“➡____ hour: RUSH

➡2000 pounds: TON

➡A long-barreled firearm: RIFLE

➡A tree that produces large, hard-shelled fruits: NUT

➡Activity enjoyed in snowy mountain resorts: SKI

➡Ain’t ___ Sweet (classic song): SHE

➡Expression of surprise or astonishment: ERA

➡Extraterrestrial aircraft: UFO

➡Fails to recall: FORGETS

➡Feeling better about things: HAPPIER

➡Feeling uninterested: BORED

➡Formerly existing: PRIOR

➡Grief-stricken sound: SOB

➡Helpful book: HOWTO

➡Increased or ascended: RISEN

➡Instrument that produces a loud, deep sound: HORN

➡Key on a keyboard used to indent text: TAB

➡Lesser of two ____: EVILS

➡Like some waves: TIDAL

➡Long walk in the countryside or wilderness: HIKE

➡Messenger of genetic information: RNA

➡Metal rod: BAR

➡Oxford charges: PREMIUMS

➡Place where grapes are turned into alcohol: WINERY

➡Possessed by us: OUR

➡Sagittarius or Aries: Sign

➡Sensation of flavor: TASTE

➡Settled down snugly: NESTLED

➡Some decorations: AWARDS

➡Something planned or deliberate is this: INTENDED

➡Sound that bounces back: ECHO

➡Steal or take without permission: RIP

➡To envision the future: FORESEE

➡Victory in a competition: WON

➡Ways To Make Noise: “___ me a river!”: CRY

➡Ways To Make Noise: An emergency vehicle that rushes patients to the hospital: AMBULANCE

➡Ways To Make Noise: Celebration in the sky with lights, smokes, and loud noises: FIREWORKS

➡Ways To Make Noise: High-pitched sound made by blowing through pursed lips: WHISTLE

➡Ways To Make Noise: Storm warning: THUNDER

➡Whiskey grain: Rye

➡Written in verse: POETIC

➡Yes in a casual way: YEAH
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“➡Acted performance: DRAMA

➡Appealed to a higher authority?: PRAYED

➡Aromatic plant: HERB

➡Beverage consumed for thirst: DRINK

➡Beyond what is usual or necessary: EXTRA

➡Cause a momentary loss of consciousness: STUN

➡Cheating on an ethics exam, e.g.: Irony

➡Doing something in a clumsy and stiff manner is doing it like this: AWKWARDLY

➡Doing this could wear holes into the carpet: PACING

➡Finished in first place: WON

➡Geological formation of layers: STRATA

➡Hits with a stick: CANES

➡In excess or more than enough: TOO

➡It Covers You: Body’s outer covering: SKIN

➡It Covers You: Comfy fabric used to cover a sleeping person: BLANKET

➡It Covers You: Large cape; _____-and-dagger: CLOAK

➡It Covers You: Santa’s landing spot on a house: ROOF

➡It Covers You: They’ve evolved from loincloths to tunics to suits over time: CLOTHES

➡I’ve ___ out of energy: RAN

➡Like most crowded places: NOISY

➡Most famous: BESTKNOWN

➡No vote: Nay

➡Piece of information: DETAIL

➡Relating to racial or cultural groups: Ethnic

➡Sailor’s occupation: TAR

➡Someone who prefers riding a two-wheeled vehicle: BIKER

➡Uncooked, like sashimi: Raw

➡Utters or speaks: SAYS

➡Ways to a destination: ROUTES

➡Work on dough: Knead

➡Yellow citrus fruit: LEMON
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“➡A small amount of time: TIS

➡Apple’s digital media player: ITUNES

➡Arouse strong feelings: STIR

➡Expression meaning “shut yer trap!”: CANIT

➡Hitchhiking can be a great choice if your … is low: Budget

➡Hitchhiking has been used as a form of …, in the 1960s and 1970s: Protest

➡Hitchhiking has been used as a means of fundraising for …: Charity

➡Hitchhiking has been used as theme for a lot of movies in this movie genre: Horror

➡In favor of: FOR

➡Items on a refrigerator door: EGGS

➡Last name of the author of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”: CAPOTE

➡Leaders of the packs: ALPHAS

➡Moveable barrier: GATE

➡Never leave … behind you and always treat with respect the people You meet on the way of Hitchhiking: Trash

➡Playful or mischievous behavior: ANTICS

➡Sound of a eureka moment: AHA

➡Splendid or magnificent: REGAL

➡There is a international … for Hitchhiking, where participants compete to the farthest distance or reach a specific destination in a given timeframe: Event

➡Trim and toned: INSHAPE
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“➡_____-and-effect: CAUSE

➡A philosophical idea of going beyond the material world: TRANSCEND

➡Earworm can be triggered by a variety of factors, with some related by these: Images

➡Earworm can sometimes be used strategically in … for advertising: Markets

➡Earworm is also abbred as “IMI” with the M meaning this: MUSICAL

➡Earworm is thought to occur in the auditory cortex in … , which is responsible for processing sound: Brain

➡Knocks against something: BUMPS

➡Lines that never intersect: Parallel

➡Moreover or too: ALSO

➡Past its prime: OLD

➡Quickly, in memos: ASAP

➡Relating to something mentioned previously: ITS

➡Research has shown that Earworm is more likely to occur with songs which the … is simple and catchy: Melody

➡Sneaks a peek: GLIMPSES

➡Some people would have problems doing this with Earworm becoming a disorder: SLEEP

➡Song by the Village People: YMCA

➡Type of mammal named after the Latin for “pouch”: MARSUPIAL

➡Word repeated in “It’s ____, all ____!”: Mine
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“➡____ 500: INDY

➡After The Rain: “The _____ Prince of Bel-Air” starred Will Smith: FRESH

➡After The Rain: A light gentle wind: BREEZE

➡After The Rain: Climate that is hot and wet; muggy: HUMID

➡After The Rain: Small pool of water caused by rain: PUDDLE

➡Books of the Bible: SCRIPTURES

➡Chuckle: HAH

➡Colors of the pride flag: RAINBOW

➡Decorative Christmas ring of leaves, often found on a door: WREATH

➡Drexel Hill, to Philadelphia: SUBURB

➡Facial features above the nose: EYES

➡Familiar term for a female sibling: SIS

➡Flat object to sit or lie on: MAT

➡Geological time period of prehistory: ERA

➡Harvard or Brown: Ivy

➡Hot drink made from leaves: TEA

➡Indian religion: HINDU

➡Indicates possession: ITS

➡iPad or iPhone model: MINI

➡Made to become one: UNIFIED

➡Medium steak preference: RARE

➡Not firm or steady: LIMP

➡Observe: SEE

➡Observed or noticed with the eyes: SEEN

➡Part of the “she” series of pronouns: HER

➡Principles or values that are important to one: IDEALS

➡Result of crying: TEAR

➡Satisfied one’s hunger: ATE

➡Sharp-eyed bird that is a scavenger: Eagle

➡Something that feels like a dream is this: SURREAL

➡Something that is exact and true is this: ACCURATE

➡What a courier brings over: DELIVERIES

➡Would you ____ is a conversational icebreaker: RATHER

➡Yet to be tried: UNTESTED
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“➡California is the birthplace of the tech industry, and this company is headquartered here: FACEBOOK

➡Eighth astrological sign of the zodiac: SCORPIO

➡For all practical purposes: Ineffect

➡Internal organs used as food: OFFAL

➡Letter in the Greek alphabet between upsilon and chi: PHI

➡One of the holes right above the mouth: NOSTRIL

➡Plant that might hold a tire swing: Tree

➡Rival in a game: Opponent

➡Road repair material: Tar

➡The actor, DiCaprio: Leo

➡The highest peak in the United States is … Whitney, which is located in California and stands at over 14,000 feet: MOUNT

➡The Hydrogen bomb is this type of destructive weapon: NUCLEAR

➡The state animal of California is the grizzly …, which is now extinct in the state: BEAR

➡The state flower of California is the golden …, which can be seen in abundance during the springtime.: POPPY

➡The world’s first famous restaurant opened in California, 1940: MCDONALD

➡Time of great change or upheaval: ERA

➡To poke your nose into other people’s business: SNOOP

➡To release from slavery or captivity: SETFREE
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“➡A cocktail made with gin and vermouth, typically garnished with an olive or lemon twist: MARTINI

➡A rodent known for its long tail: RAT

➡Appeared: SEEMED

➡Art of public speaking: ORATORY

➡Behavior exhibited by male kangaroos during mating season: BOXING

➡Birds in a gaggle: Geese

➡Blemish: SMEAR

➡Denoting one or more people or things: THE

➡Golfers may break them: TEES

➡If you misplace something, you can try to find it at the ___ and Found: LOST

➡Kangaroos use this side of hand as primary, which we thought was unique to primates: LEFT

➡Large amount of weight: TON

➡Mashed potatoes mishap: Lump

➡Name for a male kangaroo: Boomer

➡Name for groups of kangaroos: MOBS

➡Pacific and Atlantic are examples of these large bodies of water: OCEANS

➡People or animals previously mentioned: THEY

➡Pieces of absorbent cloth or paper used for drying or wiping: TOWELS

➡Quaint curse: POX

➡Sailor’s affirmative: AYE

➡Sesame _____ is an iconic educational program with characters like Big Bird and Elmo: STREET

➡Set aside: RESERVED

➡Sizes of drinks at a pub, perhaps: PINTS

➡Something that has been made useless by a new design or technology: OBSOLETE

➡Spray graffiti on, say: Mar

➡Start up the mountain: Climb

➡They come in various colors: EYES

➡Tick’s cousin: Mite
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“➡___ __ Me is the song by John Legend and Lindsey Stirling: ALLOF

➡A self-defense electroshock gun: TASER

➡Billy Joel has also been an …, with appearances in movies like “Oliver and Company” and “30 Rock”: Actor

➡Billy Joel has been married four times and has … children: Three

➡Billy Joel has won … Grammy Awards throughout the career: Five

➡Billy Joel taught himself how to play piano at this age of old: FOUR

➡Billy Joel was also … , who learned to fly in the 1970s and has owned and flown several planes throughout his life: Pilot

➡Call forth: EVOKE

➡Canonized nun who wrote “The Interior Castle”: STTERESA

➡Electronic book: EBOOK

➡Inquired about: ASKED

➡IOU stands for this: IOWEYOU

➡Kind of alcohol: Ethyl

➡Phrase said in response to a courtroom violation: IOBJECT

➡Rubber duckies often float in these: BATHS

➡Software program designed for a specific purpose: APP

➡Theater productions: Plays

➡This American actor plays the mysterious Man in Black and “Westworld”: EDHARRIS

➡You’ll ___ the day you were ever mean to me: Rue
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“➡___ and bacon’, common name of plants with dark-marked yellow flowers: EGGS

➡_____ Arabia: SAUDI

➡A participant or team that finishes in second place: RUNNERUP

➡A problem or difficulty: SNAG

➡A small amount of money: DOLL

➡A word sometimes followed, mysteriously, by an ellipsis: UNLESS

➡Alpine activity involving downhill or cross-country movement: SKI

➡Also: AND

➡Charge or cost: RATE

➡Chemical bonds: LINKAGES

➡Deck the Halls greenery: HOLLY

➡Dessert topping option: CREME

➡Eco-friendly word: REUSE

➡Encouraged, with “up”: BUOYED

➡Entity or object: ITEM

➡Evaluation of academic achievement: EXAM

➡Far away from the observer or from a given place: AFAR

➡Friend who hasn’t fully matured: BUD

➡Go to the bathroom: PEE

➡Grain used in some milk: OAT

➡Infant: BABY

➡It’s determined by Xs and Ys: SEX

➡Legal or administrative processes: PROCEEDINGS

➡Length of time someone has lived: AGE

➡Limb from hip to ankle: LEG

➡Long-distance transport: BUS

➡Loss of a close friend through death: BEREAVEMENT

➡Narrow passage of water between two land masses: STRAIT

➡Nasty cut: GASH

➡Not wearing any clothes, like Rodin’s “The Thinker”: Nude

➡Outer layer of cereal grain separated from the flour or meal: BRAN

➡Pattern used as a guide: TEMPLATE

➡Person of a website or program: USER

➡Piano Playing: Group of musical notes: CHORD

➡Piano Playing: It’s a series of movements: SONATA

➡Piano Playing: Legendary German composer who famously continued composing after he went deaf: BEETHOVEN

➡Piano Playing: Memorable part of a song: MELODY

➡Piano Playing: Sounds arranged to be pleasing to the ear: MUSIC

➡Police operation to catch criminals: BUST

➡Religion of Muslims: ISLAM

➡Result of adding numbers: SUM

➡Rock that flows from volcano: Lava

➡Skates or swims gracefully: RAYS

➡Slip up: ERR

➡Soft and tender part of the neck: NAPE

➡Sound-killing button: Mute

➡Spread with a rough motion: SMEAR

➡Squirrel’s tree: OAK

➡Style of traditional music: Folk

➡Taken for granted: Given

➡Taking great pains: TORTURED

➡The final letter of the Greek alphabet: OMEGA

➡To insist that something is true: ASSERT
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“➡___ ___ Chili Peppers, American rock band with the hit song “Scar Tissue”: REDHOT

➡A portion of a curved line: ARC

➡Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton studied this branch of science: PHYSICS

➡Cause admiration: Impress

➡Court decision: RULING

➡Currency used in Britain: POUND

➡Daily personal writing: Journal

➡Deep blue: INDIGO

➡Drinking vessel: CUP

➡Executes program instructions: CPU

➡Fishing equipment: NETS

➡Important, serious, or significant: MAJOR

➡Led astray: SEDUCED

➡Like a potato that’s been damaged?: CHIPPED

➡Many a Sundance entry: INDIE

➡Not feeling well: Ill

➡Olympic sport involving snow-covered slopes: SKI

➡One Hundred: ___ of fare: BILL

➡One Hundred: Mathematically, 12 is equal to 50 _______: PERCENT

➡One Hundred: Spaghetti recipe word: BOIL

➡One Hundred: Ten decades: CENTURY

➡Person from Mogadishu: SOMALI

➡Security system array: SENSORS

➡See 2-Down: TORTILLAS

➡Sitcom units: Episodes

➡Someone who is sincere and well-meaning is this: EARNEST

➡Sticky black sealant: Tar

➡Substance used to add color: DYE

➡Successfully fled: ESCAPED

➡Symbol associated with the mathematical concept of proportion: PHI

➡Take it easy!: Chill

➡Take legal action against another person: SUE

➡To humiliate or make someone feel ashamed: EMBARRASS

➡Treasure hunter’s guide aid: Map

➡Type of grain used in making bread and whiskey: RYE

➡Walks by the delivery room?: PACES

➡Wanted Dead or _____: Alive

➡You can get jailed for it: Contempt
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