Frequent words

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24 May 2022 (Tue)

ABREAST

Well-informed (of)

ADHD

Condition that affects executive function, in brief

AGO

"A long, long time ___ …"

AHA

"Gotcha!"

AIM

Asset when playing Skee-Ball

AIRPORTS

Sites of frequent touchdowns

ALARM

Bedside buzzer

ALLEN

Wrench handle?

ANKLET

Jewelry under a sock, perhaps

ARRET

Stop, in French

ASFARAS

To the extent that

ASL

Silent communication, for short

AYN

Writer Rand

BOAR

Wild hog

CAB

One getting hailed on Broadway?

CALUMNY

Slander

CHEAPEN

Devalue

CHIME

Doorbell sound

CIO

Tech exec

DEADON

Exactly right

DIN

Cacophony

DON

Crime boss

DUMDUM

Classic lollipop with a "Mystery Flavor" flavor

EARLOBE

There might be a ring to it

EAU

Mer contents

EBAY

Online retailer whose first sale was a broken laser pointer

ECHO

Canyon rebound

EEL

Fish that's an ambush predator

EMO

Angsty genre

ERASURE

Deletion

EYED

Gave the once-over

FEEL

What good art can make you do

HEREIAM

Announcement upon a late arrival

IAN

McKellen or McEwan

IMPLODE

Go really, really wrong

ISM

Belief system

LAG

Video call annoyance

LAPELMIC

Bit of gear for a talk show host

LEADCAR

First in a convoy

MEN

Boyz II ___

NEAT

Like Scotch served without ice

NEOPETS

Virtual critters since 1999

NERO

Emperor whose mother was Agrippina the Younger

NEW

Never-been-worn

NGO

Greenpeace, e.g., in brief

NSYNC

"Bye Bye Bye" boy band

OBS

Baby deliverers, for short

OHIO

Home of Miami University

OHNO

"What happened now?!"

ORBS

Planets, poetically

ORCAS

Creatures in a pod

OWES

Has an open tab, say

PARABLE

Provider of moral support?

PARE

Trim

PEA

Crunchy, wasabi-coated morsel

PELE

Mononymous "King of Football"

POE

"The Raven" poet

RAWSILK

Material much used for Indian dresses

RIDE

"You must be this tall to ___" (amusement park sign)

ROOMIES

Some best buds

RTE

GPS path: Abbr.

SAYSHI

Waves, perhaps

SNOCAP

Movie theater morsel with white sprinkles

SOLACE

Comfort

SPA

"Me day" destination

SPACIER

More likely to daydream, say

SPIES

People who might bug others

SWADDLE

Hold lovingly

SYN

Dict. listing

TAMA

Writer Janowitz

TOWED

Took to an auto impound

VAN

Camping trip rental

VCR

Device associated with the advice "Be kind, rewind"

WEIRDAL

Parodist Yankovic

YENS

Hankerings

YOGAMAT

Place for a poser

YOLO

#carpediem

23 May 2022 (Mon)

ACAI

Fruit with a cedilla in its name

ADHOC

Created for a certain purpose, as a committee

ADS

Much of a Facebook feed

AFFIRM

Declare confidently

AHA

"Now I get it!"

ALSO

Additionally

AMULET

Evil-repelling trinket

ANDRE

Comedian Eric

ASAP

Right away

ASP

Nile serpent

ASSET

Positive quality

AUG

Eighth mo.

AXLE

Rod through two wheels

BARS

Musical measures

BEAN

Noggin

CAST

Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across

CLAN

Tight-knit tribe

DETACH

Unfasten

DNA

23andMe sample

EGOS

Senses of self-worth

ELLERY

___ Queen, crime novel pseudonym

EMIR

Arab dignitary

ERA

Distinctive period

ERNEST

Novelist Hemingway

ETAPE

French word for a leg of the Tour de France

ETC

And so forth: Abbr.

EXEC

Corporate bigwig

FIERI

Guy of Food Network fame

FLEAS

Pup's peeves

GILL

Fish's breathing organ

GPAS

Stats for H.S. students

GROUCHO

Mustachioed Marx brother

GUM

Product that's often mint-flavored

HORN

Common center of a steering wheel

IDOL

Worshiped figure

KEEP

Not spoil

LEGALID

Passport or driver's license

LIAM

Actor Hemsworth of "The Hunger Games"

MAGI

Nativity gift givers

MIMIC

Imitate

NADA

Zilch, zip, zero

NYT

Its motto is "All the News That's Fit to Print," in brief

OLDE

Ye ___ Shoppe

OLLIE

Basic trick at a skatepark

PAWNS

Pieces that are typically sacrificed in gambits

PELT

Bombard, as with snowballs

PUTT

Stroke on a golf green

RENT

Figure on a Monopoly card

REST

Pause, on sheet music

RHO

P, to Plato

SATAN

Personification of evil

SCONE

British biscuit

SCRUB

Wash with elbow grease

SEND

"This email is finished" button

SET

"Ready, ___, go!"

SILT

Riverbank deposit

SNORE

Go "Zzzz"

SPACES

What_the_underlines_in_this_clue_show

SPOKEN

Like commands given to Siri and Alexa

STEAM

Hot shower emanation

STINKO

Drunk, in dated slang

STUD

Mate for a mare

SUE

Take to court

TATI

Jacques ___, "Mon Oncle" filmmaker

TILT

Be at an angle

TIS

"___ the season ..."

TOGAS

Attire on many Roman statues

TWICE

How many times Bette Davis won Best Actress

UGLY

Unattractive

UTAH

Destination of the Mormon migration

YER

"___ out!" (ump's shout)

YIPE

Cry of pain