Frequent words

Recent entries

7 Dec 2021 (Tue)

ACREAGE

Farm measure

ALEC

Smart ___

AMFM

Radio switch

ANKLE

Place to attach a surfboard leash

ARID

Like Death Valley

ARIEL

The Little Mermaid

AVE

Boston's Mass. ___

CARE

Safekeeping

DEC

'Tis the season: Abbr.

DECAF

Late-night coffee order

DIGIT

8 or 9, but not 10

DOER

Go-getter

EDWIN

Astronomer Hubble

EEL

Sinister fish in "The Little Mermaid"

EVENIF

Were it possible that

FACTS

Snapple cap fodder

FRET

Worry

GNC

Big inits. in protein powder

GPA

4.0 is an excellent one

HEARS

Listens to

HUE

Peach or periwinkle

ICK

"Gross!"

IDEA

Starting place for an inventor

ILANA

Actress Glazer of "Broad City"

INSPECTS

Checks out

ISEE

"Oh, OK"

JAMAICA

Birthplace of Rastafarianism

JEFE

Spanish boss, with "el"

JEN

Biden White House press secretary Psaki

JESTS

Jokes around

JUT

Stick (out)

KAT

Kit ___ bar

KYOTO

Capital of Japan for more than a thousand years

LIP

Sass

LOGIN

Enter one's password

LOPEZ

Singer/actress Jennifer

LSAT

Challenge for a future atty.

MESS

Snafu

MMA

U.F.C. sport

NELSON

Half ___ (wrestling hold)

NEXT

In the on-deck circle, say

NICE

Pleasant French city?

ODE

Keats's "To Autumn," e.g.

OUI

"Yes, madame!"

OUNCES

Birth announcement units

OVEN

Have a bun in the ___

OWS

Reactions to stepping on Legos, say

OYL

Popeye's Olive ___

POC

African American or Asian American, e.g., for short

RAH

When doubled, enthusiastic

REX

"Oedipus ___"

RTES

Google Maps might provide several of them: Abbr.

SAND

Contents of an hourglass

SELL

Vend

SEPIA

Filter that gives photos a vintage look

SKIP

Card in Uno or action on Spotify

SOPS

Absorbs, as with bread

SPENDER

Big ___ (cheapo's opposite)

STEM

Thorny part of a rose

STONY

Poker-faced

STUNTMEN

Fall guys?

STY

Teen's bedroom, stereotypically

TADA

Self-congratulatory cry

TIPOUT

Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo

TON

Truck weigh station unit

TRIO

Charlie's Angels, e.g.

WED

Get hitched

WILL

What's stronger than "might"

ZITI

Pasta popular on "The Sopranos"

6 Dec 2021 (Mon)

ABEL

Brother betrayed in the Bible

ABODE

Dwelling

AMIGO

"Adios, ___!"

AMMO

Peas, to some classroom pranksters

AONE

First-class

ARC

Section of a circumference

AREA

___ 51 (U.F.O. landing site? ... hmm)

AREAR

Toward the back

ATEUP

Avidly enjoyed

AUTOS

Dealership inventory

AWE

Dazzle

AWOL

Someone sought by mil. police

CAR

Train unit

COTE

Doves' home

DECAF

Java without the jolt

DEEMED

Adjudged

DEMI

Actress Moore of "Ghost"

DOE

Stag's mate

EASTER

Occasion for an egg roll

EDAM

Semihard Dutch cheese

ERE

"... ___ he drove out of sight ..."

ETAT

Coup d'___

EUREKA

"I've got it!"

EVADE

Give the slip

EYES

Snake ___ (dice roll)

FARE

Taxi charge

FOE

Dr. No, to James Bond

GEMS

Pearls and peridots

GOALIE

Heavily padded hockey player

GROUPER

Large-mouthed food fish

HARI

Mata ___ (W.W. I spy)

ICEPOP

Frozen summer treat

IDEA

Notion

INTEARS

Crying ... or laughing hysterically

IRA

Radio host Glass

LEWD

Raunchy

LIGHTER

Something waved at concerts prior to the age of cellphones

LOSTART

Writing in script, nowadays

LUMBER

Wood for building

MEH

"I'm not impressed"

MSU

Spartans' sch.

NATANT

Floating on water

ODOR

Febreze target

OKSURE

"Fine, works for me"

ONTOUR

Traveling, as a band

ORAL

Like some exams and medicines

PAY

Equal ___ for equal work

PEEL

Outside of an orange

PTS

N, E, W and S, on a compass: Abbr.

REFS

Almanacs and atlases, for short

RELIC

Ancient artifact

RENEW

What some couples do with their wedding vows

RRS

$200 Monopoly properties: Abbr.

SAP

What tapping a maple yields

SHAGS

Thick rugs

SMOLDER

Slowly burn

SMUT

NSFW stuff

SORORAL

Sisterly

STAB

Wild guess

STYE

Ocular affliction

TABOO

No-no

TAD

Little bit

TAMP

Pack (down)

TARS

Covers with black goo

TKO

Boxing ruling, for short

TOED

Follower of open or pigeon

TRACTS

Land parcels

TREAD

Tire pattern

YAY

"Woo-hoo!"

YELL

Holler