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atc | 1,998 | PLOP | Penny-in-the-wishing-well sound | 4 | The 1st letter is P | The 2nd letter is L | The 4th letter is P |
atc | 1,998 | POE | Ulalume author | 3 | The 1st letter is P | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | POET | Donne or Dickinson | 4 | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is O | The 4th letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | POET | Versifier | 4 | The 3rd letter is E | The 1st letter is P | The 2nd letter is O |
atc | 1,998 | POLO | Sport with mounts and mallets | 4 | The 4th letter is O | The 3rd letter is L | The 1st letter is P |
atc | 1,998 | PONG | Pioneering video game | 4 | The 4th letter is G | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is N |
atc | 1,998 | PREENS | Dresses to the nines | 6 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is P | The 3rd letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | PREY | Carnivore's quarry | 4 | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is Y |
atc | 1,998 | PROLE | Laborer | 5 | The 5th letter is E | The 4th letter is L | The 1st letter is P |
atc | 1,998 | PROPOSE | Pop the question | 7 | The 7th letter is E | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is O |
atc | 1,998 | PSHAW | Expression of disbelief | 5 | The 1st letter is P | The 2nd letter is S | The 4th letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | PSST | Hey, you! | 4 | The 4th letter is T | The 3rd letter is S | The 2nd letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | PUNTA | __ Arenas, Chile | 5 | The 5th letter is A | The 1st letter is P | The 3rd letter is N |
atc | 1,998 | PURIST | Stickler for perfection | 6 | The 6th letter is T | The 1st letter is P | The 4th letter is I |
atc | 1,998 | RACEME | Inflorescence | 6 | The 1st letter is R | The 4th letter is E | The 6th letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | RAID | ___ on Entebbe | 4 | The 3rd letter is I | The 1st letter is R | The 4th letter is D |
atc | 1,998 | RARE | Still bloody | 4 | The 2nd letter is A | The 3rd letter is R | The 1st letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | RAYON | Synthetic textile | 5 | The 5th letter is N | The 1st letter is R | The 3rd letter is Y |
atc | 1,998 | RAZE | Demolish | 4 | The 1st letter is R | The 3rd letter is Z | The 2nd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | READIEST | Most prepared | 8 | The 2nd letter is E | The 8th letter is T | The 3rd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | REF | Foul caller | 3 | The 3rd letter is F | The 2nd letter is E | The 1st letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | REFS | WWF officials | 4 | The 3rd letter is F | The 2nd letter is E | The 4th letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | RENE | Painter Magritte | 4 | The 1st letter is R | The 4th letter is E | The 2nd letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | RENI | Italian painter, Guido _____ | 4 | The 1st letter is R | The 3rd letter is N | The 2nd letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | REO | Classic car | 3 | The 1st letter is R | The 2nd letter is E | The 3rd letter is O |
atc | 1,998 | REPEL | Turn off | 5 | The 2nd letter is E | The 4th letter is E | The 5th letter is L |
atc | 1,998 | REPOSE | Lie back | 6 | The 4th letter is O | The 5th letter is S | The 2nd letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | RESET | Adjust | 5 | The 5th letter is T | The 4th letter is E | The 1st letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | RIPOFF | Kind of artist | 6 | The 3rd letter is P | The 1st letter is R | The 4th letter is O |
atc | 1,998 | RITE | __ of passage | 4 | The 4th letter is E | The 3rd letter is T | The 2nd letter is I |
atc | 1,998 | ROAM | Extra cellular fee | 4 | The 4th letter is M | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | ROSA | One of California's Santas | 4 | The 1st letter is R | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | ROTE | Fixed procedure | 4 | The 1st letter is R | The 4th letter is E | The 2nd letter is O |
atc | 1,998 | ROY | Judge Bean | 3 | The 2nd letter is O | The 1st letter is R | The 3rd letter is Y |
atc | 1,998 | RTE | TV's 66, for one | 3 | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is T | The 1st letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | RUNNER | 10K specialist | 6 | The 6th letter is R | The 5th letter is E | The 4th letter is N |
atc | 1,998 | SALE | Cause of a Macy's riot? | 4 | The 4th letter is E | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | SAMBA | Rio tango | 5 | The 5th letter is A | The 4th letter is B | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | SANDTRAP | Greg Norman's woe | 8 | The 4th letter is D | The 6th letter is R | The 2nd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | SANG | Spilled the beans | 4 | The 1st letter is S | The 4th letter is G | The 2nd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | SAO | __ Miguel (largest of the Azores) | 3 | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | SAONE | Burgundy river | 5 | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | SATURN | Car name | 6 | The 1st letter is S | The 5th letter is R | The 4th letter is U |
atc | 1,998 | SAYSO | Parental prerogative | 5 | The 5th letter is O | The 1st letter is S | The 4th letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | SCIFI | Asimov's genre | 5 | The 4th letter is F | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is C |
atc | 1,998 | SDI | Star Wars init. | 3 | The 2nd letter is D | The 3rd letter is I | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | SEAM | Layer of coal | 4 | The 1st letter is S | The 4th letter is M | The 3rd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | SECEDE | Drop out, officially | 6 | The 1st letter is S | The 5th letter is D | The 4th letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | SEE | Get the hang of | 3 | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is E | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | SHATNER | Tek series author | 7 | The 4th letter is T | The 5th letter is N | The 3rd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | SHAY | One-horse carriage | 4 | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is H | The 3rd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | SHEDS | Backyard structures | 5 | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is H | The 4th letter is D |
atc | 1,998 | SHH | Can it! | 3 | The 3rd letter is H | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is H |
atc | 1,998 | SIGMA | Greek letter | 5 | The 5th letter is A | The 3rd letter is G | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | SINE | Trig function | 4 | The 3rd letter is N | The 2nd letter is I | The 4th letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | SLAKE | Quench | 5 | The 2nd letter is L | The 5th letter is E | The 4th letter is K |
atc | 1,998 | SLAKED | Allayed one's thirst | 6 | The 5th letter is E | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is L |
atc | 1,998 | SLATY | Having a bluish-gray hue | 5 | The 3rd letter is A | The 2nd letter is L | The 5th letter is Y |
atc | 1,998 | SLED | Snowy slope slider | 4 | The 4th letter is D | The 2nd letter is L | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | SMEE | Hook sidekick | 4 | The 1st letter is S | The 4th letter is E | The 3rd letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | SNAPIN | Attach, in a way | 6 | The 6th letter is N | The 5th letter is I | The 4th letter is P |
atc | 1,998 | SNOWMEN | Frosty characters | 7 | The 1st letter is S | The 6th letter is E | The 3rd letter is O |
atc | 1,998 | SOC | One sci. | 3 | The 2nd letter is O | The 1st letter is S | The 3rd letter is C |
atc | 1,998 | SOPS | Dowses | 4 | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is P | The 4th letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | SOU | Small amount, moneywise | 3 | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is U |
atc | 1,998 | SPADE | Garden tool | 5 | The 5th letter is E | The 1st letter is S | The 3rd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | SPAR | Sail support | 4 | The 4th letter is R | The 2nd letter is P | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | SPEARS | Watusi weapons | 6 | The 3rd letter is E | The 6th letter is S | The 4th letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | SPEC | On ___ (with an eye toward selling) | 4 | The 4th letter is C | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is P |
atc | 1,998 | SPEC | __ sheet (builder's instructions) | 4 | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is P | The 4th letter is C |
atc | 1,998 | SPEW | Gush forth | 4 | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is P | The 4th letter is W |
atc | 1,998 | SPORT | Wrestling, for one | 5 | The 4th letter is R | The 5th letter is T | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | SPOUSAL | Matrimonial | 7 | The 3rd letter is O | The 4th letter is U | The 7th letter is L |
atc | 1,998 | SRA | Sp. lady | 3 | The 3rd letter is A | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | SST | JFK sight | 3 | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is S | The 3rd letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | STAR | Film VIP | 4 | The 3rd letter is A | The 2nd letter is T | The 4th letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | STARE | Apt rhyme for "glare" | 5 | The 5th letter is E | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | STASES | When all forces are at rest | 6 | The 6th letter is S | The 3rd letter is A | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | STATE | Mississippi, for one | 5 | The 5th letter is E | The 2nd letter is T | The 3rd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | STATED | Put into words | 6 | The 4th letter is T | The 1st letter is S | The 3rd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | STEED | Silver, to the Lone Ranger | 5 | The 1st letter is S | The 5th letter is D | The 4th letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | STEM | Derive from | 4 | The 4th letter is M | The 1st letter is S | The 2nd letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | STOATS | Summer ermines | 6 | The 5th letter is T | The 4th letter is A | The 3rd letter is O |
atc | 1,998 | STPAT | March honoree, for short | 5 | The 5th letter is T | The 2nd letter is T | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | STS | Ave. crossers | 3 | The 1st letter is S | The 3rd letter is S | The 2nd letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | STUD | Tux need | 4 | The 3rd letter is U | The 1st letter is S | The 4th letter is D |
atc | 1,998 | SUET | Plum-pudding ingredient | 4 | The 4th letter is T | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is U |
atc | 1,998 | SUPREME | Ross, for a time | 7 | The 3rd letter is P | The 5th letter is E | The 7th letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | SWEDE | Alfred Nobel | 5 | The 4th letter is D | The 2nd letter is W | The 1st letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | TACIT | Implied | 5 | The 1st letter is T | The 5th letter is T | The 2nd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | TADS | Small fellows | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is D | The 2nd letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | TAI | Mai ___ (bar order) | 3 | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is A | The 3rd letter is I |
atc | 1,998 | TELL | Spill the beans | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is L | The 4th letter is L |
atc | 1,998 | TETE | Place for a chapeau | 4 | The 4th letter is E | The 2nd letter is E | The 3rd letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | THEE | Of ___ I Sing | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is H |
atc | 1,998 | THINK | Exercise one's gray matter | 5 | The 2nd letter is H | The 5th letter is K | The 4th letter is N |
atc | 1,998 | THOMASGUN | Rapid firer, formally | 9 | The 1st letter is T | The 7th letter is G | The 8th letter is U |
atc | 1,998 | THROWINTHETOWEL | Concede | 15 | The 13th letter is W | The 5th letter is W | The 10th letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | TILE | Mah jongg piece | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is I | The 3rd letter is L |
atc | 1,998 | TOAST | Skoal! or "salud!" | 5 | The 3rd letter is A | The 2nd letter is O | The 4th letter is S |