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Definitions for word ODESSA

The following 59 definitions were found. Click the dates to see the answer in context.
DateGridClueAuthor
Monday, August 17, 200933ACity on the Black SeaMike Buckley
Sunday, May 10, 200916DStalin named it a "hero city" after W.W. IIPatrick Berry
Tuesday, November 11, 200824APotemkin mutiny cityNancy Salomon and Larry Shearer
Tuesday, September 30, 200849DUkrainian port cityAllan E. Parrish
Wednesday, February 27, 200813DBlack Sea portLee Glickstein
Friday, July 20, 20079DCity on the Permian BasinBarry C. Silk
Saturday, May 19, 200747DBirthplace of Yakov SmirnoffByron Walden
Sunday, December 24, 2006120ATexas cityBrendan Emmett Quigley
Monday, November 20, 200646ATexas city named for a city in UkraineBernice Gordon
Wednesday, August 09, 200612DBlack Sea portMaxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
Sunday, May 28, 200631DThe Pearl of the Black SeaTimothy Powell
Wednesday, May 17, 200666ATexas oil cityPatrick Blindauer
Monday, April 17, 200613DCity on the Black SeaLarry Paul
Wednesday, February 01, 200610DSight from the Black SeaElizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, October 16, 200559DSite of a historic 1905 revoltCon Pederson
Tuesday, May 03, 20053DBlack Sea resortGary Steinmehl
Sunday, May 01, 20054D"Little ___," 1994 Russian-American film dramaJoe DiPietro
Tuesday, April 05, 200552DBlack Sea portHarvey Estes
Monday, February 14, 200518DTexas oil cityJanet R. Bender
Sunday, February 13, 200534DSite of the Potemkin mutinyDaniel C. Bryant
Saturday, July 17, 200446DTexas city named by Russian immigrantsRich Norris
Tuesday, June 22, 200410DUkrainian portAllan E. Parrish
Monday, February 02, 200438DTexas oil cityGregory E. Paul
Sunday, February 01, 2004151ATitle city of a Forsyth thrillerRoy Leban
Tuesday, February 18, 200310DUkrainian portHolden Baker
Saturday, April 27, 200218ASite of some well-known stepsBrendan Emmett Quigley
Saturday, November 10, 200148DTexas college townWilliam I. Johnston
Tuesday, October 02, 200147D"The ___ File" (Forsyth novel)Richard Hughes
Friday, May 18, 200123ALittle ___ (Brighton Beach nickname)Joe DiPietro
Saturday, April 14, 200124DTexas city with an annual Shakespeare FestivalRich Norris
Tuesday, January 23, 20012DForsyth's "The ___ File"Nancy Salomon
Sunday, December 31, 200017DGerman victory site, October 1941Elizabeth C. Gorski
Thursday, September 07, 200044DWhere Leon Trotsky grew upManny Nosowsky
Saturday, July 01, 20007DCity southwest of MidlandRich Norris
Sunday, June 04, 200037DPotemkin Steps cityMartin Schneider
Saturday, December 25, 199928A"Potemkin" settingJohn Scott Marrone
Wednesday, October 27, 199946AOil city of west TexasChris Sallade
Monday, July 05, 199946ATexas oil cityGregory E. Paul
Sunday, April 25, 1999124AWest Texas cityJoe DiPietro
Sunday, February 28, 1999114ATexas oil cityDave Tuller
Tuesday, February 23, 199910D"Battleship Potemkin" localeRobert Zimmerman
Friday, September 11, 199820ATexas college or its localeHarvey Estes
Sunday, July 05, 199873ABlack Sea localeJoe DiPietro
Sunday, April 19, 1998117A"Potemkin" settingRich Norris
Sunday, June 22, 199769DWest-central Texas cityMatt Gaffney
Monday, June 16, 199724ABlack Sea portGene Newman
Monday, December 09, 199618DUkraine portF. Piscop
Thursday, November 28, 199623A"Potemkin" settingB. Klahn
Wednesday, October 16, 199645AUkrainian portB. Gordon
Friday, July 05, 199631A"Battleship Potemkin" localeM. Gaffney
Sunday, December 24, 199589DClassic Bee Gees albumFrances Hansen
Friday, December 15, 199547APotemkin localeHarvey Estes
Thursday, June 22, 199548D"Potemkin" mutiny portCathy Millhauser
Tuesday, June 06, 199518DBlack Sea portSidney L. Robbins
Monday, January 23, 199524DTexas citySidney L. Robbins
Monday, November 21, 199426ABlack Sea reosrtNorman S. Wizer
Tuesday, August 23, 199466ATexas cityPeter Gordon
Tuesday, March 22, 199449DPotemkin mutiny siteStephanie Spadaccini
Sunday, December 26, 199387DBlack Sea portTom Underhill