1. large flightless birds (4 letters)
EMUS
2. from Dixie (8 letters)
SOUTHERN
3. classic R&B group, with The (11 letters)
TEMPTATIONS
4. headwear at graduation (11 letters)
MORTARBOARD
5. chic-looking (7 letters)
STYLISH
6. heavily populated (5 letters)
DENSE
7. prevailing weather (7 letters)
CLIMATE
1. ephemeral (9 letters) TRANSIENT 2. “fictional” location (8 letters) BOOKSHOP 3. has a sample of (6 letters) TASTES 4. rubbing the wrong way (8 letters) NETTLING 5. shows up (7 letters) APPEARS 6. carrying out (9 letters) EXECUTING 7. where the Red Sox play (6 letters) FENWAY
1. large city in Morocco (9 letters) MARRAKESH 2. head of the board, often (8 letters) CHAIRMAN 3. coal and oil, for example (5 letters) FUELS 4. it’s often added to water (8 letters) FLUORIDE 5. deep-space energy sources (7 letters) QUASARS 6. facing the pitcher (7 letters) BATTING 7. Kenny G, for one (11 … Continue reading
1. furtive people (6 letters) SNEAKS 2. flower used to make tea (9 letters) GOLDENROD 3. one of the Chipmunks (5 letters) ALVIN 4. development of a theorem (10 letters) DERIVATION 5. record spinners (7 letters) DEEJAYS 6. sugar-and-almond confection (8 letters) MARZIPAN 7. impossible to read (9 letters) ILLEGIBLE
1. person with an ex (8 letters) DIVORCEE 2. more avaricious (8 letters) GREEDIER 3. acclimated (10 letters) ACCUSTOMED 4. like some celebrity rises (8 letters) METEORIC 5. followers jump on it (9 letters) BANDWAGON 6. corporate department (9 letters) MARKETING 7. genius from Germany (8 letters) EINSTEIN
1. serpentine sound (4 letters) HISS 2. emotionally responsive (11 letters) SOFTHEARTED 3. emailing back (8 letters) REPLYING 4. spicy, in a way (7 letters) PEPPERY 5. person to share secrets with (9 letters) CONFIDANT 6. jousting weapon (5 letters) LANCE 7. in the recent past (6 letters) LATELY
1. nonconformist (7 letters) HERETIC 2. thin and fragile (6 letters) PAPERY 3. performing a Cuban dance (8 letters) MAMBOING 4. Canada’s largest island (6 letters) BAFFIN 5. “The Rose” singer Bette (6 letters) MIDLER 6. pokes a hole in (9 letters) PUNCTURES 7. surgical cut (8 letters) INCISION
1. city in central Canada (9 letters) SASKATOON 2. certain herding animal (8 letters) SHEEPDOG 3. predecessor to Facebook (7 letters) MYSPACE 4. cheesy appetizer (6 letters) NACHOS 5. eagerness (7 letters) AVIDITY 6. insect with lots of legs (9 letters) MILLIPEDE 7. it’s burned for its aroma (7 letters) INCENSE
1. envoy (9 letters) MESSENGER 2. touches tenderly (7 letters) FONDLES 3. get water on (7 letters) SPATTER 4. like some allegations (8 letters) UNPROVEN 5. more coquettish (8 letters) FLIRTIER 6. iPod need (6 letters) EARBUD 7. walking in formation (8 letters) MARCHING
1. dolphin used for food (8 letters) MAHIMAHI 2. Pittsburgh squad (8 letters) STEELERS 3. certain teeth (6 letters) MOLARS 4. the F of AFL-CIO (10 letters) FEDERATION 5. minimize (9 letters) DOWNGRADE 6. quick excerpts (8 letters) SNIPPETS 7. “Billy Budd,” for one (7 letters) NOVELLA