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98 Driving aid 119 Grab 134 Nimbleness
99 Concerning the brain 120 Blend 135 Contents of 89
102 Small twitch 121 Wrongly accused across
103 Title 123 For sooth 136 Possess
104 Follows 126 E in HOMES 137 Kinesthetic
106 Fence portal 128 in Hierarchy between acquisition
109 Central idea Baron and Knight 138 Handworker?
112 Belts 131 Tall flightless bird 139 Arid
114 Sandwich fish 132 Conflicts
116 Noted 133 Father

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11 Promise 39 Clip 85 Pull
12 Holy 41 Arbor native 187 Pause
13 Tread heavily 43 Consented 188 Engrave
44 Holds fluid for injections 44 Took a seat 189 Fruit desert
(UP A ELM anagram) 45 Top card in the deck 190 Poem
45 Auditory output of a 46 By way of 191 Performed
brook 48 Last in hierarchy of 128 193 Spread around
46 Equal Rights across 197 Dropsy
Amendment (abbrev.) 50 Selected at random 100 Visual activity
17 Prevaricate 51 Product of 55 across 101 Tardy
18 Consumed 54 Spirit 105 Persuades
19 Cookers 56 Princess of Wales 107 Knotted hat
10 Sequential 59 Refine metals 108 Promise
11 Annoyer 62 Fishing gear 110 Worn out
12 Before now 63 Plunges 111 Died for a cause
13 White bears 66 Passageways 113 Shoot
14 Tap gently 68 Corners 115 Mountaintop nest
15 Solid water 70 Prickly pod 117 Correct
16 Bauble 71 Wet snow 118 Pause
20 Serious 72 Evaporate (A TABLE 120 Encounter
21 Choir step anagram) 122 Obligation
27 Two footed 73 Brain condition result- 123 Another of 22 across
29 Crustacean ing from alcohol abuse 124 Uncooked
31 Passage 74 Smallest 126 Vase
35 Stirred, not shaken 75 Devil 127 Anger
36 Body of knowledge 77 Not apt 129 Mature, wise, arrived
38 Citrus 84 Not in 130 Naught

key is to work on developing a strategy that reduces the
work and increases the fun. Notice that the bulk of these
“words” do not form English words. You can improve your
search by developing strategies using what you know about
English words. For example, many words start with tr, but
none with rt Find a word starting with tr.
This is the type of activity your brain thrives on. When
you design your own strategies for playing a game, you exer-
cise your brain in a way it has never been exercised before.
Think a while and see whether you can find another strategy