Sat, Dec 24, 2022

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  1. 2. The City of Gold
  2. 5. After Death
  3. 7. one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae
  4. 8. The Dallas-based basketball team owned by Mark Cuban
  5. 9. This album became the first Spanish-Language album to enter the Billboard Top Holiday Albums since 1966
  6. 11. Popular shooter video game
  7. 12. ______ Phillips, soccer player for Manchester City
  8. 15. White bird often consumed in nugget or tender form
  9. 16. A wrestling move in which you pick someone up and throw them back down
  10. 18. Black mineral left in the stockings of disobedient children
  11. 19. He, her, they, etc.
  12. 20. 1996 film directed by Matthew Bright
  13. 22. Sound-blocking mold sheet found in cars
  14. 24. A large city in Oklahoma, the location of a new Televison Series starring Sylvester Stallone
  15. 29. a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact
  16. 30. Orders
  17. 33. One who is missing one or more limbs
  18. 34. In air
  19. 35. Reefer
  20. 36. __________ vision
  21. 39. An Australian cave that was recently vandalized, destroying 22,000 year old art inside
  22. 40. To travel over
  23. 41. Big cat; name of Detroit’s professional baseball team
  24. 45. “Dies ____” A famous melody that references a coming death
  25. 47. Nitrocellulose and Camphor
  26. 49. Governing body of Afghanistan
  27. 51. A belief system one is trying to force onto others
  28. 52. Kevin’s rude, brash older brother in ‘Home Alone’
  29. 55. The African nation that made it to the semifinals of the FIFA World Cup
  30. 56. What is in our mouths that helps break down food
  31. 58. The name of the Winter Storm causing chaos across the United States
  32. 59. First name of the Xfinity Series race winner at Talladega in the playoffs of the 2021 season
  33. 61. This political party gained the most seats in the recent Fijian General Election
  34. 62. Behavior intended to cause harm
  35. 63. 1948 Hitchcock Film
  36. 64. This French serial killer was let out of jail recently
  37. 66. The Russian equivalent of the Secret Service
  38. 67. A hub of shopping
  39. 68. A call for help
  40. 70. A country sandwiched between the 2022 World Cup winner and Brazil
  41. 71. The last name of the SS that scorned the City of San Francisco for the Mets
  42. 72. A car company headquartered in Bavaria
  43. 73. Last name of ‘Jim’ from ‘The Office’, as well as ‘Jack’ from ‘Jack Ryan’
  44. 74. a kind of fraud using the mail system
  45. 76. A bat also known as the Winged Moose
  46. 78. Last name of the LA Lakers General Manager
  47. 80. Famous lines in Peru
  48. 82. The third planet from the sun
  49. 83. ______ Mike’s Subs
  50. 87. This country recently suffered a deadly landslide in its Batang Kali village
  51. 90. The name of the corvette of the Royal Thai Navy that capsized yesterday
  52. 94. Dance group including the late Maxi Jazz
  53. 97. 2012 Christmas album by a famous Canadian pop singer
  54. 98. Clothing ______
  55. 99. Fat, large
  56. 100. The first national park in the United States
  57. 101. A method for making multi-color prints
  58. 105. Annoyance; problem
  59. 107. A popular streaming website
  60. 109. The city where the clipper ship ‘Santa Claus’ was built
  61. 111. Male horse
  62. 112. The name of the 2022 movie directed by Tobey Maguire
  63. 113. Perfect; without flaws
  64. 114. Paradise, Arcadia
  65. 115. To have weight
  66. 116. A red flag warning means there is heavy this
  67. 117. An Italian word for a musical composition meant to be sung
  68. 118. A popular brand of Pizza Rolls
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  1. 1. Famous French artist
  2. 3. The last name of the American composer of famous musical ‘Porgy and Bess’
  3. 4. Planned for
  4. 6. Shortening of ‘The University of Connecticut”
  5. 10. ______ SU-35 Fighter Jet
  6. 13. The ______ Conquest led to William the Conqueror being crowned King of England
  7. 14. _________ Lacks, whose disease provided aid for cancer research
  8. 15. Online Marketplace
  9. 17. The act of struggling underwater or submerged in another liquid
  10. 21. 2022 Superhero film starring Jared Leto
  11. 23. Last name of the Russian hockey player who has the 2nd-most goals of all time in the NHL
  12. 25. The ________ Fighter, a series produced by the UFC
  13. 26. Town in Nevada that sounds similar to an antlered animal
  14. 27. The name of a popular Ukrainian-developed video game
  15. 28. Important or powerful person
  16. 31. Three pandemics
  17. 32. A clown show
  18. 37. This country, which lies southeast of France, shockingly failed to qualify for the World Cup in both 2018 and 2022
  19. 38. The 5th day of the week
  20. 42. Not sincere
  21. 43. The first successful humor magazine in the U.S.
  22. 44. Luxury department store chain based in Seattle
  23. 46. Quickly or ferociously eating
  24. 48. A book about someone written by the subject themself
  25. 50. See-through
  26. 53. A python in Southeast Asia
  27. 54. Element, county in Wyoming
  28. 57. A drug that shares the name of Playboi Carti’s record label
  29. 59. The last name of the recently-resigned Peruvian president Dina
  30. 60. Card game from the Twenty-One family
  31. 61. ______ State, winners of the NCAA D2 Football Title in 2022
  32. 63. Precision dance company founded in 1925
  33. 65. ______ Airlines
  34. 69. Female reproductive organ in which eggs are produced
  35. 72. character
  36. 75. A movie that contains the talent of Zac Enron, Dwayne Johnson, Alexandria Daddario, and more
  37. 77. This Saints’ cathedral burned on this day in 2009
  38. 79. Electric Reliability Council of Texas
  39. 81. Sport, bug
  40. 84. Credit Company based in Geneva
  41. 85. Fermented grain mash
  42. 86. An Iranian city which is the capital of Saqqez County
  43. 88. The town in Tennessee where Morgan began his famous Christmas Raid
  44. 89. The popular coffee company raised money for HIV/AIDS with their holiday red cup
  45. 91. This superhero’s most recent actor recently announced he would no longer play the character
  46. 92. Vessel of Existence
  47. 93. Maya- A civil rights activist
  48. 95. “Yes, in my backyard.”
  49. 96. A truth established by means of accepted truths
  50. 102. “_____ king of the Midwest.”
  51. 103. Computational analysis of data
  52. 104. The first king of Jerusalem
  53. 106. This town in Oklahoma located in Payne County has an airport
  54. 108. The rapids oxidation of a material
  55. 110. The last name of the Las Vegas Raiders backup QB