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wsj | 2,015 | TOY | Stocking stuffer, often | 3 | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is Y |
wsj | 2,015 | TOYS | Stocking merchandise | 4 | The 4th letter is S | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is Y |
wsj | 2,015 | TPS | Decorates in a prankish way | 3 | The 2nd letter is P | The 3rd letter is S | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TPS | Decorates prankishly, at Halloween | 3 | The 3rd letter is S | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is P |
wsj | 2,015 | TPS | Pranks a house on Oct. 31 | 3 | The 2nd letter is P | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAC | Gillette's ___ II razor | 4 | The 3rd letter is A | The 4th letter is C | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAC | Gillette's ___ II razors | 4 | The 4th letter is C | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TRACE | Seismograph marking | 5 | The 3rd letter is A | The 5th letter is E | The 4th letter is C |
wsj | 2,015 | TRACKCHANGES | Word processing option, or what happens three times in this puzzle | 12 | The 1st letter is T | The 7th letter is H | The 6th letter is C |
wsj | 2,015 | TRACKER | Spy gadget with a GPS chip | 7 | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is C | The 3rd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TRADEALLIANCE | NAFTA, for one | 13 | The 2nd letter is R | The 13th letter is E | The 7th letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | TRADER | Stock character? | 6 | The 5th letter is E | The 6th letter is R | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRADESECRET | Coke's formula or the Colonel's recipe | 11 | The 2nd letter is R | The 6th letter is S | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRADEUNIONS | Local organizations? | 11 | The 11th letter is S | The 8th letter is I | The 3rd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAFFICDELIGHT | Rare emotion for commuting drivers? | 14 | The 9th letter is E | The 2nd letter is R | The 6th letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAIL | Fall behind | 5 | The 3rd letter is A | The 2nd letter is R | The 5th letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAINER | Fitness club worker | 7 | The 4th letter is I | The 1st letter is T | The 6th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TRALA | Part of a carefree song refrain | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is L | The 5th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TRALEE | Town in County Kerry | 6 | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is L | The 3rd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAM | Cable car | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is M | The 3rd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAMP | See 37-Across | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is M | The 5th letter is P |
wsj | 2,015 | TRANCE | Under state | 6 | The 2nd letter is R | The 6th letter is E | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRANS | Start to act? | 5 | The 5th letter is S | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAP | Course hazard | 4 | The 3rd letter is A | The 4th letter is P | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAP | Drainpipe feature | 4 | The 3rd letter is A | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is P |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAP | Snare | 4 | The 3rd letter is A | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAPP | The Sound of Music family name | 5 | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is P | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAPP | The Sound of Music family name | 5 | The 5th letter is P | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRASH | It's in the can | 5 | The 4th letter is S | The 1st letter is T | The 5th letter is H |
wsj | 2,015 | TRASHBARR | Give a scathing review to Roseanne's stand-up act? | 9 | The 8th letter is R | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAUMA | Psychological shock | 6 | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R | The 5th letter is M |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAVEL | Expense report category | 6 | The 4th letter is V | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRAYS | Waiters' burdens | 5 | The 3rd letter is A | The 4th letter is Y | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRE | Average of due and quattro | 3 | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is E | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRE | Cube root of ventisette | 3 | The 3rd letter is E | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TREAD | Tire feature | 5 | The 5th letter is D | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TREASON | Only crime defined in the Constitution | 7 | The 6th letter is O | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TREASONS | Acts of disloyalty | 8 | The 2nd letter is R | The 5th letter is S | The 7th letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | TREASUREDWATER | The Fountain of Youth, for example? | 14 | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R | The 11th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TREATORTRICK | Halloween option? | 12 | The 9th letter is R | The 8th letter is T | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TREATS | Alternatives to tricks | 6 | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is A | The 5th letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TREATS | Halloween handouts | 6 | The 1st letter is T | The 5th letter is T | The 4th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TREATY | Fight stopper | 6 | The 4th letter is A | The 6th letter is Y | The 5th letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TREE | Beech or birch | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TREE | Hierarchical chart | 4 | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is E | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TREES | Poems are made by fools like me poem | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T | The 5th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | TREES | Copse components | 5 | The 3rd letter is E | The 1st letter is T | The 5th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | TREK | Long haul | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRELLIS | Lattice in a garden | 7 | The 7th letter is S | The 3rd letter is E | The 4th letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | TREMORS | Fault line phenomena | 7 | The 6th letter is R | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRENDS | Fashion bloggers' topics | 6 | The 2nd letter is R | The 6th letter is S | The 4th letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | TRENDS | Fashion writer's topics | 6 | The 3rd letter is E | The 5th letter is D | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRENT | ESPN analyst Dilfer | 5 | The 3rd letter is E | The 5th letter is T | The 4th letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | TRENT | Lott of Mississippi | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is N | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRENT | Lott of Mississippi | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TRENT | Reznor of Nine Inch Nails | 5 | The 5th letter is T | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TREO | Palm smartphone | 4 | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is O | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TRES | Quite, in Quebec | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TRES | Uno + dos | 4 | The 4th letter is S | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRESS | Long lock | 5 | The 3rd letter is E | The 5th letter is S | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TREVI | Neighborhood of central Rome | 5 | The 4th letter is V | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TREX | Cretaceous predator, for short | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is E | The 4th letter is X |
wsj | 2,015 | TREX | Raptor battler in film | 4 | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is X | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TREY | Card above a deuce | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is Y | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRI | Numerical prefix | 3 | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is I | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRI | Prefix between bi- and quadri- | 3 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRI | Start for athlete or cycle | 3 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRI | Start for section or cycle | 3 | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIALS | Bar fights? | 6 | The 2nd letter is R | The 6th letter is S | The 4th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIB | Chi daily | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is B | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIB | Chicago paper, familiarly | 4 | The 4th letter is B | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIB | Chicago paper, informally | 4 | The 4th letter is B | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRICES | Very short times | 6 | The 6th letter is S | The 5th letter is E | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRICKERY | Wiliness | 8 | The 4th letter is C | The 3rd letter is I | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRICKRECORD | Intentionally mislabeled LP? | 11 | The 1st letter is T | The 11th letter is D | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRICKSLIKEADOG | Hides one's pill in one's dinner, say? | 14 | The 3rd letter is I | The 4th letter is C | The 6th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIDENTS | Weapons for some gladiators | 8 | The 8th letter is S | The 2nd letter is R | The 7th letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIESTE | Italian city close to the Slovenia border | 7 | The 6th letter is T | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIFECTA | Ambitious bet at Belmont | 8 | The 4th letter is F | The 6th letter is C | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIFECTA | Long-odds bet | 8 | The 8th letter is A | The 4th letter is F | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIFLES | They hardly matter | 7 | The 4th letter is F | The 5th letter is L | The 6th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIG | Prerequisite for calc, perhaps | 4 | The 4th letter is G | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIM | Barbershop request | 4 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is M |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIM | Barbershop request | 4 | The 3rd letter is I | The 4th letter is M | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIM | Decorate, as the Christmas tree | 4 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIM | Lean | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is M | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIM | Svelte | 4 | The 3rd letter is I | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIMS | Abridges | 5 | The 3rd letter is I | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is M |
wsj | 2,015 | TRINI | With 32-Down, "Lemon Tree" singer | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is N | The 5th letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIO | Lady Antebellum, e.g. | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is O | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIO | Rush, e.g. | 4 | The 3rd letter is I | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIO | The Police, e,g. | 4 | The 3rd letter is I | The 4th letter is O | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIODE | Transistor's forerunner | 6 | The 6th letter is E | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIP | Activate, as an alarm | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is P |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIP | Odyssey | 4 | The 4th letter is P | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIP | Set off, as an alarm | 4 | The 4th letter is P | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIP | Take a tumble | 4 | The 4th letter is P | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIPE | Poppycock | 5 | The 3rd letter is I | The 4th letter is P | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TRIPLE | Big hit | 6 | The 6th letter is E | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TRITEST | Least original | 7 | The 3rd letter is I | The 5th letter is E | The 6th letter is S |