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wsj | 2,015 | WIDOW | Set of cards dealt to the table | 5 | The 5th letter is W | The 2nd letter is I | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WIDOWS | Extra hands in some card games | 6 | The 1st letter is W | The 4th letter is O | The 6th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | WIENER | Hot dog | 6 | The 2nd letter is I | The 5th letter is E | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | WII | Mario Party 9 platform | 3 | The 3rd letter is I | The 2nd letter is I | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WILL | Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow ___ find it hard to sleep tonight | 4 | The 1st letter is W | The 4th letter is L | The 3rd letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | WILLFUL | Like an estate attorney's file cabinet? | 7 | The 5th letter is F | The 2nd letter is I | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WILT | Suffer from the heat | 4 | The 3rd letter is L | The 4th letter is T | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WILTS | Handles pressure badly | 5 | The 1st letter is W | The 4th letter is T | The 2nd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | WIMP | Hardly the heroic type | 4 | The 2nd letter is I | The 3rd letter is M | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WIMPS | Chickens | 5 | The 3rd letter is M | The 5th letter is S | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WIMPS | Unlikely bungee jumpers | 5 | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is M | The 4th letter is P |
wsj | 2,015 | WINCE | React to a sour note | 5 | The 5th letter is E | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | WINDOWPANELIST | Member of a discussion group for glaziers? | 14 | The 5th letter is O | The 9th letter is N | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WINDOWSKILL | Knack that suits a person for a glazier's job? | 11 | The 7th letter is S | The 2nd letter is I | The 5th letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WINE | Cabernet or Chianti | 4 | The 4th letter is E | The 3rd letter is N | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WINEBOTTLE | Put a cork in it! | 10 | The 7th letter is T | The 5th letter is B | The 10th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | WINGS | Bar food order | 5 | The 3rd letter is N | The 2nd letter is I | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WINO | Heavy tippler | 4 | The 4th letter is O | The 3rd letter is N | The 2nd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | WINONA | Christian's "Heathers" co-star | 6 | The 3rd letter is N | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | WINTERPALA | Largest building of the Hermitage Museum complex | 10 | The 10th letter is A | The 7th letter is P | The 6th letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | WIPES | Diaper bag supply | 5 | The 3rd letter is P | The 5th letter is S | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WISE | Like Solomon | 4 | The 3rd letter is S | The 4th letter is E | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WISP | Cloud bit | 4 | The 2nd letter is I | The 3rd letter is S | The 4th letter is P |
wsj | 2,015 | WISTERIA | Climbing plant with purple flowers | 8 | The 8th letter is A | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | WIT | Card quality | 3 | The 3rd letter is T | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | WIT | Card's quality | 3 | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is I | The 3rd letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | WIT | Swift quality | 3 | The 3rd letter is T | The 2nd letter is I | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WIT | Wilde thing? | 3 | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is T | The 2nd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | WITCHHAZE | Steam rising from the cauldron? | 9 | The 1st letter is W | The 7th letter is A | The 3rd letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | WITCHY | Given to cackling, say | 6 | The 6th letter is Y | The 4th letter is C | The 3rd letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | WITHOUTVEIL | How a modern bride might choose to walk down the aisle? | 11 | The 5th letter is O | The 8th letter is V | The 2nd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | WITS | Brain power | 4 | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is T | The 2nd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | WMD | Iraq Survey Group target, for short | 3 | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is D | The 2nd letter is M |
wsj | 2,015 | WOK | Bowl-shaped pan | 3 | The 3rd letter is K | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WOK | Lo mein pan | 3 | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is O | The 3rd letter is K |
wsj | 2,015 | WOK | Taipan frypan | 3 | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is K | The 2nd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WOO | Court | 3 | The 3rd letter is O | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WOOD | Balance beam makeup | 4 | The 1st letter is W | The 4th letter is D | The 2nd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WOODENNICK | Shaving mishap for Pinocchio? | 10 | The 9th letter is C | The 5th letter is E | The 6th letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | WOODSTAIN | Board application | 9 | The 5th letter is S | The 4th letter is D | The 2nd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WOOINGANDAPRAYER | What it might take to win the hand of one's dream girl? | 16 | The 3rd letter is O | The 6th letter is G | The 15th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | WOOLEN | Taken from ewe? | 6 | The 2nd letter is O | The 4th letter is L | The 5th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | WOOLY | ___ Willy (classic toy with a magnetic personality") | 5 | The 5th letter is Y | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WOOS | Tries to win | 4 | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is O | The 4th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | WORD | Conversation piece | 4 | The 3rd letter is R | The 4th letter is D | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WORD | Conversation piece? | 4 | The 3rd letter is R | The 4th letter is D | The 2nd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WORE | Was sporting | 4 | The 2nd letter is O | The 4th letter is E | The 3rd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | WORK | Do the job | 4 | The 2nd letter is O | The 4th letter is K | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WORKSOFARTOO | Gears and gaskets inside a movie droid? | 12 | The 6th letter is O | The 5th letter is S | The 9th letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | WORLD | Sci-fi writer's creation | 5 | The 4th letter is L | The 5th letter is D | The 2nd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WORLD | We're all in it together | 5 | The 3rd letter is R | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WORST | Word in Razzies category names | 5 | The 5th letter is T | The 2nd letter is O | The 4th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | WOWIE | Holy cow! | 5 | The 4th letter is I | The 5th letter is E | The 3rd letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WPA | FDR program | 3 | The 3rd letter is A | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is P |
wsj | 2,015 | WPA | Largest New Deal agcy. | 3 | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is P | The 3rd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | WRAITHTRACK | Path followed by a specter? | 11 | The 7th letter is T | The 10th letter is C | The 3rd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | WRAP | Panini alternative | 4 | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is A | The 4th letter is P |
wsj | 2,015 | WREN | Hedgerow nester | 4 | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is E | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WREN | Small singer | 4 | The 4th letter is N | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | WREN | Small singer | 4 | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is E | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | WREN | Small songbird | 4 | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | WREN | Small songbird | 4 | The 2nd letter is R | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | WRENS | Small songbirds | 5 | The 3rd letter is E | The 1st letter is W | The 4th letter is N |
wsj | 2,015 | WREST | Seize by force | 5 | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | WREST | Take with force | 5 | The 1st letter is W | The 3rd letter is E | The 2nd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | WRESTLINGMEET | Member of Group 1 | 13 | The 9th letter is G | The 5th letter is T | The 4th letter is S |
wsj | 2,015 | WRING | Twist, as a wet rag | 5 | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | WRITE | Form letters? | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 4th letter is T | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | WRITE | Put down on paper | 5 | The 2nd letter is R | The 3rd letter is I | The 5th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | WRITETO | Correspond with | 7 | The 6th letter is T | The 1st letter is W | The 5th letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | WTO | Intl. commerce group | 3 | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is T | The 3rd letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WUSS | Gutless guy | 4 | The 3rd letter is S | The 1st letter is W | The 2nd letter is U |
wsj | 2,015 | WYNONNA | Academy of Country Music's Top Female Vocalist of 1993 | 7 | The 6th letter is N | The 7th letter is A | The 4th letter is O |
wsj | 2,015 | WYO | Least populous state: Abbr. | 3 | The 3rd letter is O | The 2nd letter is Y | The 1st letter is W |
wsj | 2,015 | XANDER | Friend of Buffy and Willow | 6 | The 3rd letter is N | The 5th letter is E | The 1st letter is X |
wsj | 2,015 | XENO | Foreign: Prefix | 4 | The 4th letter is O | The 1st letter is X | The 2nd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | XER | Gen ___ | 3 | The 3rd letter is R | The 2nd letter is E | The 1st letter is X |
wsj | 2,015 | XEROX | It began as the Haloid Company | 5 | The 2nd letter is E | The 4th letter is O | The 3rd letter is R |
wsj | 2,015 | XES | Contents of ballot boxes | 3 | The 3rd letter is S | The 1st letter is X | The 2nd letter is E |
wsj | 2,015 | XES | They go in ballot boxes | 3 | The 2nd letter is E | The 3rd letter is S | The 1st letter is X |
wsj | 2,015 | XESEDUCATION | Crosses off the smallest department on a cabinet list? | 12 | The 5th letter is D | The 11th letter is O | The 9th letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | XFL | Its teams included the Orlando Rage and the Memphis Maniax | 3 | The 2nd letter is F | The 3rd letter is L | The 1st letter is X |
wsj | 2,015 | XII | Sundial numeral | 3 | The 1st letter is X | The 2nd letter is I | The 3rd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | XIS | Letters before omicrons | 3 | The 3rd letter is S | The 1st letter is X | The 2nd letter is I |
wsj | 2,015 | XLI | Super Bowl held in 2007 | 3 | The 3rd letter is I | The 1st letter is X | The 2nd letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | XTERRAS | Cherokee rivals | 7 | The 2nd letter is T | The 7th letter is S | The 6th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | XTRA | Added, in adspeak | 4 | The 1st letter is X | The 3rd letter is R | The 2nd letter is T |
wsj | 2,015 | XTRA | Rival of All and Tide | 4 | The 2nd letter is T | The 3rd letter is R | The 1st letter is X |
wsj | 2,015 | YAK | Shaggy pack animal | 3 | The 2nd letter is A | The 3rd letter is K | The 1st letter is Y |
wsj | 2,015 | YAK | Tibetan transport | 3 | The 1st letter is Y | The 2nd letter is A | The 3rd letter is K |
wsj | 2,015 | YAKS | Prattles on | 4 | The 4th letter is S | The 2nd letter is A | The 1st letter is Y |
wsj | 2,015 | YALE | Oldest university in Connecticut | 4 | The 1st letter is Y | The 2nd letter is A | The 3rd letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | YALEU | Prestigious Conn. institution | 5 | The 1st letter is Y | The 5th letter is U | The 3rd letter is L |
wsj | 2,015 | YAM | Orangey tuber | 3 | The 2nd letter is A | The 1st letter is Y | The 3rd letter is M |
wsj | 2,015 | YAMAHAS | Some organs and motorcycles | 7 | The 5th letter is H | The 6th letter is A | The 4th letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | YAMS | Thanksgiving dish | 4 | The 3rd letter is M | The 4th letter is S | The 2nd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | YAMS | Thanksgiving staple | 4 | The 2nd letter is A | The 4th letter is S | The 3rd letter is M |
wsj | 2,015 | YAMS | Thanksgiving staple | 4 | The 1st letter is Y | The 4th letter is S | The 2nd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | YAMS | Thanksgiving staple | 4 | The 3rd letter is M | The 4th letter is S | The 2nd letter is A |
wsj | 2,015 | YANG | Male principle, in Chinese philosophy | 4 | The 3rd letter is N | The 4th letter is G | The 2nd letter is A |