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Crossword Answers

3 letters

DEE

AND

CAP
A tight-fitting headdress

ODD
An indefinite quantity more than that specified; "invited 30-odd guests"

PDA
A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.

ELS

FOR

COW
Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'

4 letters

NEST
A kind of gun emplacement; "a machine-gun nest"; "a nest of snipers"

LESS
(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"

HOME
An institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"

VOTE
A body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote"

AREA
A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

SAIL
Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"

TODD
Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)

JAZZ
A genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles

MAID
A female domestic

GIRL
A youthful female person; "the baby was a girl"; "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle"

NILE
The world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization

UIST

EAST
The region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River

5 letters

WILDE
Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)

PETER
Obscene terms for penis

DANDY
A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost

BATOR

HANDS
The force of workers available

SPEED
A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression

RAPEE

AWILL

WORDS
Language that is spoken or written; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words"

BERRA
United States baseball player (born 1925)

OSCAR
An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance

TRONI

GAMES

SWEET
The property of tasting as if it contains sugar

SPACE
One of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"

GREEN
Green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

MATCH
An exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"

FURRY
Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs; "furred animals"; "a furry teddy bear"

MITRE
Joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner

SIMON
United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927)

UNDER
Lower in rank, power, or authority; "an under secretary"

FAULT
Put or pin the blame on

HENRY
United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)

EMILY

MICAH
A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC)

STEVE

6 letters

HRIDER

LENNOX

UTOPIA
Ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects

SECRET
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

HUBERT

FLYING
An instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

AMANOF

AGRAND

DINNER
The main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church"

URSULA

BEACHY

DANISH
A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark

MYBEST

SNAKES

CHIMES

GULFOF

DONKEY
Domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn

THEFAT

GENTLY
With little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead"

THEDAY

CRISIS
A crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"

THEEND

WILLEM

TURTLE
Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

CANYOU

PASSES

HESTON

TAYLOR
United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)

HILTON

FISHER
Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal

BURTON
A strong dark English ale

WARNER
United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958)

ALERTS

VELVET
Resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

RUPERT
English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)

7 letters

MAEWEST
An inflatable life jacket

EEASYGO

YONKERS

WILDING
An outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women

ANOTHER
Any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to another (or some other) day"

BOUVIER

KENNEDY
A large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City

ONASSIS

ADDRESS
The stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball

NEBAKER

DIVERGE
Be at variance with; be out of line with

DESSERT
A dish served as the last course of a meal

FIGHTER
A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

8 letters

RESTORER
A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture

LISTENUP

RANDOLPH

ROBINSON
United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)

THEFEAST