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July 31, 2024 Crosswords - CrosswordHints Blog

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Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle

July 31, 2024 Crosswords

NYT Crosswords

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues and Answers:

  • 1. Sluglike "Star Wars" bad guy - Show Answer

    JABBA

    (5 letters)


  • 6. Man, on the Isle of Man - Show Answer

    BLOKE

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: gent, bloke, cuss, chap, fellow, lad, blighter, fella, feller


  • 11. Number cruncher, for short - Show Answer

    CPA

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: certified_public_accountant, CPA


  • 14. Garlicky sauce - Show Answer

    AIOLI

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: garlic_sauce, aioli_sauce, aioli


  • 15. Certain bib wearer - Show Answer

    RACER

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: automobile_driver, racing_car, race_car, racer, race_driver


  • 16. Played the first card - Show Answer

    LED

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: lead, conduct, top, light-emitting_diode, LED, precede, leave, contribute, head, go, take, extend, conduce, chair, run, moderate, pass, direct, result, guide

    Antonyms: follow


  • 17. Television pro - Show Answer

    BROADCASTER

    (11 letters)

    Synonyms: spreader, broadcaster


  • 19. "... ___ lack thereof" - Show Answer

    ORA

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: osmium, oculus_sinister, os, bone, Os, OS, operating_system, atomic_number_76


  • 20. Passionately discuss minutiae, with "out" - Show Answer

    NERD

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: swot, grind, dweeb, nerd, wonk


  • 21. Bares one's soul - Show Answer

    OPENSUP

    (7 letters)


  • 23. Expose the vulnerabilities of, in a way - Show Answer

    HACK

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: chop, plug, literary_hack, hack_on, ward-heeler, whoop, taxi, nag, hacker, cut, hack_writer, cab, cut_up, jade, drudge, hack, political_hack, taxicab, machine_politician


  • 26. Each - Show Answer

    APOP

    (4 letters)


  • 28. Benjamin Franklin, by religious philosophy - Show Answer

    DEIST

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: freethinker, deistic, deist


  • 29. Grandchild of Adam and Eve - Show Answer

    ENOS

    (4 letters)


  • 30. Copy - Show Answer

    MIMIC

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: mimic, mimicker, mime


  • 32. The first two digits of every Brooklyn ZIP code - Show Answer

    ONES

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: one, single, I, 1, ace, unity


  • 33. Cable channel with its own awards show - Show Answer

    MTV

    (3 letters)


  • 34. Goes (for) - Show Answer

    OPTS

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: opt, prefer, choose


  • 35. Like T.S.A. lines on holiday weekends - Show Answer

    LONG

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: foresightful, farseeing, long, longsighted, retentive, recollective, farsighted, hanker, foresighted, tenacious, yearn, prospicient

    Antonyms: short, unretentive


  • 37. Overlook, as a flaw - Show Answer

    SEEPAST

    (7 letters)


  • 39. Eat plenty of - Show Answer

    FEASTON

    (7 letters)


  • 42. Video streaming giant - Show Answer

    ROKU

    (4 letters)


  • 43. Fly high - Show Answer

    SOAR

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: hang_glide, sailplane, zoom, soar, soar_up, soar_upwards, surge


  • 44. N.Y.S.E. debut - Show Answer

    IPO

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: initial_offering, initial_public_offering, IPO


  • 45. Shaving cut - Show Answer

    NICK

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: chip, nick, ding, notch, gouge, dent, snick


  • 47. Downright - Show Answer

    PLAIN

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: sound_off, sheer, kvetch, unmixed, manifest, unvarnished, apparently, evidently, unmistakable, unembellished, knit, plainly, complain, patent, patently, plain_stitch, kick, field, obviously, champaign, homely, knit_stitch, bare, spare, evident, unmingled, manifestly, quetch, unpatterned, unornamented, plain, apparent

    Antonyms: fancy, cheer, patterned


  • 49. Full of oneself - Show Answer

    SMUG

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: self-satisfied, smug


  • 50. Aftereffects from working out - Show Answer

    ACHES

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: suffer, ache, languish, aching, hurt, smart, yen, yearn, pine


  • 52. C.F.O. or C.I.O - Show Answer

    EXEC

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: White_House, EXEC


  • 53. Currency of Colombia - Show Answer

    PESO

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: Cuban_peso, Chilean_peso, peso, Mexican_peso, Uruguayan_peso, Dominican_peso, Philippine_peso, Colombian_peso, Guinea-Bissau_peso


  • 54. Strong squeeze - Show Answer

    BEARHUG

    (7 letters)


  • 56. Rave (about) - Show Answer

    GUSH

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: ebullition, outpouring, jet, outburst, spout, effusion, blowup, flush, gush, rave, spirt, spurt


  • 58. Where shots are taken - Show Answer

    BAR

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: banish, measure, exclude, cake, blockade, barroom, legal_profession, stop, Browning_automatic_rifle, BAR, block_up, prevention, ginmill, relegate, bar, block_off, block, taproom, barricade, debar, saloon, streak, legal_community, stripe

    Antonyms: unbar


  • 59. Song from "The Little Mermaid" that's a phonetic hint to interpreting the answers to the starred clues - Show Answer

    UNDERTHESEA

    (11 letters)


  • 64. Part of a which-came-first debate - Show Answer

    EGG

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: bollock, orchis, ballock, testicle, ball, eggs, testis, nut, egg


  • 65. Pageant accessory - Show Answer

    TIARA

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: tiara


  • 66. Straightens things out, say - Show Answer

    IRONS

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: smoothing_iron, iron_out, irons, Fe, chains, iron, atomic_number_26, branding_iron, press


  • 67. Discussion starter? - Show Answer

    DEE

    (3 letters)


  • 68. Afflictions that rhyme with the body parts they're found in - Show Answer

    STYES

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: stye, sty, hordeolum, eye_infection


  • 69. Isn't settled - Show Answer

    PENDS

    (5 letters)


Down Clues and Answers:

  • 1. Vaccine, informally - Show Answer

    JAB

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: thrusting, poke, prod, jabbing, thrust, dig, stab, poking, jab


  • 2. Word with France or Force - Show Answer

    AIR

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: publicize, melody, gentle_wind, publicise, aerate, air_out, air_travel, line, atmosphere, breeze, send, aura, ventilate, air, melodic_phrase, bare, vent, airwave, transmit, zephyr, beam, melodic_line, aviation, tune, strain, broadcast


  • 3. What it would be a mistake to write twice? - Show Answer

    BOO

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: snort, boo, hoot, Bronx_cheer, razz, razzing, bird, raspberry, hiss

    Antonyms: applaud


  • 4. Valuable Scrabble tiles - Show Answer

    BLANKS

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: dummy, blank, blank_shell, lacuna, space


  • 5. Right hand, so to speak - Show Answer

    AIDE

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: auxiliary, aide-de-camp, adjutant, aide


  • 6. Actor in "12 Years a Slave" and "12 Monkeys" - Show Answer

    BRADPITT

    (8 letters)


  • 7. ___ Cruces, N.M. - Show Answer

    LAS

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: atomic_number_57, la, La, Louisiana, lah, lanthanum, LA, Pelican_State


  • 8. Ocean creatures with three hearts - Show Answer

    OCTOPI

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: octopus, devilfish


  • 9. Label for a box during a household purge - Show Answer

    KEEP

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: keep_on, sustain, livelihood, living, proceed, keep, hold, hold_on, bread_and_butter, support, donjon, maintain, dungeon, observe, continue, sustenance, go_along, keep_back, keep_open, restrain, prevent, go_on, hold_open, celebrate, retain, stay_fresh, hold_back, preserve, save

    Antonyms: let, discontinue, lose, break


  • 10. Messed up - Show Answer

    ERRED

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: stray, slip, drift, err, mistake


  • 11. *Not moving fast enough - Show Answer

    CLOSINGTIME

    (11 letters)


  • 12. Read over - Show Answer

    PERUSE

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: peruse


  • 13. Gets used to new surroundings - Show Answer

    ADAPTS

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: adapt, adjust, conform, accommodate


  • 18. *Increases sharply - Show Answer

    CRAMPSUP

    (8 letters)


  • 22. Highlighter colors, usually - Show Answer

    NEONS

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: neon, Ne, atomic_number_10


  • 23. Traps, with "in" - Show Answer

    HEMS

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: hem, ahem


  • 24. Before: Prefix - Show Answer

    ANTE

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: ante


  • 25. *Rip off - Show Answer

    COVERCHARGE

    (11 letters)


  • 27. Meditation mantras - Show Answer

    OMS

    (3 letters)


  • 31. *Like 10%-fat beef - Show Answer

    CLEANCUT

    (8 letters)


  • 34. Wood used to age brandy - Show Answer

    OAK

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: oak_tree, oak


  • 36. Boat propeller - Show Answer

    OAR

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: oar


  • 38. ___ face - Show Answer

    POKER

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: salamander, poker_game, poker, stove_poker, fire_hook


  • 39. Duck delicacy - Show Answer

    FOIEGRAS

    (8 letters)


  • 40. Great work - Show Answer

    OPUS

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: opus, piece, musical_composition, piece_of_music, composition


  • 41. Something that's not going to happen - Show Answer

    NOGO

    (4 letters)


  • 43. Bill Clinton's is displayed at the Smithsonian, for short - Show Answer

    SAX

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: saxophone, Adolphe_Sax, sax, Sax


  • 45. Caught - Show Answer

    NABBED

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: apprehend, nab, collar, arrest, pick_up, cop, nail


  • 46. Time when glaciers form - Show Answer

    ICEAGE

    (6 letters)


  • 48. Gym session devoted to squats, dead lifts, etc. - Show Answer

    LEGDAY

    (6 letters)


  • 49. It's a ball - Show Answer

    SPHERE

    (6 letters)

    Synonyms: heavens, vault_of_heaven, sphere, firmament, arena, celestial_sphere, empyrean, domain, orbit, sector, sphere_of_influence, field, welkin, area


  • 51. Powers (down) - Show Answer

    SHUTS

    (5 letters)

    Synonyms: exclude, close, shut_out, shut, keep_out

    Antonyms: admit, open


  • 55. Textbook section - Show Answer

    UNIT

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: whole, unit_of_measurement, unit, building_block, social_unit


  • 57. Tanker, e.g. - Show Answer

    SHIP

    (4 letters)

    Synonyms: ship, transport, embark, send

    Antonyms: disembark


  • 60. Before, poetically - Show Answer

    ERE

    (3 letters)


  • 61. "Mushnik & ___" ("Little Shop of Horrors" song) - Show Answer

    SON

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: son, Logos, boy, Word, Son

    Antonyms: daughter, girl


  • 62. Extra-crusty piece of bread - Show Answer

    END

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: goal, closing, stop, end, finish, terminate, final_stage, ending, remnant, remainder, close, death, oddment, terminal, destruction, conclusion, last, cease

    Antonyms: begin, beginning


  • 63. Bad thing to make of oneself - Show Answer

    ASS

    (3 letters)

    Synonyms: stern, tooshie, American_Samoa, posterior, fucking, derriere, ass, butt, arse, roll_in_the_hay, hind_end, As, fanny, behind, bum, backside, tail, keister, fundament, buttocks, piece_of_ass, seat, buns, rear_end, nookie, nooky, nates, rear, screwing, Eastern_Samoa, rump, prat, tush, bottom, shag, atomic_number_33, can, piece_of_tail, shtup, AS, screw, tail_end, fuck, arsenic, hindquarters


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