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wsj | 2,015 | TWEEN | Big fan of Selena Gomez, perhaps | 5 | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is E | The 5th letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | TWEET | Hashtag container | 5 | The 1st letter is T | The 5th letter is T | The 4th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TWEEZE | Pluck, in a way | 6 | The 2nd letter is W | The 6th letter is E | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TWELVESTEPS | Program for recovering addicts, on a staircase? | 11 | The 1st letter is T | The 7th letter is S | The 2nd letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | TWENTYTHREESKIDOO | Scram! in early 1900s slang | 17 | The 13th letter is K | The 17th letter is O | The 12th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | TWICEAYEAR | How often we change the clocks | 10 | The 4th letter is C | The 10th letter is R | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TWIG | Nest piece | 4 | The 2nd letter is W | The 4th letter is G | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | TWIN | Mattress choice | 4 | The 3rd letter is I | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | TWIN | Mattress size | 4 | The 2nd letter is W | The 4th letter is N | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TWIRL | Spin | 5 | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is W | The 4th letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TWISTER | Game featuring shapes of different colors | 7 | The 6th letter is E | The 7th letter is R | The 5th letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TWIT | Tease genially | 4 | The 3rd letter is I | The 2nd letter is W | The 4th letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TWO | Even prime | 3 | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is W | The 3rd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | TWO | Late lunch hour | 3 | The 2nd letter is W | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TWO | Lowest craps roll | 3 | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | TWO | Only even prime number | 3 | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is W | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TWO | Prime number that's even | 3 | The 2nd letter is W | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TWOBEDROOM | Like some apartments | 10 | The 4th letter is B | The 1st letter is T | The 10th letter is M |
wsj | 2,015 | TWOBIT | Insignificant | 6 | The 4th letter is B | The 3rd letter is O | The 6th letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TWOCANPLAY | With 54-Across, warning about retaliation in kind, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 10 | The 4th letter is C | The 5th letter is A | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TWOFACEDLIARS | Duplicitous scoundrels | 13 | The 1st letter is T | The 6th letter is C | The 13th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | TWOONE | Words before "blastoff" | 6 | The 2nd letter is W | The 1st letter is T | The 6th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | TWOPM | Siesta time, perhaps | 5 | The 4th letter is P | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TWYLA | She choreographed Mikhail in "Push Comes to Shove" | 5 | The 3rd letter is Y | The 4th letter is L | The 5th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TYCHO | Astronomer Brahe | 5 | The 2nd letter is Y | The 5th letter is O | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TYLER | President before Polk | 5 | The 3rd letter is L | The 2nd letter is Y | The 5th letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TYNAN | Drama critic Kenneth | 5 | The 5th letter is N | The 4th letter is A | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TYPE | Characters in a book | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is E | The 2nd letter is Y |
wsj | 2,015 | TYPE | Enter, in a way | 4 | The 3rd letter is P | The 2nd letter is Y | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TYPE | Sort | 4 | The 2nd letter is Y | The 4th letter is E | The 1st letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | TYPEA | Competitively ambitious, personality-wise | 5 | The 1st letter is T | The 4th letter is E | The 5th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TYPEA | Hyper-competitive | 5 | The 5th letter is A | The 1st letter is T | The 2nd letter is Y |
wsj | 2,015 | TYPEE | Book subtitled "A Peep at Polynesian Life" | 5 | The 4th letter is E | The 3rd letter is P | The 2nd letter is Y |
wsj | 2,015 | TYPES | Keys in | 5 | The 4th letter is E | The 3rd letter is P | The 5th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | TYPEWRITER | Member of Set 2 | 10 | The 6th letter is R | The 7th letter is I | The 3rd letter is P |
wsj | 2,015 | TYRA | Banks of "America's Next Top Model" | 4 | The 3rd letter is R | The 2nd letter is Y | The 4th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | TYRA | Banks of "FABLife" | 4 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is R | The 2nd letter is Y |
wsj | 2,015 | TYRO | Beginner | 4 | The 4th letter is O | The 3rd letter is R | The 2nd letter is Y |
wsj | 2,015 | TYRONE | Power of the movies | 6 | The 5th letter is N | The 4th letter is O | The 3rd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | TZONE | Oily part of the face, to dermatologists | 5 | The 1st letter is T | The 3rd letter is O | The 5th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | UAE | Dubai's country: Abbr. | 3 | The 2nd letter is A | The 3rd letter is E | The 1st letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | UAR | Former Syr.-Egypt alliance | 3 | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is R | The 2nd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | UBER | 11-Down competitor | 4 | The 4th letter is R | The 1st letter is U | The 2nd letter is B |
wsj | 2,015 | UBER | App-based company protested by cabbies | 4 | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is E | The 4th letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | UBER | Company whose business is picking up | 4 | The 2nd letter is B | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | UBER | Lyft competitor | 4 | The 2nd letter is B | The 4th letter is R | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | UBER | Modern cab alternative | 4 | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is B | The 1st letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | UBOAT | Destroyer downer | 5 | The 4th letter is A | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is B |
wsj | 2,015 | UBOATS | Wolf pack members | 6 | The 2nd letter is B | The 5th letter is T | The 4th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | UBOLT | Pipework securer | 5 | The 2nd letter is B | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | UCLA | Rose Bowl team | 4 | The 2nd letter is C | The 4th letter is A | The 1st letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | UCLA | Sch. with the Solid Gold Sound marching band | 4 | The 4th letter is A | The 3rd letter is L | The 2nd letter is C |
wsj | 2,015 | UDALL | Tom in the Senate | 5 | The 2nd letter is D | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | UDDER | Milk container | 5 | The 2nd letter is D | The 5th letter is R | The 3rd letter is D |
wsj | 2,015 | UDON | Japanese noodles | 4 | The 1st letter is U | The 2nd letter is D | The 4th letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | UEY | Driver's about-face, informally | 3 | The 2nd letter is E | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is Y |
wsj | 2,015 | UFO | Enigmatic blip | 3 | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is F |
wsj | 2,015 | UFO | Mysterious craft | 3 | The 2nd letter is F | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | UFO | Mystery blip | 3 | The 1st letter is U | The 2nd letter is F | The 3rd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | UFO | Radar anomaly | 3 | The 2nd letter is F | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | UFO | Subject of a grainy photo, perhaps | 3 | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is F | The 1st letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | UFOS | Saucers in the sky | 4 | The 1st letter is U | The 4th letter is S | The 3rd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | UFOS | Whether they're up in the air is up in the air | 4 | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is F | The 1st letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | UGANDA | Country whose flag depicts a crowned crane | 6 | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is A | The 4th letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | UGH | Repulsed reaction | 3 | The 2nd letter is G | The 3rd letter is H | The 1st letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | UGH | Repulsed remark | 3 | The 2nd letter is G | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is H |
wsj | 2,015 | UGLI | Tangelo variety | 4 | The 1st letter is U | The 2nd letter is G | The 4th letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | UGLY | Hard on the eyes | 4 | The 3rd letter is L | The 1st letter is U | The 2nd letter is G |
wsj | 2,015 | UHAUL | Moving day option | 5 | The 2nd letter is H | The 1st letter is U | The 5th letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | UHAULS | Moving day rentals | 6 | The 2nd letter is H | The 5th letter is L | The 3rd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | UHF | 1989 "Weird Al" Yankovic movie | 3 | The 2nd letter is H | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is F |
wsj | 2,015 | UHOH | That shouldn't have happened | 4 | The 4th letter is H | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | UHOH | This could be a problem | 4 | The 2nd letter is H | The 3rd letter is O | The 4th letter is H |
wsj | 2,015 | UIE | Turnabout, informally | 3 | The 3rd letter is E | The 1st letter is U | The 2nd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | UKE | Instrument for a lei person | 3 | The 3rd letter is E | The 1st letter is U | The 2nd letter is K |
wsj | 2,015 | UKES | They're picked in Hawaii | 4 | The 3rd letter is E | The 4th letter is S | The 2nd letter is K |
wsj | 2,015 | UKR | Pol. neighbor | 3 | The 2nd letter is K | The 3rd letter is R | The 1st letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | ULAN | ___ Bator | 4 | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is A | The 2nd letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | ULEE | 1997 title role for 53-Down | 4 | The 4th letter is E | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | ULNA | Bone that's Latin for "elbow" | 4 | The 4th letter is A | The 2nd letter is L | The 3rd letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | ULNA | Radius neighbor | 4 | The 4th letter is A | The 2nd letter is L | The 3rd letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | ULNA | Radius neighbor | 4 | The 3rd letter is N | The 2nd letter is L | The 4th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | ULNA | Skeleton component | 4 | The 1st letter is U | The 4th letter is A | The 2nd letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | ULNA | Wrist-to-elbow bone | 4 | The 1st letter is U | The 4th letter is A | The 2nd letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | ULNAS | Triceps attachments | 5 | The 3rd letter is N | The 2nd letter is L | The 5th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | ULSTERLUSTER | Feature of a Victorian overcoat made of satin? | 12 | The 12th letter is R | The 9th letter is S | The 8th letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | ULULATE | Wail | 7 | The 5th letter is A | The 1st letter is U | The 4th letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | UMAMI | Taste that's not sweet, sour, salty or bitter | 5 | The 5th letter is I | The 2nd letter is M | The 1st letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | UMASS | Minutemen's sch. | 5 | The 2nd letter is M | The 1st letter is U | The 5th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | UMBER | Brown hue | 5 | The 2nd letter is M | The 1st letter is U | The 5th letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | UMBRIA | Region east of Tuscany | 6 | The 4th letter is R | The 1st letter is U | The 5th letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | UMPED | Worked at home | 5 | The 5th letter is D | The 1st letter is U | The 2nd letter is M |
wsj | 2,015 | UNA | A as in Abruzzi | 3 | The 3rd letter is A | The 1st letter is U | The 2nd letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | UNALIKE | Differing | 7 | The 3rd letter is A | The 6th letter is K | The 2nd letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | UNBENT | Showing strength in the face of pressure | 6 | The 6th letter is T | The 2nd letter is N | The 5th letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | UNCOMBED | Having no part, perhaps | 8 | The 8th letter is D | The 4th letter is O | The 7th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | UNCOOL | Lame | 6 | The 2nd letter is N | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is C |
wsj | 2,015 | UNCOUPLE | Separate, in the rail yard | 8 | The 8th letter is E | The 6th letter is P | The 2nd letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | UNDAM | Allow to flow again | 5 | The 1st letter is U | The 3rd letter is D | The 2nd letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | UNDERFIRE | Being harshly criticized | 9 | The 8th letter is R | The 5th letter is R | The 1st letter is U |