Crossword Clue Game

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881
  1. Swans a-swimming
  2. Natural on the come-out
  3. Canadian cigarette number

Regarding my last one–there is a Canadian cigarette brand called “Number Seven.”

882
  1. Voyager’s Borg
  2. Players in a septet
  3. Disney miners
  4. Ewell’s year itch
  5. Brides for brothers
883
  1. Two-syllable single digit
  2. Movie title which has a number replacing V
  3. Half a convenience store chain
884
  1. What’s in the box?
  2. Six is afraid of it
  3. Number of sides of a heptagon
  4. Tiebreaker game number in basketball?
885

No Seinfeld references? :slight_smile:

I like it; clean and not immediately obvious. I was somewhat wondering if it would be allowed in NYT, as it’s 7-Eleven, but, hey, I get to judge on whatever criteria. (I suspect it would; the only reason I wonder is because VO5, like that, showed up the other day in the grid.)

Take it away, @Knowed_Out

886

Once again, I will give you an altered name, and you’re only required to provide one clue.

HUGE JACKSON

887
  1. $20 on a billboard
888
  1. Michael’s brother the gym rat?
889
  1. Gigantic statue in front of the White House
890
  1. Large Pollock painting?
891

The winnah, by split decision, SPOONS!

892

Thanks! I do have to compliment Panache for “$20 on a billboard,” which I thought was rather clever.

This time around, let’s go with …

DIRECT.

893
  1. To the point
  2. Utter “action”
  3. Take charge of traffic
  4. Marketing type
894
  1. Private message type
  2. Advice a Dutch uncle gives
  3. Hitchcock role
895
  1. Part of AC/DC
  2. Like Athenian democracy
  3. Legal examination
896
  1. What most actors want to do
  2. Unambiguous
  3. Not alternating
  4. Not retrograde
897

I’ve got to go with pulykamell’s “Legal examination.” Most people might think of the test at the end of a law school course, or the bar exam; but direct examination is the technical term for one of the phases of questioning a witness in the courtroom undergoes. Tricky one, pulykamell; and you’re up next.

898

Thanks!

The completionist in me wants to fill out the rest of the letters we’re missing, so let’s go with:

QUAD

899
  1. Iowa-Illinois cities
  2. College campus place?
  3. Go-anywhere vehicle
900
  1. What a runner should stretch
  2. Triplet plus one
  3. Printer’s mutton