The whole ball of wax Crossword Clue
3 letters · New York Times · Tuesday, January 10, 2017 · 21-Down
Appeared in 3 New York Times Crosswords between October 2005 and January 2017.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · January 10, 2017 · 21-Down · 3 letters
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to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
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