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atc | 1,998 | TOGO | Fast food phrase | 4 | The 4th letter is O | The 2nd letter is O | The 1st letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | TOILS | Breaks one's back | 5 | The 2nd letter is O | The 4th letter is L | The 1st letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | TOPIC | Area of discussion | 5 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is P | The 4th letter is I |
atc | 1,998 | TORR | Pressure unit | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is R | The 2nd letter is O |
atc | 1,998 | TOSSONESCOOKIES | Succumb to seasickness | 15 | The 2nd letter is O | The 15th letter is S | The 10th letter is O |
atc | 1,998 | TRACE | __ element | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is A | The 5th letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | TRI | Angular lead-in | 3 | The 3rd letter is I | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | TROOP | Marching unit | 5 | The 4th letter is O | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | TROPISM | Response to a stimulus, biologically | 7 | The 1st letter is T | The 7th letter is M | The 2nd letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | TRS | __-80 (old Radio Shack computer) | 3 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | TRY | Take a crack at | 3 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is Y | The 2nd letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | TYPEOFBEER | DRAFT | 10 | The 4th letter is E | The 10th letter is R | The 8th letter is E |
atc | 1,998 | UFO | The X-Files topic | 3 | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is F |
atc | 1,998 | UMP | Baseball's ref. | 3 | The 3rd letter is P | The 2nd letter is M | The 1st letter is U |
atc | 1,998 | UNEATEN | Left on the table | 7 | The 2nd letter is N | The 3rd letter is E | The 4th letter is A |
atc | 1,998 | UNIT | One of a set | 4 | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is I | The 4th letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | UNO | Popular card game | 3 | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is N | The 1st letter is U |
atc | 1,998 | URGE | More than suggest | 4 | The 3rd letter is G | The 1st letter is U | The 2nd letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | URI | First name in spoon-bending | 3 | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is I | The 2nd letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | USER | __-friendly (easy to operate) | 4 | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is S | The 1st letter is U |
atc | 1,998 | VAIL | Lower | 4 | The 3rd letter is I | The 2nd letter is A | The 4th letter is L |
atc | 1,998 | VALET | Rochester was one | 5 | The 4th letter is E | The 5th letter is T | The 1st letter is V |
atc | 1,998 | VAULTS | Safe places | 6 | The 6th letter is S | The 4th letter is L | The 3rd letter is U |
atc | 1,998 | VERBIAGE | Long-windedness | 8 | The 8th letter is E | The 4th letter is B | The 3rd letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | VINES | Tarzan's transport | 5 | The 2nd letter is I | The 4th letter is E | The 5th letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | VIOLS | Stringed instruments | 5 | The 5th letter is S | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is V |
atc | 1,998 | WALLS | Places for hangings | 5 | The 2nd letter is A | The 4th letter is L | The 1st letter is W |
atc | 1,998 | WEEP | Grieve | 4 | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is E | The 1st letter is W |
atc | 1,998 | WIDTH | Shoebox datum | 5 | The 2nd letter is I | The 3rd letter is D | The 4th letter is T |
atc | 1,998 | WILLIAMGOAT | Barnyard scrounger, formally | 11 | The 7th letter is M | The 6th letter is A | The 2nd letter is I |
atc | 1,998 | WOMB | Where we all begin | 4 | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is M | The 4th letter is B |
atc | 1,998 | WOOER | Suitor | 5 | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is O | The 5th letter is R |
atc | 1,998 | WORKBOOK | Operating manual | 8 | The 3rd letter is R | The 2nd letter is O | The 8th letter is K |
atc | 1,998 | WORSE | Less desirable | 5 | The 4th letter is S | The 3rd letter is R | The 1st letter is W |
atc | 1,998 | WRAP | Stole | 4 | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is P |
atc | 1,998 | YACHT | Pleasure cruiser | 5 | The 1st letter is Y | The 3rd letter is C | The 4th letter is H |
atc | 1,998 | YAHOO | Brute | 5 | The 4th letter is O | The 2nd letter is A | The 1st letter is Y |
atc | 1,998 | YOKE | Ox harness | 4 | The 4th letter is E | The 3rd letter is K | The 2nd letter is O |
atc | 1,998 | YSER | North Sea feeder | 4 | The 1st letter is Y | The 4th letter is R | The 2nd letter is S |
atc | 1,998 | ZOO | San Diego's covers 2,200 acres | 3 | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is Z |
atc | 1,999 | ABCD | Opening lyrics of a children's tune | 4 | The 3rd letter is C | The 1st letter is A | The 2nd letter is B |
atc | 1,999 | ABHOR | Detest | 5 | The 5th letter is R | The 3rd letter is H | The 1st letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ACHE | Head starter | 4 | The 1st letter is A | The 4th letter is E | The 3rd letter is H |
atc | 1,999 | ACHES | Needs liniment | 5 | The 4th letter is E | The 3rd letter is H | The 2nd letter is C |
atc | 1,999 | ACTE | Entr' __ (musical interlude) | 4 | The 1st letter is A | The 2nd letter is C | The 3rd letter is T |
atc | 1,999 | ACTOR | Man of parts | 5 | The 5th letter is R | The 4th letter is O | The 1st letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ADO | Fuss | 3 | The 2nd letter is D | The 1st letter is A | The 3rd letter is O |
atc | 1,999 | ADVISOR | Kitchen cabinet member | 7 | The 7th letter is R | The 3rd letter is V | The 5th letter is S |
atc | 1,999 | ALDO | Ray of films | 4 | The 3rd letter is D | The 2nd letter is L | The 1st letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ALLA | Milan's Teatro __ Scala | 4 | The 2nd letter is L | The 3rd letter is L | The 4th letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ALOT | Bunches | 4 | The 2nd letter is L | The 4th letter is T | The 1st letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ALPS | Mont Blanc range | 4 | The 4th letter is S | The 3rd letter is P | The 2nd letter is L |
atc | 1,999 | ALY | Prince __ Khan (Hayworth hubby) | 3 | The 1st letter is A | The 3rd letter is Y | The 2nd letter is L |
atc | 1,999 | AMAN | The Four Seasons' "Walk Like __" | 4 | The 1st letter is A | The 2nd letter is M | The 4th letter is N |
atc | 1,999 | AMATI | Prized violin | 5 | The 5th letter is I | The 1st letter is A | The 4th letter is T |
atc | 1,999 | ANDREW | Cuomo of the Clinton Cabinet | 6 | The 4th letter is R | The 3rd letter is D | The 1st letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ANSER | Goose genus | 5 | The 1st letter is A | The 3rd letter is S | The 2nd letter is N |
atc | 1,999 | ANTE | Pool starter | 4 | The 2nd letter is N | The 1st letter is A | The 4th letter is E |
atc | 1,999 | ANTS | Picnic pests | 4 | The 3rd letter is T | The 4th letter is S | The 1st letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ARAL | Disappearing inland sea | 4 | The 3rd letter is A | The 1st letter is A | The 4th letter is L |
atc | 1,999 | ARC | Kind of lamp | 3 | The 3rd letter is C | The 1st letter is A | The 2nd letter is R |
atc | 1,999 | ARCHDUKE | Austria-Hungary's Francis Ferdinand, e.g. | 8 | The 5th letter is D | The 3rd letter is C | The 6th letter is U |
atc | 1,999 | ARCO | Sacramento arena | 4 | The 4th letter is O | The 3rd letter is C | The 2nd letter is R |
atc | 1,999 | ARDENT | Passionate | 6 | The 1st letter is A | The 5th letter is N | The 4th letter is E |
atc | 1,999 | AREEL | Staggering | 5 | The 5th letter is L | The 3rd letter is E | The 4th letter is E |
atc | 1,999 | ARENA | The Colosseum, e.g. | 5 | The 3rd letter is E | The 4th letter is N | The 2nd letter is R |
atc | 1,999 | ARIA | Operatic solo | 4 | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is I | The 4th letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ARIEL | The Tempest character | 5 | The 3rd letter is I | The 2nd letter is R | The 5th letter is L |
atc | 1,999 | AROO | End of a buck? | 4 | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is O | The 4th letter is O |
atc | 1,999 | AROTH | What Lillian or Phillip is | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is A | The 5th letter is H |
atc | 1,999 | ARULE | As ___ (usually) | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is A | The 4th letter is L |
atc | 1,999 | ASSE | Dusseldorf donkey | 4 | The 3rd letter is S | The 2nd letter is S | The 1st letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ASSETS | Balance-sheet entries | 6 | The 6th letter is S | The 2nd letter is S | The 1st letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ASSN | AMA or ABA | 4 | The 2nd letter is S | The 1st letter is A | The 3rd letter is S |
atc | 1,999 | ASTO | Regarding | 4 | The 2nd letter is S | The 1st letter is A | The 4th letter is O |
atc | 1,999 | ASTO | Regarding | 4 | The 3rd letter is T | The 4th letter is O | The 1st letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | ATL | Bay of Biscay's ocean: Abbr. | 3 | The 1st letter is A | The 2nd letter is T | The 3rd letter is L |
atc | 1,999 | ATNOON | ...now you come ___ | 6 | The 4th letter is O | The 2nd letter is T | The 6th letter is N |
atc | 1,999 | ATTA | __ boy! | 4 | The 3rd letter is T | The 2nd letter is T | The 1st letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | BASSETS | Droopy-eared hounds | 7 | The 5th letter is E | The 4th letter is S | The 2nd letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | BECK | At one's ___ and call | 4 | The 2nd letter is E | The 1st letter is B | The 4th letter is K |
atc | 1,999 | BERNE | Games People Play author | 5 | The 5th letter is E | The 3rd letter is R | The 1st letter is B |
atc | 1,999 | BEST | Old-time actress Edna | 4 | The 3rd letter is S | The 1st letter is B | The 2nd letter is E |
atc | 1,999 | BETA | __-carotene | 4 | The 2nd letter is E | The 1st letter is B | The 4th letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | BLACKHOLE | The __ of Calcutta | 9 | The 7th letter is O | The 4th letter is C | The 6th letter is H |
atc | 1,999 | BRAUN | Physicist Karl (1822-93) | 5 | The 5th letter is N | The 4th letter is U | The 2nd letter is R |
atc | 1,999 | BRUMAL | December 21, perhaps | 6 | The 1st letter is B | The 5th letter is A | The 6th letter is L |
atc | 1,999 | BUR | Rough husk | 3 | The 2nd letter is U | The 3rd letter is R | The 1st letter is B |
atc | 1,999 | BUTLER | He did it, according to Christie | 6 | The 3rd letter is T | The 5th letter is E | The 2nd letter is U |
atc | 1,999 | CALI | City southwest of Bogota | 4 | The 3rd letter is L | The 1st letter is C | The 2nd letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | CAPE | Important piece of Batman's wardrobe | 4 | The 3rd letter is P | The 4th letter is E | The 1st letter is C |
atc | 1,999 | CHINA | Slow boat destination? | 5 | The 3rd letter is I | The 4th letter is N | The 5th letter is A |
atc | 1,999 | CLERIC | Man of the cloth | 6 | The 3rd letter is E | The 5th letter is I | The 4th letter is R |
atc | 1,999 | COO | Dovish remark? | 3 | The 1st letter is C | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is O |
atc | 1,999 | CORE | Apple throwaway | 4 | The 1st letter is C | The 3rd letter is R | The 4th letter is E |
atc | 1,999 | COTTAGEINDUSTRY | Home-operated business | 15 | The 14th letter is R | The 1st letter is C | The 2nd letter is O |
atc | 1,999 | COVER | Coveted spot on Time | 5 | The 1st letter is C | The 3rd letter is V | The 4th letter is E |
atc | 1,999 | COWLS | Monks' hoods | 5 | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is W | The 4th letter is L |
atc | 1,999 | CPA | One for the books: Abbr. | 3 | The 3rd letter is A | The 1st letter is C | The 2nd letter is P |
atc | 1,999 | CREAMPUFF | Used-car ad word | 9 | The 4th letter is A | The 7th letter is U | The 8th letter is F |