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We've taken three crossword clues for the same word and run them together. The number of letters in the answer word is in parentheses.

Example: Open a hot dog, Mr. Sinatra

Answer: FRANK (open as in candid/honest) (a hot dog = frank) (Frank Sinatra)

1. Features leading ladies' heavenly bodies (5)
2. Alkali foundation of home plate (4)
3. Recline where a golf ball lands and tell a fib (3)
4. Fill in short legal document (5)
5. Mr. Hope cut short bite at floating apple (3)

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William Armstrong Visual Thinking 7 - Hard Laser & Mirrors William Armstrong Maze 1 - Very Easy Zebra Maze Brain Trainer Book Maze 1 - Very Easy Olympic Rings Maze Brain Trainer Book Maze 1 - Very Easy Cretan Labyrinth Maze Classic - Daedalus? Maze 1 - Very Easy Hampton Court Maze Classic - London and Wise Maze 2 - Easy Flower Box Maze William Armstrong Maze 3 - Easy to Medium Mini Mental Blocks Mojave Brainteasers Maze 3 - Easy to Medium One Difference Maze William Armstrong Maze 4 - Medium Mental Blocks 2 Perplexercises Book Maze 5 - Medium Valentine Maze Brain Trainer Book Maze 10 - Hardest Alphahextic Maze William Armstrong Pattern Recognition 4 - Medium Alphabetical Order William Armstrong Pattern Recognition 4 - Medium Common Factor William Armstrong Pattern Recognition 4 - Medium Rune Pattern Classic Pattern Recognition 4 - Medium Number Grouping Classic Pattern Recognition 5 - Medium WITNLIT Pattern Recognition Brain Trainer Book Pattern Recognition 6 - Medium to Hard No Network Pattern William Armstrong Pattern Recognition 6 - Medium to Hard 4 by 4 Grouping Puzzle William Armstrong Pattern Recognition 6 - Medium to Hard Design Details William Armstrong Pattern Recognition 6 - Medium to Hard Remember to Relate William Armstrong Pattern Recognition 6 - Medium to Hard State the Headlines William Armstrong Pattern Recognition 7 - Hard Initially Puzzling Numbers William Armstrong Pattern Recognition 7 - Hard Odd Men Out William Armstrong Pattern Recognition 8 - Very Hard Speaking of Letters William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 2 - Easy December Rebus Absolute Rebus Puzzles Rebus Picture Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Starter Rebuses Brain Trainer Book Rebus Picture Puzzle 4 - Medium Boxed Rebuses Brain Trainer Book Rebus Picture Puzzle 4 - Medium Three Related Rebuses Absolute Rebus Puzzles Rebus Picture Puzzle 4 - Medium Rebus Category 2 William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 4 - Medium Promo Rebus Absolute Rebus Puzzles Rebus Picture Puzzle 5 - Medium Rebus Category William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 5 - Medium Color Rebus Puzzles William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 5 - Medium Two Theme Rebus Puzzles William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 5 - Medium Sam Loyd Rebus Classic - Loyd Rebus Picture Puzzle 5 - Medium Category Rebuses William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Boxed Rebuses 6 Perplexercises Book Rebus Picture Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Count 10 Rebus Puzzle William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 7 - Hard Rebus Category 3 William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 7 - Hard Rebus Idioms 1 William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 7 - Hard Rebus Idioms 2 William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 7 - Hard Rebus Grab Bag William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 7 - Hard The Dating Game William Armstrong Rebus Picture Puzzle 7 - Hard Musical Rebus Classic - 1800's Germany Rebus Picture Puzzle 8 - Very Hard Tough Rebus Puzzles William Armstrong Word Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium A2D0 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 4 - Medium What GOES Around William Armstrong Word Puzzle 4 - Medium Owling at the Sun William Armstrong Word Puzzle 4 - Medium Word Expansion William Armstrong Word Puzzle 4 - Medium Bare Midriffs 1 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Bare Midriffs 2 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Bare Midriffs 3 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Bare Midriffs 4 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Word Build 3x3 No. 1 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Word Build 3x3 No. 2 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Word Build 3x3 No. 3 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Word Build 3x3 No. 4 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Word Build 3x3 No. 5 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Add-a-Letter Anagram 1 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Add-a-Letter Anagram 2 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium 2-Letter Prefix 1 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium 2-Letter Prefix 2 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium 2 Letters/2 Words William Armstrong Word Puzzle 5 - Medium Circular Overlap William Armstrong Word Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Word Centers William Armstrong Word Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Word Evolution William Armstrong Word Puzzle 7 - Hard Fix the Prefix William Armstrong Word Puzzle 7 - Hard Word Guts 1-2-3 #1 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 7 - Hard Word Guts 1-2-3 #2 William Armstrong Word Puzzle 7 - Hard Spanagrams William Armstrong Crossword Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Star Crossed Brain Trainer Book Crossword Puzzle 5 - Medium Triple Crossword Clues William Armstrong Crossword Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Mini Cryptic 3x3 Crossword William Armstrong Crossword Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Holiday-Themed Cryptic Crossword Clues William Armstrong Crossword Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Mini Cryptic Crossword William Armstrong Crossword Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Cryptic Square 1 William Armstrong Crossword Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Cryptic Square 2 William Armstrong Crossword Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Cryptic Square 3 William Armstrong Crossword Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Cryptic Crossword #9 William Armstrong Crossword Puzzle 7 - Hard Happy Holidays (Cryptic) Brain Trainer Book Crossword Puzzle 7 - Hard Cryptic Crossword Square 5 Perplexercises Book Crossword Puzzle 7 - Hard Cryptic Crossword #2 William Armstrong Riddle 2 - Easy Middle Foot Riddle Classic Riddle 3 - Easy to Medium Never Walks Riddle Classic Riddle 3 - Easy to Medium Guess Book Riddle Classic - Guess Book Riddle 4 - Medium One Liner Riddles Classic Riddle 4 - Medium Almost Nothing William Armstrong Riddle 4 - Medium Center of Gravity Classic - Dudeney Riddle 4 - Medium All Gain Riddle Classic Riddle 4 - Medium How Many Letters? Classic Riddle 5 - Medium Time and Space Brain Trainer Book Riddle 5 - Medium Charade Riddle William Armstrong Riddle 5 - Medium Two-Letter Riddle William Armstrong Riddle 5 - Medium Two Brothers Classic - Carroll Riddle 5 - Medium What Is It? Riddle Classic Riddle 5 - Medium Airy Creatures Classic - Swift Riddle 5 - Medium Single Surgery Riddle Classic - Loyd Riddle 5 - Medium Double Surgery Riddle Classic - Loyd Riddle 5 - Medium Sam Loyd Charades Classic - Loyd Riddle 5 - Medium Strange Addition Classic Riddle 6 - Medium to Hard Gallery Riddle Brain Trainer Book Riddle 6 - Medium to Hard Pay Me Riddle Perplexercises Book Riddle 6 - Medium To the Wood Classic Riddle 6 - Medium to Hard Basic Poetry William Armstrong Riddle 6 - Medium to Hard Discrimination Riddle William Armstrong Riddle 6 - Medium to Hard Message in a Bottle Classic - Loyd Riddle 6 - Medium to Hard Fanshawe's Riddle Classic - Fanshawe Riddle 6 - Medium to Hard Lord Macaulay's Riddle Classic - Macaulay Riddle 7 - Hard Swell Situation? William Armstrong Riddle 7 - Hard Restrain & Release William Armstrong Riddle 7 - Hard Sound Reasoning Brain Trainer Book Disguised Writing 3 - Easy to Medium Mondegreen Phrases Puzzle William Armstrong Disguised Writing 4 - Medium Hidden Fish Puzzle Perplexercises Book Disguised Writing 4 - Medium Hidden Countries William Armstrong Disguised Writing 5 - Medium Two One-Liners Cryptogram William Armstrong Disguised Writing 7 - Hard Jigsaw Message William Armstrong Disguised Writing 9 - Challenger Jigsaw Message 3 Brain Trainer Book Science Puzzle 2 - Easy Annular Eclipse William Armstrong Science Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Centrifuge Balancing Classic Science Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Science Riddle Classic - Webster Science Puzzle 4 - Medium Orbits Classic Science Puzzle 4 - Medium Midnight Planets Classic - Sinclair Science Puzzle 5 - Medium pHoneymoons 5 William Armstrong Science Puzzle 5 - Medium Eclipse Image William Armstrong Science Puzzle 5 - Medium Balloon Puzzle Classic Science Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Murphy Goldberg Brain Trainer Book Science Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Loco Motives William Armstrong Geometry 2 - Easy Back to Square One Puzzle Brain Trainer Book Geometry 2 - Easy Cube Volume Puzzle Classic Geometry 3 - Easy to Medium Trapezoid Triangle Classic Geometry 4 - Medium Diagonals of a Cube Classic Geometry 4 - Medium 4 to 3 Squares Classic - Loyd Geometry 4 - Medium Crop Circle/Squares Mojave Brainteasers Geometry 4 - Medium Square Area Classic Geometry 4 - Medium Cross the Moat Classic Geometry 5 - Medium One-Cut Checkerboard William Armstrong Geometry 5 - Medium Guido Mosaics Classic - Loyd Geometry 5 - Medium Splitting the Farm Classic Geometry 5 - Medium Tilted Rectangle Classic Geometry 5 - Medium Square Corners Classic Geometry 5 - Medium Swiss Flag Classic - Loyd Geometry 6 - Medium to Hard 5 Times 4-in-a-Line Classic - Dudeney Geometry 6 - Medium to Hard Annulus Classic Geometry 6 - Medium to Hard Ladder Slippage Classic Geometry 7 - Hard Vase to Square Classic - Dudeney/Loyd Geometry 7 - Hard Two Squares to One Classic - Dudeney/Loyd Geometry 8 - Very Hard Loyd's Greek Cross Classic - Loyd Math Puzzle 2 - Easy Three Moves Puzzle Classic Math Puzzle 2 - Easy Change a Dollar Classic Math Puzzle 2 - Easy One Cup Pouring Classic Math Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Sum Boxes 1 William Armstrong Math Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Sum Boxes 2 William Armstrong Math Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Sum Boxes 3 William Armstrong Math Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium ConneXions William Armstrong Math Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Counting Sheep Classic Math Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Math Hopscotch Classic Math Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Cigarette Making Classic Math Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Eight Loaves Classic - Dudeney Math Puzzle 4 - Medium Beer Barrel Classic - Dudeney Math Puzzle 4 - Medium Two Equal Sums Classic - Dudeney Math Puzzle 4 - Medium Curious Number Classic - Kordemsky Math Puzzle 4 - Medium Dudeney Sums Classic - Dudeney Math Puzzle 5 - Medium Cutting Blocks William Armstrong Math Puzzle 5 - Medium Divisible by 15 Classic - Dudeney Math Puzzle 5 - Medium Cryptogram Math Classic Math Puzzle 5 - Medium Loyd's Archery Puzzle Classic - Loyd Math Puzzle 5 - Medium Domestic Complication Classic - Loyd Math Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard SAT Math Puzzle William Armstrong Math Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard 4 Gallons Out Puzzle William Armstrong Math Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Squares 100 William Armstrong Math Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Square Sums William Armstrong Math Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Divide the Wine Classic - Dudeney Math Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Trains Approaching Classic Math Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard X times Y = X minus Y Brain Trainer Book Math Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Diamonds/Rubies Classic - Loyd Math Puzzle 7 - Hard Three Equations William Armstrong Math Puzzle 7 - Hard Letter Long Division William Armstrong Math Puzzle 7 - Hard Innkeeper's Puzzle Classic - Dudeney Math Puzzle 7 - Hard Missing Numbers Classic - Loyd Math Puzzle 7 - Hard Weighing Machine Classic - Loyd Math Puzzle 7 - Hard 8, 8, 3, 3 Puzzle Classic Lateral Thinking 2 - Easy Curious Equation Perplexercises Book Lateral Thinking 2 - Easy Shape Sequence William Armstrong Lateral Thinking 3 - Easy to Medium Dot Squares Classic Lateral Thinking 3 - Easy to Medium Cut the Clock Classic Lateral Thinking 3 - Easy to Medium The Bookworm Classic Lateral Thinking 3 - Easy to Medium Rapid Aging Classic Lateral Thinking 4 - Medium Foyle's War Classic - Dudeney Lateral Thinking 4 - Medium Hourglasses 4, 7 Classic Lateral Thinking 4 - Medium One-Move Equation Classic Lateral Thinking 5 - Medium English Motorist William Armstrong Lateral Thinking 5 - Medium Egyptian Dice William Armstrong Lateral Thinking 5 - Medium Air Flight Alibi William Armstrong Lateral Thinking 5 - Medium Cubes in Cups Classic - Dudeney Lateral Thinking 5 - Medium Flipping Glasses Classic Lateral Thinking 5 - Medium Alternating Glasses Classic Lateral Thinking 6 - Medium to Hard Appealing Number William Armstrong Lateral Thinking 6 - Medium to Hard Between 4 and 5 Classic Lateral Thinking 6 - Medium to Hard Four Triangles Classic Lateral Thinking 6 - Medium to Hard Peas and Beans Classic Lateral Thinking 8 - Very Hard Patch Quilt Classic - Loyd Lateral Thinking 9 - Challenger Eight Lights Puzzle Classic - Dudeney Logic Puzzle 2 - Easy Socks and Gloves Classic Logic Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Kids and Pets William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium 6-Number Triangle Classic Logic Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Catch the Pig Classic - Dudeney Logic Puzzle 3 - Easy to Medium Heavy Coin Classic Logic Puzzle 4 - Medium Sign Language Brain Trainer Book Logic Puzzle 4 - Medium Four Cards William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 4 - Medium Mislabeled Boxes Classic Logic Puzzle 4 - Medium Card Proof Classic Logic Puzzle 5 - Medium Mystery Logic 1 William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 5 - Medium 4-Card Logic 2 William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 5 - Medium Election Logic William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 5 - Medium Faulty Calculator William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 5 - Medium Card Spotting Classic - Price Logic Puzzle 5 - Medium Grid of Shapes Classic - Dudeney Logic Puzzle 5 - Medium Path 18 Classic Logic Puzzle 5 - Medium Bridge/Lantern Classic - Levmore/Cook Logic Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Mystery Logic 2 William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Mystery Logic 3 William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Second Story Man William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Dots and Boxes Classic - Loyd Logic Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Star Sums Classic - Dudeney Logic Puzzle 6 - Medium to Hard Full Circuit Classic - Dudeney Logic Puzzle 7 - Hard Race Cars Logic William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 7 - Hard Domino Jigsaw William Armstrong Logic Puzzle 7 - Hard Ovid's Game Classic - Dudeney Logic Puzzle 7 - Hard 12 Coin Balance Classic Logic Puzzle 7 - Hard Trimmed Checkerboard Classic - Black Logic Puzzle 9 - Challenger Fahra Weigh Places Brain Trainer Book Logic Puzzle 9 - Challenger Put Your Cards on the Table Perplexercises Book Miscellaneous 4 - Medium Matchstick 5 from 6 (Misc) William Armstrong Miscellaneous 4 - Medium National Mergers William Armstrong Miscellaneous 4 - Medium Checker Exchange Classic Miscellaneous 5 - Medium Dudeney-Loyd Checkers Classic - Dudeney/Loyd Miscellaneous 5 - Medium Ten Coins-Five Stacks Classic Miscellaneous 5 - Medium Coin Bags Classic Miscellaneous 7 - Hard Map Rally Example 2 Perplexercises Book Miscellaneous 7 - Hard Dicey Situation William Armstrong Miscellaneous 10 - Hardest Cube-Ball (Mechanical) William Armstrong

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