Off the hook Crossword Clue

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Off the hook Crossword Answer

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RELIEVED

(8 letters)

EXEMPT

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. set afire or burning
2. provided with artificial light
(noun)
1. the humanistic study of a body of literature

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HOOK (noun)
1. anything that serves as an enticement
2. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
HOOK (verb)
1. make off with belongings of others
2. approach with an offer of sexual favors
OFF (verb)
1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
OFF (adverb)
1. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth’ is obsolete)
2. at a distance in space or time
OFF (adjective)
1. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
2. in an unpalatable state

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

RELIEVED
(8 letters)
EXEMPT
(6 letters)

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27. Winning coach in Super Bowls VII and VIII

29. Sister of Charles III

30. IRS or TSA worker

32. Cocky claim

33. Emblematic spirits

35. Resort hotel amenity

36. Seasonal hire, e.g.

37. Questionable hockey equipment?

42. Taqueria buy

44. Perfumery products

46. Bolt in sprints

47. Some choirboys

48. Money from a checkout clerk

49. Italian neorealist director Rossellini

51. Attacks from the side

53. Like a C in physics?

54. Consider

56. Now or before

57. Scheming company?

60. Sheltered, on ships

62. Jargon suffix

63. Daughter of cheesecake baker Charlie Lubin

64. Gives (out)

67. By means of

70. Small stream

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76. QB goofs

78. Green shade

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81. Untroubled

82. Prepare for a bumpy ride

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95. Pained cries

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Down

1. Stand-up’s handful

2. Goof

3. Classic 1950 film noir

4. Brothers’ keeper?

5. High returns

6. Prevented from progressing

7. Becomes slick, in a way

8. Singer signer

9. Not available

10. Georgia airport code

11. Getting by with minimal effort

12. Hammer and Spade, e.g.

13. Hog on the highway

14. Some girders

15. Fidelity offering

16. Verbal fanfare

17. Port of Yemen

18. "Freak on a Leash" band

19. Gaelic tongue

24. Designer Kamali

28. Led the party

30. Twin of Artemis

31. Pump addition

34. Ready-to-retire pencil

35. Place for notes

36. Windows strip

37. Staves off

38. “Oh, that clears things up”

39. Make a cameo, say

40. They may fly over beaches

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74. Donates the funding for

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