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Answers to Pearls50:
1. explosive device (4 letters) MINE
2. initative (8 letters) GUMPTION
3. where the furnace is (8 letters) BASEMENT
4. of supreme importance (7 letters) CRUCIAL
5. intensely hot (6 letters) TORRID
6. Isadora Duncan’s art (7 letters) DANCING
7. loan security (10 letters) COLLATERAL
Answers to Pearls49:
1. 1/8 mile (7 letters) FURLONG
2. Monopoly action (4 letters) ROLL
3. enthusiastic (7 letters) FERVENT
4. steamed (6 letters) PEEVED
5. business enterprise (7 letters) COMPANY
6. give new life to (8 letters) RENOVATE
7. etagere pieces (11 letters) KNICKKNACKS
Answers to Pearls48:
1. science of matter and energy (7 letters) PHYSICS
2. from birth to death (8 letters) LIFELONG
3. gather into a whole (9 letters) AGGREGATE
4. whole amount (8 letters) TOTALITY
5. fancy clothes (6 letters) FINERY
6. china piece (5 letters) PLATE
7. Enterprise engineer (6 letters) SCOTTY
Answers to Pearls47:
1. complete uinit (9 letters) INTEGRAL
2. like a rhinestone (9 letters) SPARKLING
3. motorcycle maker (8 letters) KAWASAKI
4. satisfaction (11 letters) CONTENTMENT
5. dental repair (5 letters) CROWN
6. hutch set (5 letters) CHINA
7. utmost (7 letters) MAXIMUM
Answers to Pearls46:
1. engine variety (6 letters) DIESEL
2. size or style of printing (8 letters) TYPEFACE
3. explosive liquid, briefly (5 letters) NITRO
4. means of livelihood (10 letters) SUSTENANCE
5. cream soda flavoring (7 letters) VANILLA
6. chicken purchase (5 letters) FRYER
7. pleasing to the ear (9 letters) MELODIOUS
Answers to Pearls45:
1. fruit (10 letters) WATERMELON
2. fruit (9 letters) NECTARINE
3. fruit (9 letters) BLUEBERRY
4. fruit (7 letters) APRICOT
5. fruit (6 letters) CHERRY
6. fruit (4 letters) PEAR
7. fruit (4 letters) PLUM
Answers to Pearls44:
1. change from better to worse (7 letters) SETBACK
2. get in the way of (6 letters) HINDER
3. fleshy fruit (4 letters) POME
4. extremely cold (7 letters) GLACIAL
5. realize (6 letters) ATTAIN
6. making money (10 letters) PROFITABLE
7. deli roll (5 letters) BAGEL ROLL
Answers to Pearls43:
1. small pieces of jewelry (8 letters) TRINKETS
2. cord leading to dynamite (4 letters) FUSE
3. baseball cap part (5 letters) VISOR
4. sullen look (5 letters) LOWER 5. untidy (8 letters) SLOVENLY
6. put on hold (9 letters) SUSPENDED
7. parcel of land (5 letters) TRACT
Answers to Pearls42:
1. sign of bad sunburn (7 letters) BLISTER
2. James in “Public Enemy” (6 letters) CAGNEY
3. fond of chatter (9 letters) GARRULOUS
4. make a burbling noise (6 letters) GURGLE
5. talented (6 letters) GIFTED
6. darn, as a sock (4 letters) MEND
7. costume party (10 letters) MASQUERADE
Answers to Pearls41:
1. eat like a chicken (4 letters) PECK
2. of great significance (9 letters) MOMENTOUS
3. pain in the neck (8 letters) NUISANCE
4. baby food (6 letters) PABLUM
5. part of USA (6 letters) UNITED
6. twister (7 letters) CYCLONE
7. Life playing pieces (4 letters) CARS