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Sep 17#1,296Show answer
ELASTICITY
BOUNCE · FLEXIBILITY · GIVE · SPRING
THINGS THAT ARE UNDERGROUND
MINE SHAFT · SEWER LINE · SUBWAY STATION · WELL
HUGH JACKMAN MOVIES, WITH "THE"
FOUNTAIN · PRESTIGE · SHEEP DETECTIVES · WOLVERINE
LOVE ___
HANDLES · LANGUAGE · TAP · TRIANGLE
Sep 16#1,295Show answer
ENDING IN METAL ELEMENTS
LATIN · LONG JOHN SILVER · MARIGOLD · STEAM IRON
STARTING WITH U.S. COINS
DIMENSION · NICKELODEON · PENNYWISE · QUARTERBACK
POETS' MIDDLE NAMES
BARRETT · CARLOS · ST. VINCENT · WADSWORTH
SAUSAGES PLUS A LETTER
BORAT · CLINK · FRANK-N-FURTER · WIDENER
Sep 15#1,283Show answer
INSTRUCT
COACH · DIRECT · GUIDE · TRAIN
PARTS OF A WHISTLING KETTLE
HANDLE · LID · SPOUT · WHISTLE
UNDERCOVER OPERATIVE
ASSET · MOLE · PLANT · SLEEPER
THINGS THAT APPEAR AT THE END
CABOOSE · DECEMBER · DESSERT · EPILOGUE
Sep 14#1,288Show answer
WATERBIRDS
COOT · GOOSE · LOON · TEAL
INFORMANT
CANARY · RAT · SNITCH · STOOLIE
COMMON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC ITEMS
BAG · CUTLERY · STIRRER · STRAW
___GRASS
BLUE · CRAB · LEMON · WHEAT
Sep 13#1,287Show answer
LACKING IN FIRMNESS
DROOPY · FLACCID · SAGGING · SLACK
U.S. PRESIDENTS
CLEVELAND · GARFIELD · GRANT · MADISON
WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS
EMPTY · EXCESS · KEWPIE · ODIE
ENDING IN ELEVATED LANDFORMS
DOUBLESPEAK · HEATHCLIFF · PARAMOUNT · PORRIDGE
Sep 12#1,285Show answer
WAYS TO PERSONALIZE A CAR
BUMPER STICKER · FUZZY DICE · HOOD ORNAMENT · VANITY PLATE
PEOPLE IN AN ONLINE FORUM
LURKER · POSTER · SPAMMER · TROLL
THINGS THAT BLINK
CURSOR · EYELIDS · SMOKE DETECTOR · TURN SIGNAL
___ ALERT
NERD · RED · SPOILER · WEATHER
Sep 11#1,284Show answer
PEOPLE HIRED FOR AN EVENT
BAND · FLORIST · PHOTOGRAPHER · PLANNER
INTERNALIZE
ABSORB · DIGEST · PROCESS · TAKE IN
WAYS TO PRACTICE SELF-CARE
EXERCISE · JOURNAL · MEDITATE · UNPLUG
THINGS THAT ARE PUSHED METAPHORICALLY
AGENDA · ENVELOPE · LIMITS · LUCK
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