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Sunday, August 11, 2024

NYT Sunday, August 11, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints | Answers - Solution Blog

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NYT Sunday, August 11, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints | Answers - Solution Blog
NYT Sunday, August 11, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 11, 2024

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

Across Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Shoots for the moon. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASPIRES

    Possible Answer : aspire, shoot_for, aim, draw_a_bead_on


  • The clue is 8. Saudi's neighbor. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IRAQI

    Possible Answer : Iraqi, Iraki


  • The clue is 13. Gets ready to surf, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOGSON


  • The clue is 19. Annoyance for a shopkeeper. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOITERER

    Possible Answer : loiterer, lingerer


  • The clue is 21. Japanese takeout option. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BENTO


  • The clue is 22. Best of all possible worlds. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UTOPIA

    Possible Answer : Sion, Utopia, utopia, Zion

    Possible Opposite Answer : dystopia


  • The clue is 23. Say "O di" instead of "I do"?. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (21 letters)

    The answer: EXCHANGEWEDDINGVOWELS


  • The clue is 26. Le Mans race unit: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KIL


  • The clue is 27. Keep from happening. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AVERT

    Possible Answer : obviate, debar, turn_away, deflect, head_off, avoid, forefend, ward_off, avert, fend_off, forfend, stave_off


  • The clue is 28. "Once Upon a Mattress" prop. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PEA

    Possible Answer : pea_plant, pea


  • The clue is 29. Longtime hair removal brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEET


  • The clue is 30. Word with hose or line. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PANTY

    Possible Answer : pantie, step-in, scanty, panty


  • The clue is 32. Sewing machine pioneer Howe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELIAS

    Possible Answer : Charles_Lamb, Elia, Lamb


  • The clue is 34. Expert conclusion?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ISE


  • The clue is 37. Like some wits and wines. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DRY

    Possible Answer : teetotal, juiceless, ironical, prohibitionist, ironic, wry, dry, dry_out

    Possible Opposite Answer : wet, sweet, phlegmy


  • The clue is 38. Eviction notice sent to a New York deli owner?. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (19 letters)

    The answer: PACKYOURBAGELSANDGO


  • The clue is 43. Roadwork might push it back, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ETA

    Possible Answer : Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, eta, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna, ETA


  • The clue is 44. Like many London skies. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GREY

    Possible Answer : Charles_Grey, grayness, gray-haired, grayish, grey-headed, grey-haired, Lady_Jane_Grey, Second_Earl_Grey, gray-headed, greyness, Grey, white-haired, grey, gray, hoary, Zane_Grey, greyish, hoar, grizzly


  • The clue is 45. Something fishy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROE

    Possible Answer : roe, hard_roe


  • The clue is 46. Back in time. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGO

    Possible Answer : ago, agone


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

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

    The answer: AIRHEAD

    Possible Answer : airhead


  • The clue is 50. "This thing is SHARP! It handles potatoes and carrots with ease," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PEELERREVIEW


  • The clue is 56. "The Kiss" sculptor. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RODIN

    Possible Answer : Rodin, Auguste_Rodin, Francois_Auguste_Rene_Rodin


  • The clue is 57. Stage a hostile takeover of. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: USURP

    Possible Answer : seize, take_over, usurp, arrogate, assume


  • The clue is 60. Blue dye. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ANIL

    Possible Answer : Indigofera_suffruticosa, indigotin, indigo, anil, Indigofera_anil


  • The clue is 61. Inits. for a hit. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SRO


  • The clue is 62. Dept. store inventory. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GDS

    Possible Answer : soman, GD, Gd, gadolinium, atomic_number_64


  • The clue is 64. Face-planted. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATEIT


  • The clue is 66. Dodge S.U.V.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DURANGO

    Possible Answer : Victoria_de_Durango, Durango


  • The clue is 69. Interior decorator's assertion that bold colors are back in style?. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (17 letters)

    The answer: WHATSPASTELISPAST


  • The clue is 73. Like the view from Big Sur. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COASTAL

    Possible Answer : coastal

    Possible Opposite Answer : inland


  • The clue is 75. Kind of farm. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOLAR

    Possible Answer : solar


  • The clue is 76. Survive a round of musical chairs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SIT

    Possible Answer : sit_down, ride, pose, sit, sit_around, baby-sit, posture, model, seat

    Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand


  • The clue is 77. Setting for the musical "Two by Two". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARK

    Possible Answer : Ark, ark, Ark_of_the_Covenant


  • The clue is 78. Inveigh (against). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RAIL

    Possible Answer : rail_in, train, revile, track, vilify, inveigh, railing, rail_off, vituperate, fulminate, runway, rails, rail


  • The clue is 81. E-bike alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MOPED

    Possible Answer : moon_about, mope_around, pout, mop_up, mow, moon_around, mope, wipe_up, mop, moped


  • The clue is 83. Smother, as with sauce. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DROWN

    Possible Answer : overwhelm, swim, drown, submerge


  • The clue is 87. Santa's routes on Christmas Eve?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NOELFLYZONES


  • The clue is 91. "I categorically deny that!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ITSALIE


  • The clue is 93. Job listing abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EOE


  • The clue is 94. One might be organized by habitat. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ZOO

    Possible Answer : menagerie, zoo, zoological_garden


  • The clue is 95. "A Death in the Family" novelist. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGEE

    Possible Answer : Agee, James_Agee


  • The clue is 97. Wall St. debut. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IPO

    Possible Answer : initial_public_offering, initial_offering, IPO


  • The clue is 98. Advice after one's rival scores a perfect ten?. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (19 letters)

    The answer: DONTGETMADGETELEVEN


  • The clue is 104. "Me day" destination. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPA

    Possible Answer : health_club, watering_hole, resort_hotel, health_spa, spa, watering_place


  • The clue is 106. Org. with a PreCheck option. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TSA

    Possible Answer : TSA, Transportation_Security_Administration


  • The clue is 107. What fumaroles emit. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STEAM

    Possible Answer : steam, steam_clean, steamer


  • The clue is 108. Like streets, but rarely alleyways. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NAMED

    Possible Answer : describe, constitute, key_out, list, mention, diagnose, advert, identify, cite, key, make, bring_up, call, appoint, discover, refer, distinguish, name, nominate


  • The clue is 109. River through Florence. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARNO

    Possible Answer : Arno_River, Arno, River_Arno


  • The clue is 111. Give an allowance?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LET

    Possible Answer : lease, get, allow, LET, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, countenance, Army_of_the_Righteous, Army_of_the_Pure, net_ball, rent, have, Lashkar-e-Taiba, permit, Lashkar-e-Toiba, let

    Possible Opposite Answer : prevent, forbid, disallow


  • The clue is 114. Lukewarm. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TEPID

    Possible Answer : lukewarm, halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid


  • The clue is 116. Had a session. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MET

    Possible Answer : fulfill, receive, run_into, cope_with, take_on, adjoin, encounter, assemble, conform_to, contact, run_across, foregather, play, fulfil, gather, get_together, fill, fit, come_across, see, forgather, suffer, satisfy, meet, converge, match, touch

    Possible Opposite Answer : diverge


  • The clue is 117. Airline's promise to improve its timeliness?. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (21 letters)

    The answer: YOURDELAYSARENUMBERED


  • The clue is 124. Rim protector. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HUBCAP

    Possible Answer : hubcap


  • The clue is 125. "___ is to place as eternity is to time": Joseph Joubert. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPACE

    Possible Answer : distance, blank, infinite, quad, space, place, outer_space, blank_space


  • The clue is 126. Where the entire "Newhart" series actually took place. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INADREAM


  • The clue is 127. Guiding principles. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IDEALS

    Possible Answer : nonsuch, saint, apotheosis, nonpareil, ideal, paragon, nonesuch


  • The clue is 128. Hollandaise sauce ingredients. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YOLKS

    Possible Answer : vitellus, egg_yolk, yolk


  • The clue is 129. They might get worn down while solving crosswords. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERASERS

    Possible Answer : eraser


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Monday, April 6, 2026

XWordHint Crossword Answers April 06, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lovers who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

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April 06, 2026 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Sound at the beginning and end of a meditation, perhaps 4
2A 5. Bit of smoke 4
3A 9. Primate native to Madagascar 5
4A 14. Where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet 4
5A 15. Up the ___ (raise the stakes) 4
6A 16. Wipe off, as a blackboard 5
7A 17. Gotham City SOS 9
8A 19. Krypton and xenon 5
9A 20. Casino machines 5
10A 21. Tavern perch 5
11A 23. The first "T" of TNT 3
12A 24. "Sure thing" 3
13A 26. Administered an oath to 7
14A 28. Dissension cause, in Greek myth 14
15A 33. Clog or pump 4
16A 34. Exclamation of faux innocence 3
17A 35. One of 88 on a piano 3
18A 36. Not square 3
19A 37. Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have? 7
20A 40. Poetic homage 3
21A 43. Sedan or coupe 3
22A 45. The "G" in L.G.B.T. 3
23A 46. Much-admired person 4
24A 47. "Take it easy, will you?!" 14
25A 51. Food court loiterer, say 7
26A 52. Shipping company with a red-and-yellow logo 3
27A 53. Industrious little insect 3
28A 54. Made a boo-boo 5
29A 57. "Freddie Mercury" or "Lady Gaga" 5
30A 61. "___ truly ..." 5
31A 63. Poker tell, perhaps 9
32A 65. Green ___ (special military headwear) 5
33A 66. Field of study 4
34A 67. Prerogative of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council 4
35A 68. Idyllic places 5
36A 69. Office message 4
37A 70. Give off, as radiation 4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Sound at the beginning and end of a meditation, perhaps"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a dull resonant sound as of a bell
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BONG

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2A: "5. Bit of smoke"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small tuft or lock
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WISP

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3A: "9. Primate native to Madagascar"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LEMUR

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4A: "14. Where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a republic in the middle east in western asia; the ancient civilization of mesopotamia was in the area now known as iraq
  • Similar words include: Republic of Iraq, Irak, Al-Iraq
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IRAQ

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5A: "15. Up the ___ (raise the stakes)"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANTE

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6A: "16. Wipe off, as a blackboard"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that remove from memory or existence
  • Similar words include: rub out, delete, efface
  • Opposite of: record
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ERASE

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7A: "17. Gotham City SOS"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BATSIGNAL

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8A: "19. Krypton and xenon"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
  • Similar words include: gasolene, throttle, natural gas
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GASES

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9A: "20. Casino machines"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
  • Similar words include: expansion slot, one-armed bandit, time slot
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SLOTS

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10A: "21. Tavern perch"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a simple seat without a back or arms
  • Similar words include: dejection, can, faecal matter
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STOOL

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11A: "23. The first "T" of TNT"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TRI

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12A: "24. "Sure thing""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: YEP

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13A: "26. Administered an oath to"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SWOREIN

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14A: "28. Dissension cause, in Greek myth"

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: APPLEOFDISCORD

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15A: "33. Clog or pump"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
  • Similar words include: brake shoe, skid, horseshoe
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SHOE

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16A: "34. Exclamation of faux innocence"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MOI

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17A: "35. One of 88 on a piano"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
  • Similar words include: primal, samara, describe
  • Opposite of: atonality
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KEY

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18A: "36. Not square"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
  • Similar words include: pelvic girdle, coxa, rose hip
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HIP

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19A: "37. Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have?"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that add to the very end
  • Similar words include: tag on, add on, tack on
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: APPENDS

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20A: "40. Poetic homage"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ODE

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21A: "43. Sedan or coupe"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
  • Similar words include: automobile, machine, railcar
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CAR

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22A: "45. The "G" in L.G.B.T."

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
  • Similar words include: jolly, homosexual, mirthful
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GAY

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23A: "46. Much-admired person"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a material effigy that is worshipped
  • Similar words include: graven image, god, beau ideal
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IDOL

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24A: "47. "Take it easy, will you?!""

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CUTMESOMESLACK

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25A: "51. Food court loiterer, say"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MALLRAT

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26A: "52. Shipping company with a red-and-yellow logo"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DHL

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27A: "53. Industrious little insect"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
  • Similar words include: pismire, emmet
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANT

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28A: "54. Made a boo-boo"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
  • Similar words include: stray, drift, err
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ERRED

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29A: "57. "Freddie Mercury" or "Lady Gaga""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a name that has been assumed temporarily
  • Similar words include: also known as, assumed name, a.k.a.
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALIAS

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30A: "61. "___ truly ...""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: YOURS

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31A: "63. Poker tell, perhaps"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EYETWITCH

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32A: "65. Green ___ (special military headwear)"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BERET

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33A: "66. Field of study"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
  • Similar words include: region, surface area, country
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AREA

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34A: "67. Prerogative of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a vote that blocks a decision
  • Similar words include: prohibit, nix, negative
  • Opposite of: permit, allow
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: VETO

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35A: "68. Idyllic places"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
  • Similar words include: nirvana, Garden of Eden, Eden
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EDENS

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36A: "69. Office message"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a written proposal or reminder
  • Similar words include: memoranda, memorandum
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEMO

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37A: "70. Give off, as radiation"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that expel (gases or odors)
  • Similar words include: let out, give off, utter
  • Opposite of: absorb
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Answer: EMIT

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Protective wear for lobster eaters 4
2D 2. Exam that doesn't need pen or paper 4
3D 3. Grp. joined by Finland in 2023 and Sweden in 2024 4
4D 4. Men's fashion magazine 7
5D 5. Show a dog's excitement, as a tail 3
6D 6. B&Bs 4
7D 7. Field goal percentage, for one 4
8D 8. Politico Nancy 6
9D 9. Certain submission moves in wrestling 8
10D 10. Period to live through 3
11D 11. Jedi who trained Luke, formally 10
12D 12. Bit of log-in info 6
13D 13. Sticky tree secretion 5
14D 18. "Now it's clear!" 4
15D 22. Cries of pain 3
16D 25. Ceremonial splendor 4
17D 27. Kind of deer 3
18D 28. It's flicked from a cigarette 3
19D 29. ___ Beta Kappa 3
20D 30. Highbrow critics may sneer at it 10
21D 31. Dandy 3
22D 32. ___ Maradona, Argentine soccer legend 5
23D 37. Possible causes of in-flight disputes 8
24D 38. "Platoon" setting, in brief 3
25D 39. Not natural, as hair color 4
26D 41. Medic 3
27D 42. Antlered animal 3
28D 44. The Falcons, on scoreboards 3
29D 46. "'Tis but a scratch" 7
30D 47. Went paddling 6
31D 48. Part of the body with a lobe 3
32D 49. Go live on the internet, say 6
33D 50. Playwright George Bernard ___ 4
34D 51. Fence-sitter's response 5
35D 55. Jane of Brit Lit 4
36D 56. Judge (to be) 4
37D 58. Tabloid twosome 4
38D 59. When Macbeth meets the witches 4
39D 60. Basketball attempt 4
40D 62. Stimpy's canine pal 3
41D 64. "___ Te Ching" 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Protective wear for lobster eaters"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that top part of an apron; covering the chest
  • Similar words include: bib, tipple
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: BIBS

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2D: "2. Exam that doesn't need pen or paper"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
  • Similar words include: oral examination, oral exam, unwritten
  • Opposite of: anal, aboral
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Answer: ORAL

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3D: "3. Grp. joined by Finland in 2023 and Sweden in 2024"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security
  • Similar words include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: NATO

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4D: "4. Men's fashion magazine"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: GQSTYLE

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5D: "5. Show a dog's excitement, as a tail"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a witty amusing person who makes jokes
  • Similar words include: waggle, card, wit
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: WAG

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6D: "6. B&Bs"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
  • Similar words include: lodge, inn, auberge
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: INNS

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7D: "7. Field goal percentage, for one"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: STAT

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8D: "8. Politico Nancy"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: PELOSI

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9D: "9. Certain submission moves in wrestling"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: LEGLOCKS

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10D: "10. Period to live through"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Similar words include: geological era, epoch, earned run average
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERA

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11D: "11. Jedi who trained Luke, formally"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: MASTERYODA

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12D: "12. Bit of log-in info"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: USERID

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13D: "13. Sticky tree secretion"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
  • Similar words include: rosin
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: RESIN

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14D: "18. "Now it's clear!""

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ISEE

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15D: "22. Cries of pain"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: OWS

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16D: "25. Ceremonial splendor"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cheap or pretentious or vain display
  • Similar words include: eclat, gaudery
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: POMP

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17D: "27. Kind of deer"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
  • Similar words include: hard roe
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ROE

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18D: "28. It's flicked from a cigarette"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
  • Similar words include: ash tree
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASH

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19D: "29. ___ Beta Kappa"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the 21st letter of the greek alphabet
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: PHI

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20D: "30. Highbrow critics may sneer at it"

10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: POPCULTURE

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21D: "31. Dandy"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
  • Similar words include: dandy, sheik, clotheshorse
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: FOP

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22D: "32. ___ Maradona, Argentine soccer legend"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: DIEGO

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23D: "37. Possible causes of in-flight disputes"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a support for the arm
  • Similar words include: armrest
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: ARMRESTS

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24D: "38. "Platoon" setting, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: NAM

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25D: "39. Not natural, as hair color"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that color with dye
  • Similar words include: bleached, colored, coloured
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: DYED

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26D: "41. Medic"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a licensed medical practitioner
  • Similar words include: Department of Commerce, Dr., Commerce
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: DOC

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27D: "42. Antlered animal"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
  • Similar words include: Alces alces, European elk, American elk
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELK

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28D: "44. The Falcons, on scoreboards"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ATL

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29D: "46. "'Tis but a scratch""

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: ILLLIVE

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30D: "47. Went paddling"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that travel by canoe
  • Similar words include: canoe
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: CANOED

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31D: "48. Part of the body with a lobe"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
  • Similar words include: spike, capitulum, pinna
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: EAR

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32D: "49. Go live on the internet, say"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
  • Similar words include: pour, teem, watercourse
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: STREAM

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33D: "50. Playwright George Bernard ___"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
  • Similar words include: G. B. Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, George Bernard Shaw
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHAW

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34D: "51. Fence-sitter's response"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Similar words include: possibly, mayhap, perchance
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: MAYBE

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35D: "55. Jane of Brit Lit"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
  • Similar words include: Lake Eyre
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: EYRE

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36D: "56. Judge (to be)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
  • Similar words include: take for, hold, view as
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: DEEM

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37D: "58. Tabloid twosome"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
  • Similar words include: point, token, detail
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ITEM

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38D: "59. When Macbeth meets the witches"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACTI

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39D: "60. Basketball attempt"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of firing a projectile
  • Similar words include: charge, dart, chatoyant
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SHOT

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40D: "62. Stimpy's canine pal"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: REN

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41D: "64. "___ Te Ching""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an adherent of any branch of taoism
  • Similar words include: Taoist
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TAO

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
78 Total Clues

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