SKILLFUL WORDS & PHRASES
GROUPS OF 12
ANIMAL-NAMED ANIMALS
FASHIONABLY
LATE
CLUES FROM THE FIRST CROSSWORD
SOME GOOD NEWS
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The NAGC is the National Association for these children which means they're smart not that they got a lot of Christmas presents
GIFTED
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Now used by many groups as an aid to rehabilitation the twelve-step program started with this organization
AA (ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS)
100
Like certain marsupials these desert-dwelling rodents hop on 2 legs
KANGAROO RATS
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Japanese gives us the name for this wide-sleeved garment tied with a sash called an obi
A KIMONO
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This floral term refers to someone whose talents flourish after a long span of time
A LATE BLOOMER
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A boy (3 letters)
A LAD
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In 2020 this Canadian province purchased a hotel in the capital of Victoria to house its homeless population
BRITISH COLUMBIA
200
This word for a skillful veteran can also mean well-flavored with paprika or cumin
SEASONED
200
This nation is last alphabetically of the 12 independent mainland countries of South America
VENEZUELA
200
This fearsome predator gets the first part of its name from the stripes on its sides
A TIGER SHARK
200
Wrap yourself up snug as a bug in its chrysalis state in this type of coat named for an insect structure
A COCOON
200
If you come up wanting you're said to be a day late & this monetary phrase
A DOLLAR SHORT
200
Found on the seashore (4 letters)
SAND
200
Looking for a Jigglypuff on this app craze led a pair of players to go save a wounded puppy--awwww...
POKÉMON GO
300
There are 2 consecutive Vs in the middle of this word that describes your shrewdness
SAVVY
300
Pauly Shore plays a loser who becomes this spokesman for a group of 12 in Jury Duty
THE FOREMAN
300
This largest pinniped gets its name from its size & its trunk-like snout:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-638966508-5a14497a494ec90037d6cf12.jpg)
AN ELEPHANT SEAL
300
If you say that something or someone is this, you mean that they are very fashionable and modern
TRENDY
300
Carpool Karaoke is a segment on this CBS show
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN
300
To govern (4 letters)
RULE
300
In 2020 a pygmy one of these--an endangered species--was born at the San Diego Zoo for the first time in over 30 years
A HIPPO (A PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS
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From the French for right, you're skillful in mind or body if you're deemed it
ADROIT
400
Of the 12 signs of the zodiac it's the only one represented by an arachnid
SCORPIO
400
Large ears like those on a donkey hybrid give this its name
A MULE DEER
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Basque & pancake are 2 styles of this flat French-named hat
A BERET
400
In Italy the late Gothic period of art was centered in Siena & this big city just to the north
FLORENCE
400
To elude (5 letters)also starts & ends with E
EVADE
400
This Aerospace Company is developing its Dragon capsule to carry cargo, and eventually people, to orbit.
SpaceX
500
Latin for easy gives us this 6-letter adjective for a display of smooth skill
FACILE
500
In song the 12 days of Christmas gifts include this gift on the eighth day
EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING
500
There's a big cat in the name of these colorful Pacific reef dwellers with venomous spines:format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/41531918/14813065178_2e03f973cd_o.0.0.jpg)
LIONFISH
500
This typically red & black checked pattern now popular at Christmas is said to be named for a herd of animals
BUFFALO PLAID
500
Late blight, a type of water mold, caused this historic famine in Ireland
IRISH POTATO FAMINE
500
A daydream (7 letters) we'll spot you the first letter R
A REVERIE
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A city in Costa Rica has given citizenship to bees due to this role they play in the ecosystem
POLLINATORS