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SMART
5 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
CleverCrossword Clue
IntelligentCrossword Clue
SharpCrossword Clue
Tricked out with the latest technology, sayCrossword Clue
Sharp as a tackCrossword Clue
Computer-controlled electric vehicles put in reverseCrossword Clue
Quick on the uptakeCrossword Clue

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CEREBRAL
8 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Intellectual British introduced to Count Chocula or Boo BerryCrossword Clue
Intellectual bookworm primarily gripped by Le Carre novelCrossword Clue
Rye, perhaps, welcomes British intellectualCrossword Clue
Brainy brother drinking rye? The oppositeCrossword Clue
Brainy Anglican relative wins cupsCrossword Clue
IntellectualCrossword Clue
Requiring intellectCrossword Clue
Half serving of bran added to grain of loafCrossword Clue
Intellectual British interrupting breakfast, oftenCrossword Clue

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BRIGHTASABUTTON
15 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Alert volunteers with instruments going around in resortCrossword Clue

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CLEVER
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Adroit, intelligentCrossword Clue
IngeniousCrossword Clue
BrightCrossword Clue
Smart Conservative overcoming Left alwaysCrossword Clue
College student's constantly brilliantCrossword Clue
AstuteCrossword Clue
Sharp-wittedCrossword Clue
Some domestic leverets, by no means hare-brainedCrossword Clue
ShrewdCrossword Clue

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NERDY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like someone who geeks out watching "Jeopardy!"Crossword Clue
Prone to geeking outCrossword Clue
"White & ___" (2006 Weird Al Yankovic parody)Crossword Clue
Quirkily enthusiastic about science, maybeCrossword Clue
GeekyCrossword Clue
Into niche topics, perhapsCrossword Clue
Like a crossword enthusiast, sayCrossword Clue
Like VelmaCrossword Clue
Really, really into crosswords, sayCrossword Clue
Passionately brainyCrossword Clue

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SHARP
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like good knives and pupilsCrossword Clue
Like some cheddarCrossword Clue
Accidental – tartCrossword Clue
#, on a music scoreCrossword Clue
#VanityFair's star figureCrossword Clue
What "#" can meanCrossword Clue
#smartandstylishCrossword Clue
Like some aged cheddarCrossword Clue
Like some cheddar and knivesCrossword Clue
Like most knivesCrossword Clue

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SHARPASATACK
12 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Really brainyCrossword Clue

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SMARTASAWHIP
12 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Sting?Crossword Clue

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BRIGHT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Promising book fairCrossword Clue
See 8Crossword Clue
CleverCrossword Clue
VividCrossword Clue
Bravo — just dazzling!Crossword Clue
Born just as cleverCrossword Clue
Vivid blue, red, indigo, green at edges of haircutCrossword Clue
Clear run into bayCrossword Clue
Clever bishop? CorrectCrossword Clue
Principal on board, sure cleverCrossword Clue

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ACADEMIC
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Purely hypotheticalCrossword Clue
Irrelevant fellow?Crossword Clue
eg fellow that's practically irrelevantCrossword Clue
University faculty memberCrossword Clue
A cricket club welcoming assembled media for university fellowCrossword Clue
Of purely theoretical interestCrossword Clue
Scholarly person and a rotter butchered miceCrossword Clue
Not relevant, relating to education?Crossword Clue
HypotheticalCrossword Clue
Unexpectedly, I came across rogue professorCrossword Clue

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DOLPHIN
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Aquatic being, part of Little Mermaid toy that’s caught?Crossword Clue
Pile or buoy for mooring boatsCrossword Clue
Animal with a sophisticated language of whistles and clicksCrossword Clue
Strangely upholding skinless mammal, in the mainCrossword Clue
Marine mammal that makes bubble ringsCrossword Clue
No good holding stew containing pea, say, one in a pod?Crossword Clue
Don and Phil breaking up - one may entertain cruise passengersCrossword Clue
Don keeps Phil off this creatureCrossword Clue
Toy with some fish, say? It's not a fishCrossword Clue
Toy with some fish, say? Its not a fishCrossword Clue

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DOLPHINS
8 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Marine mammals with highly complex emotional processing systemsCrossword Clue
Actor Lundgren + Elected officialsCrossword Clue
Only N.F.L. team with a perfect seasonCrossword Clue
Sea creatures disturbing gutless lad on shipCrossword Clue
Working on DPhils - theyre supposedly intelligentCrossword Clue
Old ship at sea coming across new sea creaturesCrossword Clue

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DWEEB
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Nerdy typeCrossword Clue
Dorky typeCrossword Clue
Dorky typeCrossword Clue
Nerdy typeCrossword Clue
GeekCrossword Clue
SquareCrossword Clue
Square peg in a social circle?Crossword Clue
Goober of a personCrossword Clue
Dorky oneCrossword Clue
Uncool sortCrossword Clue

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EINSTEIN
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Who published articles in German about scientific topics originally?Crossword Clue
Physicist in 90s, sprightlyCrossword Clue
"On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" authorCrossword Clue
Winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize for physicsCrossword Clue
Swiss physicistCrossword Clue
About one oddly intense GeniusCrossword Clue
Scientist, one mistakenly called a monster, not honest about egoCrossword Clue
Eccentric Nineties physicistCrossword Clue
Genius stumped when probing articles abroadCrossword Clue
Theorist in nineties, surprisinglyCrossword Clue

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EINSTEINS
9 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Super-smart individuals one German mugsCrossword Clue

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GENIUSES
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Ultra-smart peopleCrossword Clue
Fancy seeing us as clever people!Crossword Clue
BrainiacsCrossword Clue
Soldier, taking measure, employs brainsCrossword Clue
Classes including individual with brainsCrossword Clue
Whizzes in, segues outCrossword Clue
Workers at an Apple bar?Crossword Clue
Information one employs for great mindsCrossword Clue

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IDEA
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"I haven't the foggiest ___"Crossword Clue
Creative developmentCrossword Clue
Creative sparkCrossword Clue
BrainchildCrossword Clue
Brainstorming resultCrossword Clue
Bright ___Crossword Clue
Jumping-off point for an inventorCrossword Clue
Brainstorming outputCrossword Clue
Flash of inspirationCrossword Clue
"Eureka!" elicitorCrossword Clue

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IDEAS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Brainstorm outputsCrossword Clue
NotionsCrossword Clue
Mental flashesCrossword Clue
Brain productsCrossword Clue
Brain wavesCrossword Clue
Creative thoughtsCrossword Clue
Bits of creativityCrossword Clue
Noodle nuggetsCrossword Clue
They might be brightCrossword Clue
“Aha” elicitorsCrossword Clue

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INTELLECT
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
SmartsCrossword Clue
Someone smart, allowed to rise, taken in by corrupt clientCrossword Clue
Current report by doctor etc. makes senseCrossword Clue
Reason client let outCrossword Clue
"Brilliance client somehow overcomes constraint; overturns "Crossword Clue
Terry in a familiar way retained by fancy client for brainpowerCrossword Clue
At home, instruct, excite oddly, showing brainpowerCrossword Clue
WitsCrossword Clue
Brain in folk hero William addled etcCrossword Clue
Popular report's shocking treatment for great thinkerCrossword Clue

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LISA
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Animated sax playerCrossword Clue
Younger sister to Bart, older sister to MaggieCrossword Clue
Maggie Simpson's sisterCrossword Clue
Lead rapper for BlackpinkCrossword Clue
TV journalist LingCrossword Clue
"The Simpsons" characterCrossword Clue
Member of K-pop's BlackpinkCrossword Clue
Milhouse’s crushCrossword Clue
Loeb of musicCrossword Clue
Actress KudrowCrossword Clue

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MASTERMIND
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Code-breaking gameCrossword Clue
Brains of the operationCrossword Clue
Intellectual adult leaving disarmament in confusionCrossword Clue
Head for sticky end without us entering crazy quiz showCrossword Clue
Brains in cranium, as term indicatesCrossword Clue
Show with questions flower maiden memoryCrossword Clue
Mothers period home given to daughter, very bright person!Crossword Clue
Plan for teacher to look after childCrossword Clue
Reform as term in Dartmoor detains ringleaderCrossword Clue
Plot out Moms tenure in depthCrossword Clue

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MENSA
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
High-I.Q. societyCrossword Clue
Elite group whose members include Steve Martin and Geena DavisCrossword Clue
High-IQ groupCrossword Clue
Bright circle?Crossword Clue
Smart societyCrossword Clue
High-IQ groupCrossword Clue
Brainy groupCrossword Clue
Smart societyCrossword Clue
Brainy groupCrossword Clue
Intelligent groupCrossword Clue

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MENSAN
6 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Smart set memberCrossword Clue
Person with a mental bloc?Crossword Clue

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NERD
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Bite on a rope or clusterCrossword Clue
Adorkable personCrossword Clue
Young Sheldon, for oneCrossword Clue
Dorky sortCrossword Clue
Passionate student, perhapsCrossword Clue
Square oneCrossword Clue
BrainiacCrossword Clue
Geek chic fan, maybeCrossword Clue
PoindexterCrossword Clue
Stereotypical sci-fi fanCrossword Clue

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PHD
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Degree for many a profCrossword Clue
Degree held by Dominiqua M. GriffinCrossword Clue
High degCrossword Clue
High degreeCrossword Clue
High academic degreeCrossword Clue
Deg. for Rachel MaddowCrossword Clue
Higher ed degreeCrossword Clue
Post-M.A. pursuitCrossword Clue
Degree above an M.ACrossword Clue
Degree earned after a dissertation defense (Abbr.)Crossword Clue

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ROCKETSCIENTIST
15 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Arugula researcher at Cambridge?Crossword Clue
Stereotypical geniusCrossword Clue
Über-geniusCrossword Clue
One aims for space playing cricket in tests, bagging duckCrossword Clue

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SAGEBRUSH
9 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Nevada state flowerCrossword Clue
Wise man having confrontation in plantCrossword Clue
Wild shrubs over time grow in wildernessCrossword Clue
Plant in river being cultivated by wise old presidentCrossword Clue
Nevada's state flowerCrossword Clue

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SAGES
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Wise onesCrossword Clue
Solomonic figuresCrossword Clue
Wise folksCrossword Clue
Wise onesCrossword Clue
Wise guysCrossword Clue
Wise mentorsCrossword Clue
Learned onesCrossword Clue
Some yoga poses are named for themCrossword Clue
Wise peopleCrossword Clue
Wise onesCrossword Clue

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THINKINGCARP
12 Letters

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THINKTANK
9 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Place for policy wonksCrossword Clue
Policy group’s tip for fitting out aquarium?Crossword Clue
Group providing political adviceCrossword Clue
The Heritage Foundation, for oneCrossword Clue
Research institute ... or, when read as a direction, a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred cluesCrossword Clue
*Place for policy wonksCrossword Clue
It researches and reports on policy issuesCrossword Clue
Fine king taken over reservoir, a source of solution to problems?Crossword Clue
Brainstorming institutionCrossword Clue

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THOUGHT
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Blair’s enforcers, lacking aspiration, hope light touch worksCrossword Clue
Something seen in a bubble above a cartoon headCrossword Clue
ReasoningCrossword Clue
Meditation requires but little timeCrossword Clue
however tempting at first considerationCrossword Clue
Believed ruffian about hotel barCrossword Clue
However tense, meditation can help with itCrossword Clue
Concept, but ahead of timeCrossword Clue
But whats the ultimate point of that idea?Crossword Clue
Still time for meditationCrossword Clue

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WIT
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
ClevernessCrossword Clue
CardCrossword Clue
ClevernessCrossword Clue
ClevernessCrossword Clue
Clever humorCrossword Clue
"Biting" characteristicCrossword Clue
ClevernessCrossword Clue
Clever humorCrossword Clue
ClevernessCrossword Clue
Talent for banterCrossword Clue

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MENSANS
7 Letters

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EEG
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Hosp. testCrossword Clue
Hosp. diagnosticCrossword Clue
Brain scan, for shortCrossword Clue
Neuro scanCrossword Clue
Brain activity scanCrossword Clue
Brain scan lettersCrossword Clue
Neuro lettersCrossword Clue
Brain scan, for shortCrossword Clue
A migraine sufferer might take one, for shortCrossword Clue
Brain activity scan (Abbr.)Crossword Clue

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EGGHEAD
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ivory tower sortCrossword Clue
E-genius?Crossword Clue
For one Guardian leader on top teacher, it’s intellectualCrossword Clue
IntellectualCrossword Clue
Recalled what dissecting knife cut: brainsCrossword Clue
Knife cut drawn up over ambassadors brainCrossword Clue
Breakfast food boss offers EinsteinCrossword Clue
Intellectual, say, with permission to proceed, ignoring old articleCrossword Clue
Brainy chap giving you an E?Crossword Clue
Intellectual like Humpty Dumpty?Crossword Clue

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SMURF
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Blue cartoon characterCrossword Clue
Blue man group member?Crossword Clue
Character who's blue in the face?Crossword Clue
Any one of several characters from a Belgian cartoon franchise by PeyoCrossword Clue
Small blue Belgian comic cartoon creatureCrossword Clue
Blue cartoon creatureCrossword Clue
Character in a mushroom-shaped houseCrossword Clue
Small guy who’s blue in the faceCrossword Clue
Inhabitant of a mushroom-shaped houseCrossword Clue
Quarry of cartoondom's GargamelCrossword Clue

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NERDS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Jocks' counterparts, stereotypicallyCrossword Clue
Stereotypical bookwormsCrossword Clue
Wonks ... or a candy once owned by the Willy Wonka Candy CompanyCrossword Clue
Dorky folksCrossword Clue
Big name in tiny candiesCrossword Clue
Colorful candy with a Gummy Clusters varietyCrossword Clue
They hit the booksCrossword Clue
Wonka candy with a dweeby nameCrossword Clue
___ Gummy ClustersCrossword Clue
Passionate hobbyistsCrossword Clue

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MEDULLAE
8 Letters

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PHDS
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Third degrees?Crossword Clue
Profs' degreesCrossword Clue
Many think-tank hires, in briefCrossword Clue
Degs. for many professorsCrossword Clue
Grad. degreesCrossword Clue
Degrees with dissertation defensesCrossword Clue
Degrees for many profsCrossword Clue
Advanced degsCrossword Clue
Degrees conferred after successful defensesCrossword Clue
Many profsCrossword Clue

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BIRYANI
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
South Asian rice dishCrossword Clue
Indian rice dishCrossword Clue
South Asian mixed rice dishCrossword Clue
Rice dish made by Rani by 1Crossword Clue
Dish sent back, Boatman saying: "No meat"Crossword Clue
Dish sent back, Boatman saying: No meat”Crossword Clue
No bone found when going over single dishCrossword Clue
Indian dish served back in a yard by guyCrossword Clue
Undecided man, I entertain another to foodCrossword Clue
Brainy cooks with Indias capital dishCrossword Clue

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BRILLIANT
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Diamond cutCrossword Clue
AmazingCrossword Clue
Outstanding lakes in Britain pollutedCrossword Clue
Splendid bishop laughing about evilCrossword Clue
Splendid fish pursued by one workerCrossword Clue
Sparkling book with tirade about bad oneCrossword Clue
British stream aint unfortunately sparklingCrossword Clue
Fish worker hauls in one diamondCrossword Clue
Fish worker hauls in one diamondCrossword Clue
Inspired Messiah? Not him, sick inside and tenseCrossword Clue

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GLIA
4 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Brain tissue turning sickly, in needing to be removedCrossword Clue
First-class large backing for brainy stuffCrossword Clue
Cells that protect neuronsCrossword Clue
Nerve tissueCrossword Clue
Cells that protect neuronsCrossword Clue

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INTELLIGENTSIA
14 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
An elite listing, perhaps??Crossword Clue
Bright bunch working for TV hearing news as it breaksCrossword Clue
Litigate with Lenins badly educated peopleCrossword Clue
Eggheads showing foolish elitist leaningCrossword Clue
Cognoscenti confused senile litigantCrossword Clue
People really smart and elegant in list I revisedCrossword Clue
International tangle? Listen, I straightened out this clever setCrossword Clue
Elitist-leaning set?Crossword Clue
Complicated lines gain title for eggheadsCrossword Clue
Complicated lines gain title for eggheadsCrossword Clue

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BINARYNOTATION
14 Letters

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CEREBELLAR
10 Letters

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WHITEMATTER
11 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can beCrossword Clue
Treat me with transplanted nerve tissueCrossword Clue

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RIYADH
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Capital of Saudi ArabiaCrossword Clue
The Saudi capitalCrossword Clue
Saudi Arabia’s capitalCrossword Clue
The capital of Saudi ArabiaCrossword Clue
Saudi Arabia's capitalCrossword Clue
Saudi capitalCrossword Clue
The Saudi capitalCrossword Clue
One capital in Asia, dry, unusually hotCrossword Clue
Bad hair day, having abandoned a city in the Middle EastCrossword Clue
Doctor Hardy touring Indias capitalCrossword Clue

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CEREBELLA
9 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Brainy parts of engineers in basement not fully takenCrossword Clue
This French beer damaged and completely upset portions of the brainCrossword Clue

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LABYRINTH
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Jim Henson film starring Jennifer ConnellyCrossword Clue
Windy location of myth?Crossword Clue
MazeCrossword Clue
LA Times runs cryptic hint: misleading passages here?Crossword Clue
MazeCrossword Clue
Minotaur's abodeCrossword Clue
Lab with a little yellow rat at the start in the endless mazeCrossword Clue
Strip contains unusual briny and convoluted passageCrossword Clue
Any birth mishandled after onset of labour is a perplexityCrossword Clue
Los Angeles Times runs international hotel complexCrossword Clue

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Showing 49 Matching Answers

SMART

7 RELATED CLUES

CEREBRAL

9 RELATED CLUES

BRIGHTASABUTTON

1 RELATED CLUES

CLEVER

9 RELATED CLUES

NERDY

10 RELATED CLUES

SHARP

10 RELATED CLUES

SHARPASATACK

1 RELATED CLUES

SMARTASAWHIP

1 RELATED CLUES

BRIGHT

10 RELATED CLUES

ACADEMIC

10 RELATED CLUES

DOLPHIN

10 RELATED CLUES

DOLPHINS

6 RELATED CLUES

DWEEB

10 RELATED CLUES

EINSTEIN

10 RELATED CLUES

EINSTEINS

1 RELATED CLUES

GENIUSES

8 RELATED CLUES

IDEA

10 RELATED CLUES

IDEAS

10 RELATED CLUES

INTELLECT

10 RELATED CLUES

LISA

10 RELATED CLUES

MASTERMIND

10 RELATED CLUES

MENSA

10 RELATED CLUES

MENSAN

2 RELATED CLUES

NERD

10 RELATED CLUES

PHD

10 RELATED CLUES

ROCKETSCIENTIST

4 RELATED CLUES

SAGEBRUSH

5 RELATED CLUES

SAGES

10 RELATED CLUES

THINKINGCARP

THINKTANK

9 RELATED CLUES

THOUGHT

10 RELATED CLUES

WIT

10 RELATED CLUES

MENSANS

EEG

10 RELATED CLUES

EGGHEAD

10 RELATED CLUES

SMURF

10 RELATED CLUES

NERDS

10 RELATED CLUES

MEDULLAE

PHDS

10 RELATED CLUES

BIRYANI

10 RELATED CLUES

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