No 27378, Wed Oct 23, 2024 NY Times Crossword by Matthew Stock and Brooke Husic

Across Clues :

1. Birth day party?, 6. Oyster relative, 10. Pick up the tab, 13. Canvas holder, 14. Princess with "space buns", 15. Warrior I or Warrior II, in yoga, 16. B.A. in Communications?, 19. Energizing force, 20. Doha native, 21. "Is that true about me?", 24. Stat for a successful squeeze play, 25. Confident, 26. M.S. in Biology?, 32. Cunning plans, 33. Accessory that might read "Prom King" or "Bride to Be", 34. Website builder, for short, 35. Reasonable, 36. Not accidental, 38. Tinder can be used for this, 39. College, to an Aussie, 40. Spot for drying dishes, 41. Contribute to the mix, 42. Ph.D. in Computing?, 46. "It seems to me," in online shorthand, 47. "___ Mubarak!" (greeting around Ramadan), 48. Marshall's friend on "How I Met Your Mother", 49. Genre for James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room," familiarly, 52. "Nothing runs like a ___" (ad slogan), 54. Not distinguished by large differences … or an apt title for this puzzle?, 59. Gets along well, 60. Source of many an anonymous political quote, 61. Needing rinsing, maybe, 62. ___ throwing (trendy sport), 63. Secure to a dock, 64. Fashion sense

Wed Oct 23, 2024 NY Times Crossword

Down Clues :

1. Cabinet member Haaland, 2. Item fit into a thole, 3. Largest NATO member, 4. Graduation day wear at the University of Hawaii, 5. Distinguished athletes, 6. Dungeons & Dragons character with healing powers, 7. Hissing tire's problem, 8. Afflict, 9. Website that contributed to the decline of road atlases, 10. "Pearls" in a drink, 11. Word with error or experience, 12. Creature in the animated film "Abominable", 15. Pi's last name in "Life of Pi", 17. Bloodwork and such, in medical lingo, 18. Severe, 21. Energizes, 22. Italian fashion capital, to Italians, 23. Truly legendary, 25. Time period, 27. Alternative to white or wheat, 28. Tennis champion Naomi, 29. "Hooray for me!", 30. Obtain through logic, 31. Balanced, 36. Group of problem solvers?, 37. Bounce off the walls, say, 38. Prez depicted in a wheelchair at his D.C. memorial, 40. Verb on an invoice, 41. Speak to, 43. Garments worn by caber tossers, 44. Pot, 45. Ran out of battery, 49. Madly in love, 50. Plastic option, for short, 51. School that's home to Grace Hopper College, 52. Bird symbolizing obsolescence, 53. Acronymic achievement for Viola Davis, 55. South America's ___ de la Plata, 56. Sunbeam, 57. Soccer org. for Chelsea and Manchester United, 58. Symbol atop the pyramid on a dollar bill

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 23, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Birth day party?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOULA

  Possible Answer : monitrice, birthing_coach, doula, labor_coach




• The clue is 6. Oyster relative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLAM

  Possible Answer : clam, buck, dollar, one_dollar_bill, dollar_bill




• The clue is 10. Pick up the tab. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUY

  Possible Answer : grease_one's_palms, steal, purchase, corrupt, bargain, bribe, buy

  Possible Opposite Answer : sell




• The clue is 13. Canvas holder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EASEL

  Possible Answer : easel




• The clue is 14. Princess with "space buns". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEIA




• The clue is 15. Warrior I or Warrior II, in yoga. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POSE

  Possible Answer : puzzle, dumbfound, posture, get, position, perplex, stick, flummox, bewilder, baffle, personate, nonplus, sit, beat, gravel, vex, set, pose, mystify, model, amaze, mannerism, impersonate, airs, put, affectation, present, stupefy, affectedness, lay, place




• The clue is 16. B.A. in Communications?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: BRAILLEALPHABET




• The clue is 19. Energizing force. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPARK

  Possible Answer : spark, trigger_off, flicker, trip, trigger, set_off, Muriel_Sarah_Spark, twinkle, Spark, discharge, sparkle, electric_arc, light, electric_discharge, touch_off, Muriel_Spark, arc, Dame_Muriel_Spark, spark_off, actuate, glint, activate




• The clue is 20. Doha native. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: QATARI

  Possible Answer : Qatari, Katari




• The clue is 21. "Is that true about me?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMI




• The clue is 24. Stat for a successful squeeze play. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RBI

  Possible Answer : run_batted_in, rbi




• The clue is 25. Confident. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SURE

  Possible Answer : trusted, for_certain, sure_enough, sure, certain, indisputable, surely, certainly, sure_as_shooting, for_sure

  Possible Opposite Answer : uncertain, unsure




• The clue is 26. M.S. in Biology?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: MICROSCOPESLIDE




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

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

  The answer: PLOYS

  Possible Answer : stratagem, ploy, gambit




• The clue is 33. Accessory that might read "Prom King" or "Bride to Be". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SASH

  Possible Answer : cincture, girdle, window_sash, waistband, waistcloth, sash




• The clue is 34. Website builder, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEV




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

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

  The answer: SANE

  Possible Answer : sane, reasonable

  Possible Opposite Answer : insane




• The clue is 36. Not accidental. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEANT

  Possible Answer : entail, signify, imply, think, mean, intend, stand_for, have_in_mind, think_of




• The clue is 38. Tinder can be used for this. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIRE

  Possible Answer : flame, raise, fervor, fervency, flak, can, blast, flaming, evoke, arouse, fervidness, attack, ardour, flack, fire, burn, give_the_axe, displace, go_off, fervour, give_notice, ardor, discharge, force_out, elicit, sack, enkindle, fuel, dismiss, open_fire, burn_down, kindle, firing, give_the_sack, provoke, terminate, send_away

  Possible Opposite Answer : hire




• The clue is 39. College, to an Aussie. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNI




• The clue is 40. Spot for drying dishes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RACK

  Possible Answer : gouge, squeeze, wheel, wrack, scud, extort, rack, torture, excruciate, wring, stand, single-foot, torment




• The clue is 41. Contribute to the mix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADDIN




• The clue is 42. Ph.D. in Computing?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: POCKETHARDDRIVE




• The clue is 46. "It seems to me," in online shorthand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMHO




• The clue is 47. "___ Mubarak!" (greeting around Ramadan). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EID




• The clue is 48. Marshall's friend on "How I Met Your Mother". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TED

  Possible Answer : Teddy_boy, Ted




• The clue is 49. Genre for James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room," familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAYLIT




• The clue is 52. "Nothing runs like a ___" (ad slogan). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEERE

  Possible Answer : John_Deere, Deere




• The clue is 54. Not distinguished by large differences … or an apt title for this puzzle?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: AMATTEROFDEGREE




• The clue is 59. Gets along well. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GELS

  Possible Answer : gelatin, gel, colloidal_gel, mousse




• The clue is 60. Source of many an anonymous political quote. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIDE

  Possible Answer : aide-de-camp, adjutant, auxiliary, aide




• The clue is 61. Needing rinsing, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOAPY

  Possible Answer : fulsome, buttery, unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous, smarmy, soapy, oily




• The clue is 62. ___ throwing (trendy sport). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXE

  Possible Answer : ax, axe




• The clue is 63. Secure to a dock. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOOR

  Possible Answer : moorland, moor, wharf, tie_up, Moor, berth




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

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

  The answer: STYLE

  Possible Answer : fashion, trend, mode, style, way, expressive_style, elan, title, dash, stylus, vogue, manner, flair, panache

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Cabinet member Haaland. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEB

  Possible Answer: debutante, deb

• The clue is 2. Item fit into a thole. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OAR

  Possible Answer: oar

• The clue is 3. Largest NATO member. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USA

  Possible Answer: U.S., Army, United_States_Army, US_Army, USA, United_States, U._S._Army, U.S.A., United_States_of_America, the_States, America, US

• The clue is 4. Graduation day wear at the University of Hawaii. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEIS

  Possible Answer: lei, coronal, chaplet, wreath, garland

• The clue is 5. Distinguished athletes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLPROS

• The clue is 6. Dungeons & Dragons character with healing powers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLERIC

  Possible Answer: divine, cleric, ecclesiastic, churchman

• The clue is 7. Hissing tire's problem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAK

  Possible Answer: making_water, leak_out, wetting, news_leak, leak, outflow, escape, leakage, passing_water

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

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

  The answer: AIL

  Possible Answer: garlic, pain, trouble, ail

• The clue is 9. Website that contributed to the decline of road atlases. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAPQUEST

  Possible Answer: MapQuest, mapquest

• The clue is 10. "Pearls" in a drink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOBA

• The clue is 11. Word with error or experience. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USER

  Possible Answer: exploiter, user, drug_user, substance_abuser

• The clue is 12. Creature in the animated film "Abominable". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YETI

  Possible Answer: yeti, abominable_snowman

• The clue is 15. Pi's last name in "Life of Pi". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATEL

• The clue is 17. Bloodwork and such, in medical lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LABS

  Possible Answer: science_lab, science_laboratory, research_lab, laboratory, research_laboratory, lab

• The clue is 18. Severe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HARSH

  Possible Answer: harsh, rough, abrasive, coarse

  Possible Opposite Answer : fine

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

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

  The answer: AMPSUP

• The clue is 22. Italian fashion capital, to Italians. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MILANO

  Possible Answer: Milan, Milano

• The clue is 23. Truly legendary. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICONIC

  Possible Answer: iconic

• The clue is 25. Time period. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPAN

  Possible Answer: duo, couplet, cross, twosome, sweep, brace, pair, duad, twain, yoke, dyad, straddle, traverse, duet, span, couple, distich, bridge

• The clue is 27. Alternative to white or wheat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RYE

  Possible Answer: rye, rye_whisky, Secale_cereale, rye_whiskey

• The clue is 28. Tennis champion Naomi. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSAKA

  Possible Answer: Osaka

• The clue is 29. "Hooray for me!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDIDIT

• The clue is 30. Obtain through logic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DERIVE

  Possible Answer: descend, derive, come, deduce, infer, educe, deduct, gain

• The clue is 31. Balanced. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVENED

  Possible Answer: level, flush, even, even_out

• The clue is 36. Group of problem solvers?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MATHTEAM

• The clue is 37. Bounce off the walls, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHO

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

• The clue is 38. Prez depicted in a wheelchair at his D.C. memorial. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FDR

  Possible Answer: President_Roosevelt, Franklin_Roosevelt, Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt, F._D._Roosevelt, President_Franklin_Roosevelt, Roosevelt, FDR

• The clue is 40. Verb on an invoice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REMIT

  Possible Answer: send_back, defer, table, remitment, hold_over, put_over, slacken, remission, prorogue, shelve, set_back, put_off, remit, postpone, remand

• The clue is 41. Speak to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADDRESS

  Possible Answer: direct, treat, deal, speech, reference, turn_to, name_and_address, call, address, savoir-faire, speak, destination, cover, handle, accost, plow, come_up_to, computer_address

• The clue is 43. Garments worn by caber tossers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KILTS

  Possible Answer: kilt

• The clue is 44. Pot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REEFER

  Possible Answer: marijuana_cigarette, reefer, joint, stick, spliff

• The clue is 45. Ran out of battery. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIED

  Possible Answer: decease, drop_dead, perish, break_down, conk, give_out, give_way, croak, die_out, break, pass, go, fail, give-up_the_ghost, become_flat, buy_the_farm, go_bad, expire, exit, kick_the_bucket, snuff_it, cash_in_one's_chips, choke, pass_away, pall, pop_off, conk_out, die

  Possible Opposite Answer : be_born

• The clue is 49. Madly in love. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAGA

  Possible Answer: doddering, senile, wild, doddery, dotty, gaga, crazy

• The clue is 50. Plastic option, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMEX

  Possible Answer: American_Stock_Exchange, Curb, AMEX

• The clue is 51. School that's home to Grace Hopper College. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YALE

  Possible Answer: Yale, Yale_University, Elihu_Yale

• The clue is 52. Bird symbolizing obsolescence. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DODO

  Possible Answer: dodo, fossil, Raphus_cucullatus, fogey, fogy

• The clue is 53. Acronymic achievement for Viola Davis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGOT

• The clue is 55. South America's ___ de la Plata. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIO

  Possible Answer: Rio_de_Janeiro, Rio

• The clue is 56. Sunbeam. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAY

  Possible Answer: shaft, beam_of_light, ray_of_light, irradiation, re, radiate, electron_beam, irradiate, shaft_of_light, light_beam, beam, ray

• The clue is 57. Soccer org. for Chelsea and Manchester United. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPL

• The clue is 58. Symbol atop the pyramid on a dollar bill. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYE

  Possible Answer: heart, center, middle, centre, eyeball, eye, oculus, optic

NYT Crossword - January 01, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Monday, January 01, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 01, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (35 clues)

1A: "1. Jezebel's deity"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient semitic peoples; the hebrews considered baal a false god
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BAAL

2A: "5. Capers"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an easy victory
• Similar words include: lark, lark about, cavort
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROMPS

3A: "10. Labyrinth"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
• Similar words include: snarl, labyrinth, tangle
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MAZE

4A: "14. County site of Sugarloaf Mountain"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELKO

5A: "15. Antarctic cape"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ADARE

6A: "16. E.P.A. calls this a pesticide"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time
• Similar words include: axillary, wing-shaped, aliform
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALAR

7A: "17. Did a Little job"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
• Similar words include: ape, caricature
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: APED

8A: "18. G. Burn's hot companion"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a roll of tobacco for smoking
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CIGAR

9A: "19. Capital of Latvia"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a port city on the gulf of riga that is the capital and largest city of latvia; formerly a member of the hanseatic league
• Similar words include: capital of Latvia
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RIGA

10A: "20. Period fondly remembered now"

14 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: THEGAYNINETIES

11A: "23. Less unreasonable"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
• Similar words include: sane, reasonable
• Opposite of: insane

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SANER

12A: "24. Gnarl"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tight cluster of people or things
• Similar words include: gnarl, international nautical mile, grayback
• Opposite of: unravel, unknot

Click to reveal answer

Answer: KNOT

13A: "25. ___ over a new leaf"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a circular segment of a curve
• Similar words include: turn of events, bend, routine
• Opposite of: unbend

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TURN

14A: "29. Film cutter"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
• Similar words include: editor program, editor in chief
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EDITOR

15A: "33. Place where nobody stops on a dime"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Similar words include: hatful, passel, quite a little
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MINT

16A: "37. Elbow follower"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
• Similar words include: elbow room, way, board
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROOM

17A: "39. Juliet's emotion"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMORE

18A: "40. Difference between 20 and 57 Across"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ONEHUNDREDYEARS

19A: "43. Celestial hunter"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) a giant boeotian hunter who pursued the pleiades and was eventually slain by artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
• Similar words include: Hunter
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORION

20A: "44. Another Jan. 1 delight (see 32 Down)"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
• Similar words include: allay, repose, alleviate
• Opposite of: difficulty

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EASE

21A: "45. R.b.i., e.g."

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STAT

22A: "46. Mislead"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be false to; be dishonest with
• Similar words include: deceive, lead on, cozen
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DELUDE

23A: "48. Part of concrete"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
• Similar words include: moxie, backbone, Baroness Dudevant
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SAND

24A: "50. Dispatched"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that 100 senti equal 1 kroon in estonia
• Similar words include: broadcast, institutionalise, institutionalize
• Opposite of: unsent

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SENT

25A: "52. "Sesame Street" grouch"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
• Similar words include: Academy Award
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OSCAR

26A: "57. Event on Jan. 1, 1990"

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STARTOFADECADE

27A: "62. Bridge"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the complete duration of something
• Similar words include: sweep, duo, twain
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPAN

28A: "63. Fatuous"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that devoid of intelligence
• Similar words include: fatuous, asinine, mindless
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INANE

29A: "64. Solemnly declare"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
• Similar words include: verify, affirm, assert
• Opposite of: disavow

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Answer: AVOW

30A: "65. " ... bearded like the ___": Shak."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PARD

31A: "66. Isabel was one"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REINA

32A: "67. Fen footing"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• Similar words include: morass, bog down, muck
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MIRE

33A: "68. Fruit drinks"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Similar words include: fruit drink, ade
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ADES

34A: "69. A component of liquor"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ESTER

35A: "70. Present for a Me. lad"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Similar words include: sledge, sleigh
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SLED

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

1D: "1. Defeats"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a united states youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
• Similar words include: overreach, vanquish, shell
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEATS

2D: "2. Beta predecessor"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 1st letter of the greek alphabet
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALPHA

3D: "3. "Fits a dull fighter and ___ guest": Shak."

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AKEEN

4D: "4. Elks congregate here"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
• Similar words include: indian lodge, order, auberge
• Opposite of: dislodge

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LODGE

5D: "5. Like James Bond"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that full of zest or vigor
• Similar words include: robust, blue, naughty
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RACY

6D: "6. Valhalla V.I.P."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ODIN

7D: "7. Crèche characters"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (new testament) the sages who visited jesus and mary and joseph shortly after jesus was born; the gospel according to matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
• Similar words include: Wise Men, magus
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MAGI

8D: "8. Dido"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that acting like a clown or buffoon
• Similar words include: caper, clowning, antic
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PRANK

9D: "9. Calm"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not agitated; without losing self-possession
• Similar words include: tranquil, unagitated, calm
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SERENE

10D: "10. Some Canadian provinces, with "The""

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the collective name for the canadian provinces of new brunswick and nova scotia and prince edward island
• Similar words include: Maritime Provinces, Canadian Maritime Provinces
• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MARITIMES

11D: "11. "It's a Sin to Tell ___""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALIE

12D: "12. Parts of slaloms"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
• Similar words include: zig, zigzag, zag
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ZAGS

13D: "13. Epoch"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERA

14D: "21. Tate offering"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Similar words include: artistry, prowess, artistic creation
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ART

15D: "22. Tomorrow's preceder"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the present time or age
• Similar words include: nowadays, now
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TODAY

16D: "26. Samovar"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: URN

17D: "27. Took a taxi"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
• Similar words include: tantalize, drive, depend on
• Opposite of: walk

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RODE

18D: "28. Mrs. Helmer and Mrs. Charles"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NORAS

19D: "30. Exactly"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TOAT

20D: "31. Odd, in Ayr"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORRA

21D: "32. What workers enjoy on Jan. 1"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something left after other parts have been taken away
• Similar words include: balance, catch one's breath, stay
• Opposite of: change, be active

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REST

22D: "33. Disposition"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
• Similar words include: temper, mode, humour
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MOOD

23D: "34. Concerning"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: INRE

24D: "35. Diamond developed in Brooklyn"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NEIL

25D: "36. How many assemble at Times Square on New Year's Eve?"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
• Similar words include: grand, thousand, thou
• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: THOUSANDS

26D: "38. Big butte"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
• Similar words include: table
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MESA

27D: "41. Beneath"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that located below or beneath something else
• Similar words include: nether, below
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: UNDER

28D: "42. Retreat"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
• Similar words include: hideaway, hideout, lair
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DEN

29D: "47. All"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that uncastrated adult male horse
• Similar words include: stallion, total, integral
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENTIRE

30D: "49. Bambi's mom"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
• Similar words include: Energy, Energy Department, Department of Energy
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DOE

31D: "51. Inflections"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the quality of a person's voice
• Similar words include: pure tone, feeling, spirit
• Opposite of: atonicity

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TONES

32D: "53. Certain snow jobs"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme
• Similar words include: nobble, diddle, cozenage
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SCAMS

33D: "54. Carp"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
• Similar words include: chicane, quiddity, quibble
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAVIL

34D: "55. Emulate Gaspar"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that love intensely
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ADORE

35D: "56. Emulate Zsa Zsa"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REWED

36D: "57. W.W. I plane"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPAD

37D: "58. Darnel"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
• Similar words include: darnel, cheat, bearded darnel
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TARE

38D: "59. ___ accompli"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: FAIT

39D: "60. British queen or princess"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANNE

40D: "61. Expensive"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
• Similar words include: honey, heartfelt, high-priced
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DEAR

41D: "62. Health resort"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Similar words include: watering place, watering hole, resort hotel
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPA

Puzzle Stats

35 Across

41 Down

76 Total

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