Across Clues :
1. Handle of a knife, 5. "And …?", 11. "Say …", 14. Haughty self-important question, 16. Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit, 17. Airport transports, perhaps, 18. Export from Jamaica, 19. "Nature always ___ the colors of the spirit": Ralph Waldo Emerson, 20. Petite ___, 21. Number of fingers on dos manos, 22. Recipe fig., 23. Be all in a tizzy, 24. Complicated, 25. Ready to rinse, say, 28. Shared, 29. Cooks up, so to speak, 30. Horse race measures, 32. Went wrong, 33. Painting technique in which the artist applies new paint atop a just-painted layer, 34. Etc., etc., 35. Longtime candy company based in San Francisco, 36. Color akin to amarillo, 37. Cart for the Budweiser Clydesdales, e.g., 38. Speck, 39. Termite, e.g., 41. Fired (up), in old slang, 42. Japanese game using pentagonal pieces, 43. Jack ___, Best Supporting Actor nominee for 1940's "The Great Dictator", 44. Fateful encounter, 47. Where cold cases are frequently opened, 48. Nearly every third baseman and shortstop in M.L.B. history, 49. Sign of hunger
Down Clues :
1. At-home distraction?, 2. Like the crowd after a buzzer beater, say, 3. Quarrels, 4. Sound accompanying a shake of the head, 5. Attacked, as a castle, 6. "Hang on a second …", 7. Request to be impressed, 8. Expressions of befuddlement, 9. Since, 10. Breakup line, 11. End result of a starter, 12. The so-called "heart of the scorpion" in the night sky, 13. Assumes control, 14. Holiday honoring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune, 15. Hard to navigate, 21. Stoop (to), 23. Mr. Rogers, to his neighbors, 24. Prefix from the Greek for "alone", 26. Styles of singing, 27. Hot times in la cité, 28. Leaves in a hurry, informally, 30. It flows where the wind blows, 31. One of 11 for Big Ben, 33. Like an important decision, 34. Reason one might get extended time on the PSAT, 35. Tried to hit, 38. "___ is it?", 39. Nova preceder, 40. Like some horse feed, 42. Gulp, 45. "___ and the Thirteenth Confession" (Laura Nyro album), 46. Subject of a ganzfeld experiment, in brief
Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 30, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
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New York Times, Saturday, November 30, 2024 |
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Handle of a knife. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HAFT
Possible Answer : haft, helve
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The clue is 5. "And …?". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SOWHAT
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The clue is 11. "Say …". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)
The answer: HERESATHOUGHT
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The clue is 14. Haughty self-important question. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: DOYOUKNOWWHOIAM
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The clue is 16. Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: IMBAD
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The clue is 17. Airport transports, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TRAMS
Possible Answer : tramway, ropeway, trolley, tram, streetcar, trolley_car, cable_tramway, tramcar, aerial_tramway
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The clue is 18. Export from Jamaica. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SKA
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The clue is 19. "Nature always ___ the colors of the spirit": Ralph Waldo Emerson. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: WEARS
Possible Answer : wearable, fag, put_on, wear_upon, vesture, break, wear_down, tire_out, wearing, article_of_clothing, wear_thin, bear, outwear, bust, wear_off, tire, weary, don, wear, wear_out, fatigue, habiliment, fall_apart, clothing, hold_out, assume, fag_out, jade, have_on, endure, get_into
Possible Opposite Answer : refresh
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The clue is 20. Petite ___. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AMIE
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The clue is 21. Number of fingers on dos manos. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DIEZ
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The clue is 22. Recipe fig.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: AMT
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The clue is 23. Be all in a tizzy. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FRET
Possible Answer : chafe, scratch, fret, erode, key_pattern, gall, fray, Greek_fret, swither, worn_spot, niggle, eat_away, rub, stew, grate, rankle, gag, lather, choke, eat_into, Greek_key, sweat, fuss
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The clue is 24. Complicated. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MESSY
Possible Answer : mussy, messy
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The clue is 25. Ready to rinse, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: LATHERED
Possible Answer : welt, slash, soap, lather, lash, trounce, strap, flog, whip
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The clue is 28. Shared. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: JOINT
Possible Answer : stick, junction, articulate, join, spliff, articulation, marijuana_cigarette, joint, articulatio, roast, juncture, reefer
Possible Opposite Answer : separate
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The clue is 29. Cooks up, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: IDEATES
Possible Answer : ideate, envisage, imagine, conceive_of
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The clue is 30. Horse race measures. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LENGTHS
Possible Answer : distance, duration, length
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The clue is 32. Went wrong. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ERRED
Possible Answer : slip, mistake, stray, err, drift
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The clue is 33. Painting technique in which the artist applies new paint atop a just-painted layer. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: WETONWET
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The clue is 34. Etc., etc.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ABBRS
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The clue is 35. Longtime candy company based in San Francisco. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SEES
Possible Answer : understand, ascertain, assure, visualise, go_out, reckon, attend, insure, examine, interpret, consider, look, view, picture, ensure, get_a_line, determine, hear, discover, check, see_to_it, learn, witness, find_out, catch, escort, visualize, encounter, go_steady, run_into, find, project, construe, get_word, get_wind, date, watch, go_through, fancy, come_across, meet, run_across, image, envision, visit, control, realize, take_care, experience, realise, pick_up, take_in, see, figure, regard
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The clue is 36. Color akin to amarillo. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ORO
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The clue is 37. Cart for the Budweiser Clydesdales, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DRAY
Possible Answer : dray, camion
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The clue is 38. Speck. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: WHIT
Possible Answer : scintilla, tittle, whit, shred, iota, smidge, smidgeon, smidgin, smidgen
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The clue is 39. Termite, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: BORER
Possible Answer : bore_bit, borer, rock_drill, stone_drill, woodborer
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The clue is 41. Fired (up), in old slang. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: HET
Possible Answer : heated, heated_up, het_up, het
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The clue is 42. Japanese game using pentagonal pieces. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SHOGI
Possible Answer : shogi
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The clue is 43. Jack ___, Best Supporting Actor nominee for 1940's "The Great Dictator". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OAKIE
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The clue is 44. Fateful encounter. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: DATEWITHDESTINY
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The clue is 47. Where cold cases are frequently opened. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)
The answer: DELICATESSENS
Possible Answer : deli, delicatessen, food_shop, delicatessen_food
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The clue is 48. Nearly every third baseman and shortstop in M.L.B. history. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: RIGHTY
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The clue is 49. Sign of hunger. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PANG
Possible Answer : stab, sting, twinge, pang
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. At-home distraction?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: HEYBATTERBATTER
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The clue is 2. Like the crowd after a buzzer beater, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: AROAR
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The clue is 3. Quarrels. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FEUDS
Possible Answer: feud
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The clue is 4. Sound accompanying a shake of the head. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TSK
Possible Answer: tsk, tut, tut-tut
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The clue is 5. Attacked, as a castle. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: STORMED
Possible Answer: force, surprise, rage, storm, ramp
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The clue is 6. "Hang on a second …". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: OHWAIT
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The clue is 7. Request to be impressed. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: WOWME
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The clue is 8. Expressions of befuddlement. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HUHS
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The clue is 9. Since. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: AGO
Possible Answer: ago, agone
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The clue is 10. Breakup line. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: THISISNTWORKING
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The clue is 11. End result of a starter. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)
The answer: HOMEMADEBREAD
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The clue is 12. The so-called "heart of the scorpion" in the night sky. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: ANTARES
Possible Answer: Antares
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The clue is 13. Assumes control. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)
The answer: TAKESTHEREINS
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The clue is 14. Holiday honoring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: DIWALI
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The clue is 15. Hard to navigate. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: MAZY
Possible Answer: mazy, labyrinthine, labyrinthian
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The clue is 21. Stoop (to). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DEIGN
Possible Answer: deign, descend, condescend
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The clue is 23. Mr. Rogers, to his neighbors. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FRED
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The clue is 24. Prefix from the Greek for "alone". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: MONO
Possible Answer: kissing_disease, mono, monophonic, infectious_mononucleosis, glandular_fever, mononucleosis, single-channel
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The clue is 26. Styles of singing. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HARRY
Possible Answer: chivvy, plague, ravage, harass, beset, harry, chevy, molest, provoke, chivy, chevvy, hassle
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The clue is 27. Hot times in la cité. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ETES
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The clue is 28. Leaves in a hurry, informally. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: JETS
Possible Answer: blue_jet, honey_oil, cat_valium, spurt, super_acid, reverse_lightning, special_K, squirt, green, gush, fountain, jet_plane, jet, jet-propelled_plane, spirt, super_C, K
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The clue is 30. It flows where the wind blows. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LEETIDE
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The clue is 31. One of 11 for Big Ben. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: STOREY
Possible Answer: storey, story, level, floor
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The clue is 33. Like an important decision. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: WEIGHTY
Possible Answer: telling, grievous, heavy, grave, cogent, corpulent, weighty, rotund, obese
Possible Opposite Answer : weightless
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The clue is 34. Reason one might get extended time on the PSAT. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ADHD
Possible Answer: minimal_brain_damage, ADD, minimal_brain_dysfunction, MBD, attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder, ADHD, attention_deficit_disorder, hyperkinetic_syndrome
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The clue is 35. Tried to hit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SHOTAT
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The clue is 38. "___ is it?". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: WHICH
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The clue is 39. Nova preceder. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: BOSSA
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The clue is 40. Like some horse feed. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OATEN
Possible Answer: oaten
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The clue is 42. Gulp. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SWIG
Possible Answer: swig, draught, gulp, draft, slug, slog, quaff
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The clue is 45. "___ and the Thirteenth Confession" (Laura Nyro album). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ELI
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The clue is 46. Subject of a ganzfeld experiment, in brief. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ESP
Possible Answer: ESP, second_sight, extrasensory_perception, clairvoyance, E.S.P.