: Abbr.
- Alternative to check or card
- Alternative to check or credit card
- Alternative to fries, maybe
- Alternative to naan
- Alternative to theirs
- Alternative to truth
- Alternative to Word
- Alternatively
- "Altho ..."
- ___ Alto, Calif.
- Alum
- Alumni notes datum
- Alvin and the Chipmunks, e.g.
- Always at the pharmacy?
- Amateur radio devotees
- Amazed
- Amazes
- "Amazing Grace," for one
- Amazon affiliate on TV
- AMC's "Better Call ___"
- Amenity in a Florida backyard, perhaps
- "America's Got Talent" segments
- American court org.
- American Girl toy
- "American Gothic" setting
- "American Psycho" author ___ Easton Ellis
- "Ammunition" for a bubble gun
- Amo, amas, ___
- Amorphous shape in a lava lamp
- Amount of work on a college transcript
- Amps (up)
- Amy Winehouse, e.g.
- An "A" in geometry
- An estimated 25% of modern phone calls
- Anabolic steroids, e.g., informally
- Analogous
- Analogy words
- Analyst/ex-QB Tony ___
- Anatomical containers
- Anatomical pouch
- Anatomical ring
- Anchor position
- Anchor's spot
- Anchor, as a boat
- Ancient Brit for whom a language was named
- Ancient Greek instrument
- Ancient Peruvian
- Ancient Peruvian society
- Ancient wrap
- "And ___ bed"
- ___ and aahs
- ___ and dear
- And other authors: Abbr.
- ___ and polish
- "And some other authors": Abbr.
- "And that's the trick!"
- "___, and ye shall find" (Matthew 7:7)
- ___-and-seek
- Andy Taylor's boy on old TV
- Andy's partner in an old radio sitcom
- ___ angel
- Angel's headgear
- Angela on "The Office," e.g.
- Angers
- Angler's hope
- Angry cat's "greeting"
- Angry, with "off"
- Angsty feeling associated with exclusion
- Animal in more than 70 Bugs Bunny titles
- Animal whose crabeater variety does not, in fact, eat crabs
- Animals considered divine messengers in Shinto culture
- Animals that bugle
- Animated character, informally
- Animated explorer
- Animated figure
- Anna Howard ___, leader in the suffrage movement
- ___ Annan, former U.N. secretary general
- Announcements in The Economist, for short
- Annoying things to realize you've left in the house
- Annual D.C. address, for short
- Anora's husband in "Anora"
- Another name for Vishnu, translating to "the remover"
- "Ant-Man" star Paul
- Anthropologist Margaret
- Anti-friction fluid
- Anti-mob law acronym
- Antifur org.
- Anxious
- "Any ___?"
- Any mentee of Yoda
- Apartment option
- Apartment with a high ceiling
- Apex
- Apex predator of the ocean
- Apogee
- Apparel
- Appeal in defense
- Apple all-in-one computer
- Apple computers
- Apple desktop
- Apple device that can act as a cash register
- Apple on a desk, perhaps
- Apple on a desk?
- Apple or orange, e.g.
- Apple product introduced in 2010
- Apple Store offerings
- Apple tablet
- Apple with a big screen
- Apple's apple, for one
- Apple's digital assistant
- Approaching
- Appropriate shoes to wear on moving day?
- Appropriate snack for Santa?
- Appropriately named bus driver on "The Simpsons"
- Approves a Venmo request, perhaps
- Approx.
- Apr. 15 experts
- April or May, e.g.
- Apt anagram of GAMES minus M
- Apt letters missing from _ _stra_ _
- Apt letters missing from in_ _ _ _ation
- Apt name for a baby born around Christmas
- Apt name for a conchologist?
- Apt name for a tuxedo cat
- Apt name for a yoga instructor?
- Apt name of 12 popes
- Apt profession for someone named Rosemary or Ginger
- Apt rhyme for "pads"
- Apt rhyme of "clock"
- Aquiline : eagle :: cygnine : ___
- Arabic male name meaning "prince"
- Arcane letter
- Architect Ludwig Mies van der ___
- Arcing tennis shots
- Arctic seabird nicknamed "aerial pirate"
- Arduous journey
- Are: Fr.
- Area east of the Urals
- Area with pews
- ___ Arena, concert venue in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
- Arizona city or county
- Arizona city or Native American tribe
- Arkansas : Nebraska :: Argon : ___
- Arm of the Dept. of Labor
- Arm part
- Arnaz of "I Love Lucy"
- Aromatherapy liquids
- Aromatic herb
- Around 14-29, for most members of Gen Z
- Arouse
- Arrange from newest to oldest, say
- Array behind the counter at a tavern
- Arrived
- Arriving by
- Art ___ (geometric architectural style)
- Art movement proclaimed in a 1916 manifesto
- Art museum that awards the annual Turner Prize
- Art pioneered by Arp
- Artemis II org.
- Artery
- Artful
- Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g.
- Article of apparel often worn with sandals
- Article of pool equipment
- Article that might be prewritten, informally
- Artist Chagall
- Artist Salvador
- Artist who kept a pet ocelot
- Artist with an absurdist humor book all about his mustache
- Artist/musician Ono
- Aruba or Jamaica
- ___ as a bug's ear
- As a P.S.
- As a result
- "As far as ___ tell ..."
- "As I see it ..."
- As it's happening
- "As men in ___ strike those that wish them best": Iago
- As one word: A henchman / As two words: "Please proceed"
- "___ as you are"
- Ashen
- Asia's largest desert
- Asia's rejuvenated North ___ Sea
- Asia's shrinking ___ Sea
- Asian sea currently undergoing replenishment efforts
- Aspen or pine
- ___ assembly required
- Assert
- Assessment, informally
- Assignment at a bowling alley
- Assistance
- Assistant
- Assists after a breakdown
- Assns.
- Assuming that
- "Assuming that's true …"
- Astronaut ___ Lee Fisher, the first mother to fly into space
- Astronaut Armstrong
- Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson
- At a distance
- At any point
- At any time
- "At Last" singer James
- At some time
- "At the ___, please record your message ..."
- "At what time?"
- "___ Atardecer," Bad Bunny song whose name means "Another Sunset"
- Athleisure brand originally from Italy
- Athlete nicknamed "O Rei"
- Athletic shorts fabric
- Atlantic crosser of 1492
- Atlantic fish
- Atomizer output
- Atop
- Attempt anew
- Attended
- Attendees of the Jellicle Ball, on Broadway
- Attention to detail
- Attention-getting sound
- Attest
- Attire for a fraternity party, maybe
- Attire for the Sugar Plum Fairy
- Attire in many a Degas painting
- Attitude
- Atypical, to Antonius
- Auction off
- Audience stat
- Audio genre designed to trigger tingling, for short
- Audio sensors
- "Auld ___ Syne"
- "Auld Lang ___"
- Aussie animals
- Aussie critters
- Aussie greeting
- Aussie predator
- Austin music-and-media festival, familiarly
- Australian actor Eric
- Author ___ Neale Hurston
- Author Colfer of the "Artemis Fowl" series
- Author Morrison
- Author Silverstein
- Author who coined the word "munchkin"
- Author who purportedly drew inspiration from a filing cabinet labeled "O-Z"
- Auto loan figs.
- Autocorrect target
- Automaker Ferrari
- Automatons, informally
- Average
- Averted a tag, maybe
- Aviary inhabitant
- Avocado dip, informally
- Avocado-shaped
- Avoided a tag, say
- Avoids injury, say
- Await settlement, as a payment
- Awaken
- Awaken slowly
- Award that the best plays are nominated for
- Award with a "Best New American Theater Work" category
- Award with a "Best Record-Breaking Performance" category
- Award with Daytime and Primetime categories
- Award won by a young Meryl Streep for her role in "Alice in Concert" (1981)
- Awards achievement reached in 2026 by Steven Spielberg
- Aware of
- Awed reactions
- Awesome, in slang
- Awl, for one
- Axlike tool depicted in hieroglyphs
- Azerbaijan neighbor
- B&Bs
- B-___ (decent grade)
- B.B. King's "___ Dynamite"
- Baa-baa mamas
- Babe in a stable
- Babe in the woods
- "Baby ___" (2008 comedy)
- Baby bottle component
- Baby bovine
- Baby in a pouch
- Baby ones are joeys, familiarly
- Baby rhino
- Baby whale
- Baby's first word, maybe
- Babysitter, often
- Bacchanalian party
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