27424 Wed Dec 11, 2024 NYT Kathy Bloomer and Jeff Chen

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 11, 2024

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

New York Times, Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Field for a Fortnite pro. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESPORTS




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

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

  The answer: VEHICLE

  Possible Answer : fomite, vehicle




• The clue is 15. Actress who said "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAEWEST




• The clue is 16. Attendee who's not on the guest list. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRASHER

  Possible Answer : crasher, gatecrasher, unwelcome_guest




• The clue is 17. Took advantage of a situation, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MADEHAY




• The clue is 18. Presented to, as for approval. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RANPAST




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

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

  The answer: ABIDE

  Possible Answer : support, brook, stay, bide, digest, put_up, abide, stick_out, bear, tolerate, stomach, suffer, endure, stand




• The clue is 20. Pride : lion :: gaggle : ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOOSE

  Possible Answer : jackass, goof, twat, bozo, goose, goofball, fathead, zany, cuckoo




• The clue is 21. Like some nerves and strings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAUT

  Possible Answer : taut, tight




• The clue is 24. Come clean, with "up". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FESS

  Possible Answer : fess, fesse, Fez, Fes




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

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

  The answer: PRIORTO




• The clue is 29. Takes back to the lab, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RETESTS




• The clue is 33. Seemingly forever. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EON

  Possible Answer : eon, aeon




• The clue is 34. The N.H.L.'s Kraken, on scoreboards. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEA

  Possible Answer : sea, ocean




• The clue is 35. Billionaire philanthropist Broad. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELI




• The clue is 36. "Now I get it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHA




• The clue is 37. Smiling Face With Sunglasses, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMOJI




• The clue is 39. Fresno-to-San Diego dir.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SSE

  Possible Answer : sou'-sou'-east, SSE, south_southeast




• The clue is 41. 1-Across competitor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAMER

  Possible Answer : spirited, halting, spunky, game, gamey, halt, gimpy, gamy, gritty, lame, crippled, mettlesome




• The clue is 43. October Revolution leader. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LENIN

  Possible Answer : Lenin, Vladimir_Ilyich_Ulyanov, Vladimir_Ilich_Ulyanov, Vladimir_Lenin, Vladimir_Ilich_Lenin, Vladimir_Ilyich_Lenin, Nikolai_Lenin




• The clue is 44. "___ death do us part". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIL




• The clue is 45. Villainous animal in "The Lion King". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HYENA

  Possible Answer : hyena, hyaena




• The clue is 46. One might be good, bad or rotten. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGG

  Possible Answer : orchis, bollock, nut, testicle, testis, ball, eggs, ballock, egg




• The clue is 47. Japan's ___ Period (1603-1868). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDO

  Possible Answer : capital_of_Japan, Tokio, Edo, Japanese_capital, Tokyo, Yeddo, Yedo




• The clue is 48. Business card abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEL




• The clue is 49. Insult, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DISS

  Possible Answer : diss, affront, insult, Orcus, Dis




• The clue is 51. Keto diet no-no. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BREAD

  Possible Answer : lucre, boodle, wampum, kale, simoleons, shekels, sugar, lettuce, cabbage, dinero, pelf, loot, scratch, clams, gelt, breadstuff, moolah, dough, staff_of_life, lolly, bread




• The clue is 53. Poetry contest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAM

  Possible Answer : gibe, jibe, bang, shaft, mosh, slam_dance, flap_down, dig, sweep, slam, barb, thrash, shot




• The clue is 56. Part of I.P.A.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALE

  Possible Answer : ale




• The clue is 57. Beaucoup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALOADOF




• The clue is 59. Hosp. ward. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICU

  Possible Answer : intensive_care_unit, ICU




• The clue is 60. Subaru Crosstrek or Honda HR-V. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINISUV




• The clue is 62. Wins the heart of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENAMORS

  Possible Answer : enamor, fascinate, beguile, trance, enchant, bewitch, catch, enamour, captivate, charm, capture, becharm, entrance




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

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

  The answer: PASTIME

  Possible Answer : pastime, pursuit, interest




• The clue is 65. Repositions, as tires. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROTATES

  Possible Answer : go_around, circumvolve, rotate, splay, spread_out, turn_out, revolve




• The clue is 66. Assault with sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEAFEN

  Possible Answer : deaf, deafen




• The clue is 67. Equipment for an angioplasty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STENTS

  Possible Answer : stent

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Jane Austen heroine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMMA

• The clue is 2. Car stolen by Jerry's mechanic on an episode of "Seinfeld". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAAB

• The clue is 3. Spa treatment, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEDI

• The clue is 4. Had because of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OWEDTO

• The clue is 5. Doing a musical read-through. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: REHEARSING

  Possible Answer: practise, rehearse, practice

• The clue is 6. Carry-on checkers, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSA

  Possible Answer: Transportation_Security_Administration, TSA

• The clue is 7. Place to muck about?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STY

  Possible Answer: sty, hordeolum, pigpen, eye_infection, stye, pigsty

• The clue is 8. Old TV hookup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VCR

  Possible Answer: VCR, videocassette_recorder

• The clue is 9. Detergent in a red bottle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERA

  Possible Answer: ERA, geological_era, epoch, earned_run_average, era

• The clue is 10. Waits patiently. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: HANGSTIGHT

• The clue is 11. "Guess so," folksily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISPOSE

• The clue is 12. Elaine who served in two presidential cabinets. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHAO

• The clue is 13. Not as much. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LESS

  Possible Answer: less, to_a_lesser_extent

  Possible Opposite Answer : more

• The clue is 14. Art Deco icon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERTE

• The clue is 22. Salt Lake Valley people. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UTE

  Possible Answer: Ute

• The clue is 23. Appliance with a door and a crumb tray. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: TOASTEROVEN

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

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: FREELOADERS

  Possible Answer: freeloader

• The clue is 25. ___ sauce (Japanese condiment). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEL

  Possible Answer: eel

• The clue is 26. Source of zest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEEL

  Possible Answer: uncase, strip, pare, disrobe, undress, discase, Sir_Robert_Peel, Peel, unclothe, flake, strip_down, skin, Robert_Peel, peel, peel_off, flake_off

  Possible Opposite Answer : dress

• The clue is 27. Variety of cooking apple. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROME

  Possible Answer: capital_of_Italy, Roma, Rome, Italian_capital, Eternal_City

• The clue is 28. Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: INONESENSE

• The clue is 30. Actor who narrates "The Big Lebowski". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: SAMELLIOTT

• The clue is 31. Now's partner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEN

  Possible Answer: then, and_so, so, and_then

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

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

  The answer: SARA

• The clue is 38. Irish dances. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JIGS

  Possible Answer: gigue, jig

• The clue is 40. Half of a cassette. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIDEA

• The clue is 42. Yes votes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AYES

• The clue is 49. Mildly wet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAMP

  Possible Answer: break, deaden, dampish, dampen, weaken, tone_down, moistness, dull, dampness, moist, mute, muffle, soften, damp

• The clue is 50. Epic work that begins "Sing, goddess, of the anger of Achilles". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILIAD

  Possible Answer: Iliad

• The clue is 51. Judy who wrote "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLUME

• The clue is 52. ___-call list. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DONOT

• The clue is 54. Back 40 makeup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACRES

  Possible Answer: acre, Acre, Akko, demesne, Accho, acres, estate, Akka, land, landed_estate

• The clue is 55. Tousle, as hair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUSS

  Possible Answer: mess, genus_Mus, messiness, Mus, mussiness, tussle, muss

• The clue is 57. "Like that's ever going to happen". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIF

• The clue is 58. It may be tempted. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FATE

  Possible Answer: doom, destine, circumstances, fate, designate, destiny, luck, fortune, lot, portion

• The clue is 61. Call ___ night. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITA

• The clue is 63. Homo sapiens. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAN

  Possible Answer: military_man, humanity, military_personnel, humankind, gentleman's_gentleman, world, serviceman, valet_de_chambre, human_beings, human, valet, gentleman, homo, humans, man, Man, Isle_of_Man, human_race, adult_male, human_being, mankind, piece

  Possible Opposite Answer : woman, civilian

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Across Clues and Answers (31)

Clue #1: 1. Novelist Patchett

3-letter answer Answer: ANN

Clue #2: 4. Adviser to an acting president?

10-letter answer Answer: DRAMACOACH

Clue #3: 14. Mouthful for the foulmouthed

4-letter answer Answer: SOAP

Word Help: Synonyms: goop, liquid_ecstasy, easy_lay

Clue #4: 16. Average guy

10-letter answer Answer: REGULARJOE

Clue #5: 17. One of two ingredients used to make chapati

4-letter answer Answer: ATTA

Clue #6: 18. "You know your voices carry, right?!"

10-letter answer Answer: IVEGOTEARS

Clue #7: 19. Neutralize, so to speak

4-letter answer Answer: DOIN

Clue #8: 20. Milestone for a baby

10-letter answer Answer: FIRSTWORDS

Clue #9: 21. Formally selects

7-letter answer Answer: ANOINTS

Word Help: Synonyms: oil, anoint, anele

Clue #10: 23. Dance specialty

3-letter answer Answer: TAP

Word Help: Synonyms: dab, pink, tip

Clue #11: 24. Keep from being touched, in a way

6-letter answer Answer: ENCASE

Word Help: Synonyms: encase, incase, case

Clue #12: 25. Seek out

7-letter answer Answer: SOLICIT

Word Help: Synonyms: beg, accost, woo

Clue #13: 29. Runaway hit

5-letter answer Answer: SMASH

Word Help: Synonyms: smash-up, boom, bankrupt

Clue #14: 30. Meme of the star of "John Wick" looking downcast

8-letter answer Answer: SADKEANU

Clue #15: 31. Row crosser: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: COL

Word Help: Synonyms: gap, col

Clue #16: 32. ___ Núñez de Balboa, Isthmus of Panama explorer

5-letter answer Answer: VASCO

Clue #17: 34. Means of taking a trip

3-letter answer Answer: LSD

Word Help: Synonyms: lysergic_acid_diethylamide, LSD

Clue #18: 35. Cultural draw of Shanghai's M50 district

8-letter answer Answer: ARTSCENE

Clue #19: 38. Prove otherwise

5-letter answer Answer: BELIE

Word Help: Synonyms: belie, contradict, misrepresent

Clue #20: 40. Some Halloween mischief

7-letter answer Answer: DEVILRY

Word Help: Synonyms: devilment, mischief-making, mischief

Clue #21: 41. Not very animated

6-letter answer Answer: STOLID

Word Help: Synonyms: impassive, stolid

Clue #22: 43. Culture center?

3-letter answer Answer: LAB

Word Help: Synonyms: research_laboratory, research_lab, lab

Clue #23: 44. Point guard's crafty maneuver

7-letter answer Answer: HOPSTEP

Clue #24: 46. Flavor enhancer in many pho recipes

10-letter answer Answer: BONEMARROW

Clue #25: 51. "And ... done!"

4-letter answer Answer: TADA

Clue #26: 52. Split without warning

10-letter answer Answer: UPANDLEAVE

Clue #27: 53. One may be picked up in the gym

4-letter answer Answer: ODOR

Word Help: Synonyms: olfactory_perception, scent, olfactory_property

Clue #28: 54. Support when building bridges

10-letter answer Answer: CANTILEVER

Word Help: Synonyms: cantilever

Clue #29: 55. Litter pickup area?

4-letter answer Answer: NAPE

Word Help: Synonyms: scruff, nape, nucha

Clue #30: 56. Overly warm welcome, maybe

10-letter answer Answer: SLOPPYKISS

Clue #31: 57. "You can count on me"

3-letter answer Answer: YES

Word Help: Synonyms: yes
Antonyms: no

Across Clues and Answers (31)

Clue #1: 1. Adjective on taco truck menus

5-letter answer Answer: ASADA

Clue #2: 2. "That's my absolute limit!"

10-letter answer Answer: NOTONEMORE

Clue #3: 3. Big game medium

10-letter answer Answer: NATIONALTV

Clue #4: 4. Snow fence accumulations

6-letter answer Answer: DRIFTS

Word Help: Synonyms: rove, blow, freewheel

Clue #5: 5. Perfect writing?

6-letter answer Answer: REVISE

Word Help: Synonyms: revisal, revision, retool

Clue #6: 6. New ___

4-letter answer Answer: AGER

Clue #7: 7. Tavern vessels

4-letter answer Answer: MUGS

Word Help: Synonyms: soft_touch, kisser, smiler

Clue #8: 8. Mountains of work ahead

8-letter answer Answer: ALOTTODO

Clue #9: 9. A model way to work?

7-letter answer Answer: CATWALK

Word Help: Synonyms: catwalk

Clue #10: 10. Dessert with a black-and-white filling

7-letter answer Answer: OREOPIE

Clue #11: 11. Mostly closed

4-letter answer Answer: AJAR

Word Help: Synonyms: ajar

Clue #12: 12. Part of a hammock

4-letter answer Answer: CORD

Word Help: Synonyms: corduroy, cord, electric_cord

Clue #13: 13. BP rival

4-letter answer Answer: HESS

Word Help: Synonyms: Hess, Walter_Hess, Victor_Hess

Clue #14: 15. Fails to keep cool

6-letter answer Answer: PANICS

Word Help: Synonyms: affright, scare, panic

Clue #15: 22. "Hmm ... hard pass"

3-letter answer Answer: NAH

Clue #16: 25. Source of a cephalopod's defensive ink

3-letter answer Answer: SAC

Word Help: Synonyms: pocket, sac, sack

Clue #17: 26. Punch out, say

10-letter answer Answer: CALLITADAY

Clue #18: 27. Privileged figures, perhaps?

10-letter answer Answer: INSIDEDOPE

Clue #19: 28. Sass, informally

4-letter answer Answer: TUDE

Clue #20: 29. Bucketful

4-letter answer Answer: SCAD

Word Help: Synonyms: scad

Clue #21: 30. Sioux Falls-to-Sioux City dir.

3-letter answer Answer: SSE

Word Help: Synonyms: sou'-sou'-east, south_southeast, SSE

Clue #22: 32. How many consent

8-letter answer Answer: VERBALLY

Word Help: Synonyms: verbally

Clue #23: 33. "Whichever one you want"

3-letter answer Answer: ANY

Word Help: Synonyms: whatever, any, whatsoever

Clue #24: 36. Cupboard component

7-letter answer Answer: SILENTP

Clue #25: 37. Seafood cookout bowlful

7-letter answer Answer: CLAMDIP

Clue #26: 38. Charles Mingus specialty

3-letter answer Answer: BOP

Word Help: Synonyms: sock, whap, bonk

Clue #27: 39. ___ Howard, Yankee who was the 1963 A.L. M.V.P.

6-letter answer Answer: ELSTON

Clue #28: 41. Propels, like a shuffleboard disk

6-letter answer Answer: SHOVES

Word Help: Synonyms: thrust, jostle, squeeze

Clue #29: 42. Lookout positions

6-letter answer Answer: TOWERS

Word Help: Synonyms: column, hulk, tugboat

Clue #30: 45. Cuts (down)

5-letter answer Answer: PARES

Word Help: Synonyms: pare_down, pare, skin

Clue #31: 46. 2003 and 2021 Super Bowl champs, informally

4-letter answer Answer: BUCS

Clue #32: 47. Milky resource found in the outback

4-letter answer Answer: OPAL

Word Help: Synonyms: opal

Clue #33: 48. Onetime iPod offering

4-letter answer Answer: NANO

Clue #34: 49. Be very funky

4-letter answer Answer: REEK

Word Help: Synonyms: stink, fetor, malodour

Clue #35: 50. Noted name in raga performance

4-letter answer Answer: RAVI

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Clue	Answer
Seasonal virus	FLU
Sound from a goose, cat or snake	HISS
Debacle	FIASCO
Place for parking	LOT
Double-reed instrument	OBOE
Remove from political office	UNSEAT
Rapper on the “Barbie” soundtrack	ICESPICE
Some teens embracing scene fashion	EGIRLS
Planet explored by the Opportunity rover	MARS
___ issue (problem fixable by self-improvement)	SKILL
Brimless hat with a tassel	FEZ
Leaves at a loss for words	STUNS
Dr. Mario console	NES
“Psych!”	NOT
“Certainly!”	YES
Fish in a dragon roll	UNAGI
Complain petulantly	WHINE
Love, in telenovelas	AMOR
Changed one’s eating habits	DIETED
Band with the Grammy-nominated album “The Car”	ARCTICMONKEYS
Minor earthquake	TREMOR
“To reiterate . . .”	ISAID
“Nothing more for me!”	IMSET
“A Quiet Place” language	ASL
Weeps uncontrollably	SOBS
“The Force Awakens” pilot Dameron	POE
Misbehaves	ACTSOUT
Nickname that drops “-erie”	VAL
Plot device in “Groundhog Day” and “Russian Doll”	TIMELOOP
Total woe	MISERY
Spheres	ORBS
Rock group known for the song “Chasing Cars”	SNOWPATROL
Fish that lack pelvic fins	EELS
Give and ___	TAKE
Like weather that calls for an umbrella	RAINY
Opposite of NNW	SSE
Musher’s vehicle	SLED
Sciences’ partner	ARTS
Weak, like an excuse	FLIMSY
Find	LOCATE
Organ where the placenta develops	UTERUS
Jump on one leg	HOP
Bird that forages in mud	IBIS
Piece of footwear that can be knitted	SOCK
Dating	SEEING
Propane and gasoline are two	FUELS
Gerund suffix	ING
“Dream on!”	ASIF
Goal at a meditation retreat	SERENITY
Pizza turnovers	CALZONES
Extra WNBA periods	OTS
ID on a W-2	SSN
Tropical flower garland	LEI
Net result	SUMTOTAL
“The Good Place” actor Danson	TED
Detective film genre	NOIR
Character’s storyline	ARC
Collaborative fan site	WIKI
Listens to	HEEDS
Agency seeking Carmen Sandiego	ACME
Molecule edited by CRISPR	DNA
Ornate wardrobes	ARMOIRES
Take after, looks-wise	RESEMBLE
Made a verbal error	MISSPOKE
Holmenkollbakken city	OSLO
Walks quietly	TIPTOES
Like Berg’s music	ATONAL
Past caring	OVERIT
Coronet-wearing noblemen	BARONS
In a sneaky way	SLYLY
Prices	COSTS
Headline	STAR
Got Married	Wed
Twisty letter	ESS

I hope these answers will assist you in moving past any difficult clues that you were having trouble with. And do not stress, some puzzles are created to be solved with ways of thinking with which the average person is unfamiliar, so it is perfectly fine to ask for some assistance.

February 13, 1997 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - February 13, 1997

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

• 1. Raises: ERECTS
• 7. Coal-mining waste: SLAG
• 11. Interruption: GAP
• 14. Cores: NUCLEI
• 15. Grand Prix, for instance: AUTORACE
• 17. One of the lanthanides: CERIUM
• 18. Accumulates: STORESUP
• 19. What's NEW?: UPTOTHEMINUTE
• 21. Hugs, symbolically: OOO
• 22. Spanish dramatist ___ de Vega: LOPE
• 23. What's KNEW?: HADINMEMORY
• 30. Fragrant resin: ELEMI
• 31. Member of the flock: EWE
• 32. Spill the beans: BLAB
• 36. What's GNU?: AFRICANANTELOPE
• 40. Opposite of bless: DAMN
• 41. River to the Mississippi: RED
• 42. Provincial pronoun: YOUSE
• 43. What's NU?: GREEKLETTER
• 46. Athens's home: OHIO
• 49. Suffix with libel: OUS
• 50. What's NOUS?: FRENCHPRONOUN
• 56. "A Raisin in the Sun" writer Hansberry: LORRAINE
• 57. Quiver contents: ARROWS
• 60. Support: UNDERLIE
• 61. Where to get fast service?: TENNIS
• 62. Derek and Diddley: BOS
• 63. Honky-___: TONK
• 64. Ancient Qumran inhabitant: ESSENE

Down:

• 1. Abbr. at the bottom of a letter: ENC
• 2. Curse the day: RUE
• 3. Brown shade: ECRU
• 4. Illegal block: CLIP
• 5. German: TEUTONIC
• 6. Violent Saharan wind: SIMOOM
• 7. Pane's place: SASH
• 8. Pear-shaped instrument: LUTE
• 9. Fermi's fascination: ATOM
• 10. How horror scenes are often depicted: GORILY
• 11. Refuel: GASUP
• 12. Intense: ACUTE
• 13. "___ Le Moko" (1937 Duvivier drama): PEPE
• 16. Slots site: RENO
• 20. Water tester: TOE
• 23. Intellect: HEAD
• 24. ___ Romeo: ALFA
• 25. Skin: Suffix: DERM
• 26. "___ love!": IMIN
• 27. Gettysburg victor: MEADE
• 28. Have the rights to: OWN
• 29. No longer active: Abbr.: RET
• 32. Stain: BLOT
• 33. Ill-mannered one: LOUT
• 34. Basilica section: APSE
• 35. Cold one: BEER
• 37. Opposite of dep.: ARR
• 38. Obit word: NEE
• 39. Trash bins, graffiti, etc.: EYESORES
• 43. Track speedster: GOCART
• 44. Chinese diplomat Wellington ___: KOO
• 45. Crescent-shaped: LUNATE
• 46. Down East college town: ORONO
• 47. Zebra groups: HERDS
• 48. Pertaining to: INRE
• 50. Bungle: FLUB
• 51. Seat of Hawaii County: HILO
• 52. Nabokov novel: PNIN
• 53. Stench: REEK
• 54. Tomb items: URNS
• 55. Not a lick: NONE
• 58. Carry the day: WIN
• 59. Wind dir.: SSE

November 24, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

November 24, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Blacksmith's waste	4
2A	5. More than right ... or seldom correct?	6
3A	11. Chicago-to-Atlanta dir.	3
4A	14. "Easy to Be Hard" musical of the late 1960s	4
5A	15. Bad record to set	6
6A	16. Original "Veronica Mars" airer	3
7A	17. Absolute power [chopped]	11
8A	19. "Annabel Lee" poet	3
9A	20. Writer Joyce Carol ___	5
10A	21. 1990s Indian prime minister	3
11A	22. Ending with ecto- or pachy-	4
12A	23. Phrase on many No Trespassing signs [chopped]	15
13A	27. Including an unlisted number?	4
14A	28. Brain parts	5
15A	29. Comic cry of dismay	3
16A	32. Concerns for golfers	4
17A	35. Game with scrums	5
18A	37. Waste minimizers [chopped]	15
19A	41. Member of the British Commonwealth in the Mediterranean	5
20A	42. Work hard	4
21A	43. ___ soda	3
22A	44. Fiery passions	5
23A	46. Jamaican exports	4
24A	49. Self-deprecate, then pause to get a reaction [squeezed]	18
25A	55. Detail-oriented and then some	4
26A	56. Cartoon cry of dismay	3
27A	57. Nonsubmerging W.W. II menace	5
28A	58. Lead-in to an ext.	3
29A	59. Topping made with this puzzle's chopped and squeezed ingredients	11
30A	62. ___ reminder	3
31A	63. Chump	6
32A	64. Place	4
33A	65. Drug in the 1980 film "Altered States"	3
34A	66. Tiny creature on a slide	6
35A	67. Just in case	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Blacksmith's waste"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
• Words that mean the same thing: dross, scoria
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. More than right ... or seldom correct?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
• Words that mean the same thing: purblind, dull, dim
• The opposite would be: acute
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBTUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Chicago-to-Atlanta dir."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the compass point midway between south and southeast
• Words that mean the same thing: south southeast, sou'-sou'-east
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Easy to Be Hard" musical of the late 1960s"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
• Words that mean the same thing: hair's-breadth, whisker, fuzz
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Bad record to set"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEWLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Original "Veronica Mars" airer"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Absolute power [chopped]"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMNIPOTENCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "Annabel Lee" poet"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states writer and poet (1809-1849)
• Words that mean the same thing: Edgar Allan Poe
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Writer Joyce Carol ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english conspirator who claimed that there was a jesuit plot to assassinate charles ii (1649-1705)
• Words that mean the same thing: Joyce Carol Oates, Titus Oates
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. 1990s Indian prime minister"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Ending with ecto- or pachy-"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DERM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Phrase on many No Trespassing signs [chopped]"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIVATEPROPERTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Including an unlisted number?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Brain parts"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
• Words that mean the same thing: lobe, lob
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOBES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Comic cry of dismay"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Concerns for golfers"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: Trygve Lie, lie, prevarication
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Game with scrums"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a form of football played with an oval ball
• Words that mean the same thing: rugger, rugby football
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUGBY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Waste minimizers [chopped]"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRASHCOMPACTORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Member of the British Commonwealth in the Mediterranean"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic on the island of malta in the mediterranean; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1964
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Malta
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Work hard"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
• Words that mean the same thing: drudge, grind, dig
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. ___ soda"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Fiery passions"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Words that mean the same thing: ardor, readiness, ardour
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZEALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Jamaican exports"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that liquor distilled from fermented molasses
• Words that mean the same thing: rum, rummy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Self-deprecate, then pause to get a reaction [squeezed]"

Quick Info: This answer has 18 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __________________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FISHFORCOMPLIMENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "55. Detail-oriented and then some"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or related to the anus
• Words that mean the same thing: anal retentive
• The opposite would be: oral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "56. Cartoon cry of dismay"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
• Words that mean the same thing: do, ut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Nonsubmerging W.W. II menace"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EBOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Lead-in to an ext."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Topping made with this puzzle's chopped and squeezed ingredients"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PICODEGALLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. ___ reminder"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Chump"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
• Words that mean the same thing: chump, fool, mark
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUCKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Place"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• Words that mean the same thing: position, stead, place
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Drug in the 1980 film "Altered States""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
• Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Tiny creature on a slide"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
• Words that mean the same thing: ameba
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOEBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Just in case"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that being ten more than forty
• Words that mean the same thing: l, 50, fifty
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEST

  Great job if you got it right!

November 24, 2021 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit	5
2D	2. 2019 N.F.L. M.V.P. Jackson	5
3D	3. "___ a stinker?": Bugs Bunny	5
4D	4. Be in mourning	6
5D	5. 1981 Grammy co-winner for "Double Fantasy"	3
6D	6. Omaha stake?	3
7D	7. Little pest	5
8D	8. Opposite of radial	5
9D	9. "Neat!"	6
10D	10. One in a cote with a coat	3
11D	11. Id checkers	9
12D	12. Lululemon purchase	9
13D	13. "Them"	5
14D	18. Exam for many jrs.	4
15D	22. World premiere	5
16D	24. Barbershop supply	4
17D	25. Rosewater of Kurt Vonnegut's "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater"	5
18D	26. Boeuf alternative	4
19D	29. Skimmer's target, often	3
20D	30. Tomfoolery	9
21D	31. Dark green side dish	9
22D	33. Brooding style in music or fashion	3
23D	34. Vice president between Hubert and Gerald	5
24D	36. Big inits. in handbags	3
25D	38. Longtime CBS journalist Lesley	5
26D	39. ___-truths	4
27D	40. One who may endow a scholarship, informally	4
28D	45. Concern for one with hypertension	6
29D	47. Digital video format	4
30D	48. Real dirtbag	9
31D	49. Like some flaws	5
32D	50. Boxer Marciano's given name	5
33D	51. Epic mess-up at a critical moment	5
34D	52. "Seriously!"	5
35D	53. Yarns	5
36D	54. Dark beer	5
37D	59. Nonprofit spot, in brief	3
38D	60. Secretary of the Interior Haaland	3
39D	61. #MeToo ___	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. 2019 N.F.L. M.V.P. Jackson"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "___ a stinker?": Bugs Bunny"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AINTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Be in mourning"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cause to feel sorrow
• Words that mean the same thing: aggrieve, sorrow
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRIEVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. 1981 Grammy co-winner for "Double Fantasy""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Omaha stake?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the money risked on a gamble
• Words that mean the same thing: play, calculate, look
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Little pest"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who is regarded as contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: twirp, twit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWERP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Opposite of radial"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that relating to or near the ulna
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ULNAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "Neat!""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOCOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. One in a cote with a coat"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Id checkers"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience
• Words that mean the same thing: superego
• The word looks like this: _________
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  The answer is: SUPEREGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Lululemon purchase"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: SPORTSBRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Them""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that an opposing military force
• Words that mean the same thing: opposition, foeman, foe
• The opposite would be: friend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ENEMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Exam for many jrs."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: PSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. World premiere"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that the act of beginning something new
• Words that mean the same thing: introduction, entry, launching
• The word looks like this: _____
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  The answer is: DEBUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Barbershop supply"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
• Words that mean the same thing: talcum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: TALC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Rosewater of Kurt Vonnegut's "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that british poet (born in the united states) who won the nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
• Words that mean the same thing: T. S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot, Mary Ann Evans
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ELIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Boeuf alternative"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that meat from a domestic hog or pig
• Words that mean the same thing: pork
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: PORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Skimmer's target, often"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

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• This could be something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: standard atmosphere, standard pressure, automatic teller machine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ATM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Tomfoolery"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that informal terms for insanity
• Words that mean the same thing: daftness, foolishness, folly
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: CRAZINESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Dark green side dish"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

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• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: KALESALAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Brooding style in music or fashion"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.

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• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: EMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Vice president between Hubert and Gerald"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

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• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Big inits. in handbags"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

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• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Longtime CBS journalist Lesley"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: STAHL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. ___-truths"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
• Words that mean the same thing: one-half
• The opposite would be: whole
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: HALF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. One who may endow a scholarship, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
• Words that mean the same thing: ammonia alum, alumna, ammonium alum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ALUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Concern for one with hypertension"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
• Words that mean the same thing: Na, atomic number 11
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SODIUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Digital video format"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that a set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MPEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Real dirtbag"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: SLIMEBALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Like some flaws"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that bringing death
• Words that mean the same thing: disastrous, calamitous, fateful
• The opposite would be: nonfatal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: FATAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Boxer Marciano's given name"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ROCCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Epic mess-up at a critical moment"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
• Words that mean the same thing: conk, choking coil, perish
• The opposite would be: be born, unclog
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHOKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. "Seriously!""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

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• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: NOLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Yarns"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
• Words that mean the same thing: tarradiddle, story, taradiddle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Dark beer"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

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• This could be something that a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
• Words that mean the same thing: sturdy, hardy, stalwart
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Nonprofit spot, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

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• This could be something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Words that mean the same thing: prostate specific antigen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Secretary of the Interior Haaland"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

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• This could be something that a young woman making her debut into society
• Words that mean the same thing: debutante
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: DEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. #MeToo ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

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• This could be something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: geological era, epoch, earned run average
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	67.6%
Short Answer	17	23.0%
Music	2	2.7%
Literature	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	18 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 13, 2025 at 02:15 PM