61A. Whatever tone or speech style a clue uses is going to be matched in the entry. [“Darn tootin’!”], for instance, is a folksy phrase, so it will solve to a similarly colloquial one. The answer is ...

21A. A [Sailors’ patron] is ST. ELMO, patron saint of sailors. 46A. [“The Spanish Tragedy” playwright Thomas] was Thomas KYD, who lived roughly from 1558 to 1594. 55A. The [Beer brand from ...

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Take, for example, the entry at 2D. I won’t spoil it, but when my brain reads a clue like [Predator in a pod], it instantly comes to the conclusion that somewhere out there exists a group of highly ...

That means that 3-Down solves to FA N V OTE, encapsulating Nevada ( NV ). Alaska ( AK ), Washington ( WA) and Montana ( MT) ...

90A. The [Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart both composed] is a FORTEPIANO, an early version of today’s piano that was the intended instrument for a lot of 18th-century music, including ...

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