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- Unconventional
- Under the weather
- Undercover agent
- Understand
- Unexposed side
- Unfamiliar
- Unfavorable review
- Unfortunate
- Unhealthy
- Unit of sound intensity
- Unit on the autobahn, say: Abbr.
- Unite
- United
- Units in a tonne: Abbr.
- Univ. in Troy, N.Y.
- Univ. with an annual Mystery Hunt
- Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER
- Uno + due
- Unpleasant digs
- Unpleasant discovery under a desk
- Unprocessed, as data
- Unprofessional letters?
- Unresponsive, maybe, for short
- Unrestricted, in a way, in brief
- Unreturnable pickleball shot
- Unreturned serve
- Unscripted, for short?
- Unspecified amount
- Unspecified degree
- Unspecified member of a series
- Unspoken "yes"
- Unspoken communication syst.
- Untapped, as talent
- Unused
- Unwanted place for bugs
- Unwell
- Up to
- Up to snuff, facetiously
- Up to this point
- Up to, as a certain time
- Up to, informally
- Uplifting coverage?
- Upper limit
- Upper-body muscle, for short
- Uprooting tool
- "ur funny"
- Urge
- URL ender for many nonprofits
- Us, in Spanish
- Use a needle and thread
- Use salt instead of sugar while baking, say
- Use salt instead of sugar, say
- Use your words?
- Used a chair
- Used a stool, say
- Used to be
- Useful contacts
- Utmost
- Utterances of disappointment
- UV blockage fig.
- ___ v. Wade (1973 Supreme Court decision)
- ___ Valley (San Francisco neighborhood)
- Valley of the Kings viper
- Valuable city-building resource in Catan
- Valuable deposit
- Valvoline rival
- Vampire ___ (flying mammal)
- Vape alternative
- Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
- Varieties of this include chocolate and yellow
- Varnish ingredient
- Vase with a base
- Vast amount
- Vast span
- Veer quickly
- Veer, as a ship
- Vegas
- Vegas opener?
- Vegas's airport code
- Veggie burger ingredient
- Vehicle to and from school
- Vein contents
- Vent
- Vent opening?
- Verb in each of the first three sentences of the Gettysburg Address
- Verb that fills in the blanks of its own synonym: _ _AR_
- Verbal hesitations
- Verizon competitor, informally
- Vermont summer hrs.
- Vert. counterpart
- Vertical jumping ability, in basketball lingo
- Very cold and wet
- Very in
- Vessel that might hold dye
- Veto
- Vex, with "off"
- Vibe (with)
- Vibrant color for a sugar maple in autumn
- ___ Vicious
- Victorian or Edwardian
- Video game creature often depicted with green skin
- Video game customization, informally
- Video game franchise featuring 100+ species of dinosaurs
- Vietnamese holiday
- Vietnamese holiday with a palindromic name
- Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival
- Vietnamese New Year
- Vietnamese noodle dish
- Vietnamese soup
- Vietnamese soup with rice noodles
- Vigor
- Villain portrayer in "Rocky III"
- Vim
- Vinegar's counterpart
- Vintage film channel
- Vinyl records, familiarly
- Viper, e.g.
- Virginia is in it, in brief
- Virginia Woolf's "___ Dalloway"
- Visibly embarrassed
- Visibly embarrassed, say
- Vitality
- "Vivat ___" ("Long live the king")
- Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii
- Volcanic spew
- Volleyball team count
- "Vous êtes ___" (notation on a French map)
- "___ voyage!"
- Vulpine
- W-2 requirement, in brief
- W-9 fig.
- W.C. sign
- W.N.B.A.'s Dream, on scoreboards
- W.S.J. competitor
- W.W. II-era occupation for baseball's Moe Berg, following his playing career
- [Waaaaah!]
- Wackadoodle
- Wag
- Wager
- Wail
- "Wait ... really?"
- Wait for it!
- Walked off with
- Wall Street debut, for short
- Walter Scott or Isaac Newton
- ___-Wan Kenobi
- Wanderer in a forest
- Wane
- Wapiti, by another name
- War zone for Rambo, informally
- ___-warrior
- Was in charge of
- Was introduced to
- Was successful in musical chairs
- Was victorious
- Wasabi-coated tidbit, maybe
- Washboard parts
- Washington and Adams in Chicago: Abbr.
- Washington, D.C.'s International ___ Museum
- Waste watchdog, for short
- Water, in French
- Waterproofing material for a sail, once
- Way to look inward, in brief?
- "Wayne's World" exclamation
- Waze ways: Abbr.
- We all look up to it
- "We don't discriminate in this workplace," in job ads
- "We're still figuring it out" inits.
- We, in Portuguese
- Wearing an upside-down smile
- Web access co.
- Web portal launched with Windows 95
- Web portal with a butterfly logo
- Website that added podcast info in 2021
- Wed. follower
- Wedding entertainers, for short
- Wedding vow
- ___ Wednesday
- Weed killer
- ___ weekend
- ___-weekly (mag type)
- Weight plate units: Abbr.
- Weightlifting unit
- Weird Al's "___ to a Superhero"
- Weisshorn or Finsteraarhorn
- "Well, I have to save my ___" (Shrek line)
- "Well, isn't that the ___ calling the kettle black!"
- "Well, lah-di-___!"
- "Well, lah-di-dah!"
- "Well, let me think"
- "Well, that's a surprise!"
- Wellness resort offering
- "___ Were a Rich Man"
- West African crop
- West Coast univ. holding the record for most chemical elements discovered (16)
- West side of L.A.?
- "Wha-a-at?"
- What "aye" means
- What "every kiss begins with," in jewelry ads
- "What ___ we doing?"
- What a big hand indicates: Abbr.
- What a circle lacks
- What a clear plastic bag is not
- What a closed fist with an extended index finger represents, in A.S.L.
- What a convertible sofa converts into
- What a dog uses to shake
- What a drone might be mistaken for
- What a fall guy has to take, with "the"
- What a hen lays
- What a mess
- What a parent might compare a messy bedroom to
- What a premium subscription may help you avoid
- "What a riot!," in brief
- "What a shame!"
- What a successful party is
- What an old mattress might do
- What an old roof might start to do
- What an online meeting invite gets added to, for short
- What Apple smartphones run on
- What Bart Simpson sometimes calls Lisa
- What can travel a fare distance?
- What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief
- What distinguishes "bet" from "vet" in Hebrew
- What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?
- What electric cars don't use
- What fills the Venn diagram of "Spider-Man" and "the Internet"
- What has flatter feet?
- "___ what I did there?"
- What isn't anyone's fault?
- What makes a dresser dressier?
- What makes her hear?
- What may appear after dusk and before dawn
- What Mediterranean nation lies between Italy and Libya?
- What might be requested after spinning around an iPad
- What might give you a brewed awakening?
- What might help someone be loud and clear?
- What one might put on to impress others
- What one should let sleeping dogs do, proverbially
- What other people solve the Mini for
- What people pay Extra for?
- What Peter Pan teaches the Darling kids to do
- What planets revolve around
- What puts the sizzle in bacon
- What regular customers pay less for?
- What snowboarders try to catch
- What the light from a lighthouse may pierce
- What the names of all but one continent end with
- What the number of candles on a birthday cake signifies
- What the prefix "omni-" means
- What to go to Citgo to get
- "What was ___ think?"
- "What was ___ was saying?"
- "What was the name of your first ___?" (common security question)
- What Wile E. Coyote is always exploding himself with
- What wines and cheeses do over time
- What's more
- What's represented by a jiggled thumbs-up, in sign language
- What's rolled out for yoga
- What's shaken in the order to "Shake!"
- "What's the ___?"
- "What's the ___?" ("Who cares?")
- "What's the issue …?"
- "What's the reason?"
- "What's your ___?"
- "Whatever"
- "Wheels"
- When a "sports equinox" (in which all four major U.S. leagues have games) typically occurs: Abbr.
- When a flight is due to land, for short
- When a plane is due, for short
- When Buddhism's Bodhi Day is observed: Abbr.
- When doubled, a chocolaty treat
- When doubled, an African fly
- When doubled, like a perfect outcome
- When doubled, nickname for singer Swift
- When much rainy weather occurs in Côte d'Ivoire
- When N.Y.C. tourism is typically high
- "when r u coming?"
- "When r u getting in?"
- When repeated, a small treat
- When said five times, an Abba song
- When tripled, playful syllables sung after "Happy birthday to you!"
- "When u coming?"
- When U R due
- When you're reading this
- Where a serviette is laid
- Where baked Alaska is believed to have been invented, oddly enough: Abbr.
- Where many things get tossed
- Where Rudolph could first be seen in 2000, for short
- Where someone might keep a tab on you?
- Where sows are housed
- Where the C.D.C. is headquartered: Abbr.
- Where the coxswain sits
- Where the stars are
- "Where the Wild Things ___"
- Where to catch a Bay Area flight
- Where to go in the U.K.?
- Where to set a cocktail garnish
- "Which person are you referring to?"
- Whiskey grain
- Whisper affectionately
- Whistle blower or flag thrower
- White lie
- White-bearded animal in the Serengeti
- Whitehouse in D.C., e.g.: Abbr.
- Whitesmith's material
- Whitney who invented the cotton gin
- ___ Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin
- Whiz
- Who can see right through you, in brief?
- "Who knew?!"
- Who said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick"
- Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"
- Who won Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas?"
- "Who's Who in the Cast" blurb
- Wholly, but not holey or holy, e.g.: Abbr.
- "Why ___ even here?"
- Why wait?
- "Why, why, why?!"
- "Wicked cool, man!"
- "Wicked" director Jon M. ___
- Wide mouth
- Wide-open Q&A
- Wield
- Wiggler in a sock
- Wii remote batteries
- Wilbur in "Charlotte's Web," e.g.
- Wild scene
- Wildebeest
- ___ will
- "___ will be done"
- Will Ferrell holiday movie
- Williams in the Baseball Hall of Fame
- ___ Wilson, four-time W.N.B.A. M.V.P.
- Wilt
- Wine aperitif
- Wine label word
- Wing
- Winged beings of folklore
- Winner of the 1974 rematch "Super Fight II"
- Winning hit at Wimbledon, maybe
- Winning line in tic-tac-toe
- Winning X or O
- Winter coat?
- Winter hrs. in Wichita
- Winter malady
- Winter setting in D.C.
- Winter setting in N.Y.C.
- ___ Winter, basketball coach who famously innovated the "triangle offense"
- Wiping cloth
- Wisconsin's ___ Claire
- "Wise" bird
- Wiseman who directed "Ballerina" and "Live Free or Die Hard"
- Wish undone
- With it
- Withholding something?
- "Without ___, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable": George Bernard Shaw
- Without exception
- Witticism
- Wiz end?
- Wizard
- ___-wolf
- Woman honored in John Lennon's "Woman"
- Woman in Progressive ads
- Woman with a chronological name?
- Women's World Cup powerhouse
- "___ won't!"
- Wonder
- ___ Wonderful, fruit juice brand
- Wonderstruck feeling
- Wong of Netflix's "Beef"
- "Woo-hoo!"
- Wood used for flooring
- Wood used in making guitar bodies
- Wood-cutting tool
- Woodcutter's tool
- Word after "brake," "Brillo" or "bachelor"
- Word after "lily" or "launch"
- Word after age or before year
- Word after B or D
- Word after black or special
- Word after deep, stir or small
- Word after fire or carpenter
- Word after hand or band
- Word after op or pop
- Word after photo or covert
- Word after tight or defensive
- Word after twin, tanning or trundle
- Word after you or wanna
- Word aptly hidden in "moldy"
- Word before "a bird," "a plane" and "Superman!"
- Word before "one's losses" or "both ways"
- Word before cheese or uncle
- Word before chi or after mai
- Word before cut or class
- Word before data or deal
- Word before Day, Queen or I?
- Word before dog or Bunny
- Word before green or after Red
- Word before job or duck
- Word before Kim, Wayne or Nas X in hip-hop names
- Word before service or sync
- Word between "word" and "word"
- Word combined with "-fetti" in a portmanteau
- Word drawn out in speech before "... they're off!"
- Word found in all but four state constitutions, but not the U.S. Constitution
- Word of consent
- Word on either side of "___-eat-___"
- Word on either side of "to"
- Word on either side of "à"
- Word repeated in "With a ___ ___ here and a ___ ___ there …"
- Word repeated in a fit of disbelief
- Word seen between here and there
- Word sung over 100 times in "___ Are You" by the ___
- Word that becomes its own synonym when "p" is added to the end
- Word that can follow each group of circled letters (and hints at its shape)
- Word that can precede cry or baby
- Word with ball or card
- Word with bar or bunny
- Word with brain … or body?
- Word with constrictor or feather
- Word with cutie or sweetie
- Word with gauge or guitar
- Word with pan, pump or paint
- Word with project or peeve
- Word with punching or sleeping
- Word with run or lift
- Word with run or resort
- Word with sewing or starter
- Word with shadow or shoe
- Word with shift or skeleton
- Word with tank or tip
- Word with thou
- Word with trader or tripper
- "___ word?"
- Words sealed with a kiss
- Work contract-to-contract
- Work of Congress
- Work on a picture, perhaps
- Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 years
- Work unit
- Work well together
- Work with a needle
- Workers doing rounds: Abbr.
- Workers in E.R.s and I.C.U.s
- Workout site
- Workout spot
- Workout unit, for short
- World Class Wreckin' ___, music group in which Dr. Dre got his start
- World Cup cheer
- World Cup team nicknamed "The Three Lions": Abbr.
- World Economic Forum, e.g., for short
- World of Warcraft, e.g., in brief
- World Series org.
- World War I Flying ___ (Snoopy alter ego)
- World's largest ethnic group
- World's second-tallest bird
- ___ worth
- "Wow!"
- "Wowzers!"
- Wrangler alternative
- Wrap up
- Wrath
- Wrestler-turned-actor with a mohawk
- Wrestling match ender
- Wrestling move named after a pesticide
- Wriggler in a stream
- Write "their" for "there," say
- Write-___ (unlikely election winners)
- Writer Anaïs whose name is hidden in this clue
- Writer Edgar Allan ___
- Writer Rand
- Writes to on WhatsApp, in brief
- "www" string
- www.asu.___
- Wych ___ (tree type)
- Wyo. neighbor
- X minus III, in old Rome
- X, for a sorority
- X, for one
- X-ray alternative
- ___ Xing
- ___ Xing (street sign)
- XXX counterpart
- XXX-XX-XXXX ID
- "___ y plata" (Montana's motto)
- "Y"-sounding pair of letters, in Spanish
- Yacht's pronoun
- "Yadda, yadda"
- Yahtzee cube
- Yalie
- Yank
- Yank's Civil War foe
- Yankee great Gehrig
- Yard sale?
- Yea's opposite
- "Yeah, right!"
- Year in Portugal
- Year on the Yucatán
- Yearbook div.
- Yellow card wielder
- Yellow symbol of N.Y.C.
- Yellowfin tuna
- "Yellowjackets" airer, for short
- Yep's opposite
- [Yes, I know that's a typo]
- Yiddish laments
- "Yikes!"
- Yo ___ (Spanish "I am")
- "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of ___"
- Yoga ___
- Yoga studio essential
- Yogis' utterances
- Yoko who participated in a bed-in
- Yom Kippur topic
- "Yoo-hoo!"
- "You ___ me worried!"
- "You ___ to be there!"
- "You ___!" ("Absolutely!")
- "You ___!" ("Agreed!")
- "You ___!" ("I agree!")
- "You ___!" (words of agreement)
- "You ain't seen nothing ___!"
- "You called?"
- "You can no more win a ___ than you can win an earthquake": Jeannette Rankin
- You can request a new one on religious grounds if it contains "666": Abbr.
- You can stop right there!
- "___ you done?"
- "You get the picture"
- "You had one ___!"
- "___ you listening?"
- You might be asked for your "last four" of this, in brief
- You might look up to this
- You might need to lose a few to get them
- You might say "Hmm" when something is this
- "You reap what you ___"
- "You should keep those details to yourself"
- You smelt it!
- "___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit)
- "You'll ___ the day!"
- "You've ___ this!"
- Young 'un
- Young chap
- Young lady
- Young Scot
- Young Yorkie, e.g.
- Youngest of the Gabor sisters
- Youngest woman ever elected to Congress, familiarly
- "Your choice"
- Your of yore
- "Your pick"
- "Your point being ...?"
- "Yowza!"
- ___ Z (Zoomers)
- Zendaya's role on "Euphoria"
- Zero, in soccer
- Zeta follower
- Zeus or Odin
- Zilch
- Zing
- Zip
- "Zip it!"
- "Zip-a-___-Doo-Dah"
- Zippo competitor
- ZipRecruiter listing
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