NYT Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Crossword Clues Hints with Answers

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 13, 2024

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

NYT Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Pathetic. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SAD

  Possible Answer : distressing, sad, sorry, lamentable, deplorable, pitiful

  Possible Opposite Answer : glad




• The clue is 4. Sound hoarse. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: RASP

  Possible Answer : rasp, wood_file, rasping




• The clue is 8. 1992 novel set in 1920s Harlem. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: JAZZ

  Possible Answer : bed, get_laid, screw, nothingness, have_sex, hump, bonk, sleep_with, have_it_away, make_out, have_a_go_at_it, get_it_on, malarkey, wind, eff, lie_with, have_intercourse, love, bang, know, idle_words, fuck, malarky, be_intimate, roll_in_the_hay, do_it, make_love, have_it_off, sleep_together, jazz




• The clue is 12. Walk heavily. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PLOD

  Possible Answer : slog, plod, footslog, trudge, plodding, pad, tramp




• The clue is 14. Concur with by repeating. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ECHO

  Possible Answer : repeat, reverberation, reverberate, sound_reflection, recall, echo, replication, Echo, ring, resound




• The clue is 15. Covered veranda often equipped with a ceiling fan. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LANAI

  Possible Answer : Lanai, lanai, Lanai_Island




• The clue is 16. Exude, as confidence. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OOZE

  Possible Answer : seepage, transude, oozing, exudate, slime, gook, goo, ooze_out, goop, sludge, guck, gunk, seep, exude, muck, ooze




• The clue is 17. Ergo. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: THUS

  Possible Answer : olibanum, thence, thusly, therefore, frankincense, gum_olibanum, hence, so, thus




• The clue is 18. Take in or take on. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ADOPT

  Possible Answer : espouse, take_over, borrow, follow, take_in, sweep_up, assume, take_on, acquire, dramatize, embrace, dramatise, adopt, take_up, take




• The clue is 19. 1970 novel exploring racism's effect on a young girl's self-esteem. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: THEBLUESTEYE




• The clue is 22. One who dies for a cause. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: MARTYR

  Possible Answer : sufferer, martyrise, martyrize, martyr




• The clue is 23. Home for a queen. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HIVE

  Possible Answer : beehive, hive




• The clue is 24. Modernizing prefix. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NEO

  Possible Answer : neo




• The clue is 27. Road curve. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ESS

  Possible Answer : Es, E, atomic_number_99, einsteinium




• The clue is 28. Like Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," key-wise. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ING




• The clue is 30. 1981 novel about the interplay of privilege and poverty in a Caribbean romance. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: TARBABY




• The clue is 32. No later than. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: UNTIL




• The clue is 34. Deep-dish pizza chain, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: UNOS




• The clue is 35. 1977 novel whose title references a lyrical Old Testament book. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: SONGOFSOLOMON




• The clue is 40. Confer. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LEND

  Possible Answer : add, bring, bestow, impart, contribute, loan, lend

  Possible Opposite Answer : borrow




• The clue is 41. Collaborations like those on "Ella and Louis". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: DUETS

  Possible Answer : duette, duo, dyad, pas_de_deux, twain, twosome, pair, span, yoke, couple, duad, brace, couplet, distich, duet




• The clue is 42. 1987 Pulitzer-winning novel about the haunting of a formerly enslaved family's home. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: BELOVED

  Possible Answer : honey, darling, dearest, dear, beloved, love




• The clue is 46. Traitor. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: RAT

  Possible Answer : skunk, shit, betrayer, denounce, scab, shop, fink, squealer, grass, rotter, scum_bag, blabber, crumb, bum, dirty_dog, give_away, so-and-so, snitch, lowlife, rat, stag, puke, tell_on, git, stinkpot, strikebreaker, betray, blackleg, informer, stinker




• The clue is 47. It might welcome you home. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: MAT

  Possible Answer : tangle, entangle, mat_up, matting, lusterlessness, gym_mat, matt-up, flat, mat, felt_up, Master_of_Arts_in_Teaching, matted, lustrelessness, matte, matt, snarl, flatness, matte_up, MAT, felt

  Possible Opposite Answer : disentangle, unsnarl




• The clue is 50. Backdrop for a shooting star. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SKY

  Possible Answer : sky, pitch, flip, toss




• The clue is 51. Folk wisdom. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LORE

  Possible Answer : lore, traditional_knowledge




• The clue is 53. "Burning" feeling. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DESIRE

  Possible Answer : want, trust, desire, hope




• The clue is 55. Author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature on the basis of her first six novels, all featured in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: TONIMORRISON




• The clue is 57. Clean up, as software. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: DEBUG

  Possible Answer : debug




• The clue is 60. Burkina ___. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: FASO




• The clue is 61. Sound of a fall. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: THUD

  Possible Answer : scrunch, clunk, clump, thud, thump, thumping, crump




• The clue is 62. Shooting stars, some believe. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: OMENS

  Possible Answer : auspicate, prognostic, presage, prodigy, bode, foretell, foreshadow, forecast, portend, prognostication, prefigure, portent, betoken, prognosticate, predict, augur, omen




• The clue is 63. Cache for cash. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TILL

  Possible Answer : till, boulder_clay, cashbox, trough, money_box, public_treasury




• The clue is 64. Effortlessness. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EASE

  Possible Answer : relief, repose, rest, allay, relaxation, ease, easiness, informality, alleviate, still, comfort, simpleness, facilitate, relieve, simplicity

  Possible Opposite Answer : difficulty




• The clue is 65. 1973 novel set in "the Bottom," a neighborhood slated to be demolished for a golf course. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SULA

  Possible Answer : genus_Sula, Sula




• The clue is 66. ___ gin fizz. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SLOE

  Possible Answer : Alleghany_plum, Prunus_spinosa, Allegheny_plum, sloe, blackthorn, Prunus_alleghaniensis




• The clue is 67. For each. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PER

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Request in the weight room. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SPOTME

• The clue is 2. Kauai goodbyes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ALOHAS

  Possible Answer: aloha, ciao

• The clue is 3. Earth-moving machines, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DOZERS

  Possible Answer: dozer, bulldozer

• The clue is 4. Pick up again, as a book. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: RETURNTO

• The clue is 5. Muscle misery. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ACHE

  Possible Answer: yearn, suffer, ache, yen, languish, smart, pine, hurt, aching

• The clue is 6. "Pipe down!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SHUSH

  Possible Answer: shush

• The clue is 7. Sticky note. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: POSTIT

• The clue is 8. Green gemstone. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: JADE

  Possible Answer: wear_upon, jade, weary, loose_woman, outwear, nag, pall, plug, hack, strumpet, jade-green, adulteress, tire_out, fornicatress, slut, wear_down, fag_out, trollop, fatigue, tire, wear, jadestone, fag, hussy, jade_green, wear_out

  Possible Opposite Answer : refresh

• The clue is 9. "That's ___-brainer". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ANO

  Possible Answer: Abu_Nidal_Organization, Revolutionary_Organization_of_Socialist_Muslims, Fatah-RC, Arab_Revolutionary_Brigades, Black_September, ANO, Fatah_Revolutionary_Council

• The clue is 10. Heat in the microwave. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ZAP

  Possible Answer: atomise, zap, atomize, microwave, micro-cook, vaporize, nuke

• The clue is 11. Photo retoucher's focus, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ZIT

  Possible Answer: zit, hickey, pimple

• The clue is 13. Something that can be racked up. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: DEBT

  Possible Answer: debt

• The clue is 15. Coat of paint. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LAYER

  Possible Answer: level, layer, bed, stratum

• The clue is 20. Telling tall tales. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LYING

  Possible Answer: lie, consist, lying, lie_in, prevarication, rest, fabrication, dwell, lie_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand

• The clue is 21. #bestfriends4___. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EVA

• The clue is 24. iPod model. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NANO

• The clue is 25. Black, poetically. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EBON

  Possible Answer: ebon, ebony

• The clue is 26. Pained cries. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OYS

• The clue is 29. Looping animation file. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: GIF

• The clue is 31. Mooches, as a cigarette. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BUMS

  Possible Answer: bum_around, tail_end, skunk, posterior, bum_about, loafer, tooshie, sponge, prat, tail, rear, ass, seat, do-nothing, arse_about, rotter, cadge, scum_bag, rear_end, crumb, can, hobo, loll, bum, derriere, arse, dirty_dog, hind_end, mooch, rump, keister, layabout, behind, buttocks, buns, so-and-so, butt, grub, tramp, hindquarters, loaf, lowlife, rat, lounge_about, puke, fanny, idler, git, backside, stern, fuck_off, nates, waste_one's_time, loll_around, fundament, tush, lounge_around, stinkpot, frig_around, stinker, arse_around, bottom

• The clue is 32. Overturn. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: UNDO

  Possible Answer: untie, unmake, unwrap, undo, loosen

  Possible Opposite Answer : make, wrap

• The clue is 33. Mind-altering drug. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: LSD

  Possible Answer: LSD, lysergic_acid_diethylamide

• The clue is 35. Pursue. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SEEK

  Possible Answer: attempt, try, seek, search, essay, look_for, assay

• The clue is 36. Just. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ONLY

  Possible Answer: simply, alone, lonesome, just, but, lone, only_if, exclusively, solitary, sole, only, merely, entirely, only_when, solely

• The clue is 37. Your and my. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OUR

• The clue is 38. Top billing. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: LEADROLE

• The clue is 39. Furry swimmer. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: OTTER

  Possible Answer: otter

• The clue is 40. Scale units: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: LBS

  Possible Answer: lb, pound

• The clue is 43. YouTube journals, essentially. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: VLOGS

• The clue is 44. Very long time. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EON

  Possible Answer: eon, aeon

• The clue is 45. Heaps of windblown snow. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DRIFTS

  Possible Answer: vagabond, impetus, drift, err, be_adrift, trend, ramble, range, cast, stray, purport, impulsion, gallery, tramp, wander, rove, movement, heading, swan, blow, float, freewheel, roam, roll

• The clue is 47. Unfortunate incident. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: MISHAP

  Possible Answer: mishap, bad_luck, misadventure, mischance

• The clue is 48. Make excited. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: AROUSE

  Possible Answer: excite, wake_up, evoke, put_forward, arouse, energise, waken, come_alive, raise, conjure_up, wind_up, enkindle, stimulate, elicit, sex, wake, bring_up, invoke, brace, awake, turn_on, kindle, provoke, stir, call_forth, energize, awaken, rouse, conjure, call_down, fire, perk_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : fall_asleep, de-energize, de-energise, sedate, cause_to_sleep

• The clue is 49. Sensitive to the touch. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: TENDER

  Possible Answer: offer, attendant, pinnace, tender, affectionate, legal_tender, crank, supply_ship, tippy, tenderize, warm, untoughened, cranky, sensitive, cutter, raw, tenderise, fond, sore, bid, lovesome, attender, ship's_boat, stamp

  Possible Opposite Answer : tough

• The clue is 52. One might begin "Hope this finds you well". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EMAIL

  Possible Answer: netmail, electronic_mail, email, e-mail

  Possible Opposite Answer : snail_mail

• The clue is 54. Construction area. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SITE

  Possible Answer: site, web_site, land_site, internet_site, website, situation, place, locate

• The clue is 55. "Chicken of the sea". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TUNA

  Possible Answer: tuna_fish, Anguilla_sucklandii, Opuntia_tuna, tuna, tunny

• The clue is 56. World capital on the same latitude as Tallinn and Stockholm. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OSLO

  Possible Answer: Oslo, capital_of_Norway, Christiania

• The clue is 57. Half of cuatro. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: DOS

  Possible Answer: exercise, perform, State_Department, arrange, make, State, set, manage, DoS, make_out, practice, get_along, Doctor_of_Osteopathy, disk_operating_system, United_States_Department_of_State, brawl, dress, fare, serve, coiffure, suffice, coiffe, do, Department_of_State, DO, act, doh, cause, bash, ut, execute, come, DOS, practise, behave, answer, coif

  Possible Opposite Answer : unmake

• The clue is 58. Australia's tallest bird. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EMU

  Possible Answer: emu, Dromaius_novaehollandiae, Emu_novaehollandiae, electromagnetic_unit

• The clue is 59. "The Fresh Prince of ___-Air". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: BEL

  Possible Answer: B, Bel