No 27386, Thu Oct 31, 2024 NYT by Sarah Sinclair and Paolo Pasco

Across Clues :

1. Go downhill fast, maybe, 5. Instigate, 11. Little while, 14. Adjective often paired with "hearty", 15. The "boy" in the Broadway lyric "Never before has a boy wanted more!", 16. Cruise through, 17. "Duh!," in textspeak, 18. Noted convention center?, 19. "Moo, ___, La La La!" (children's book), 20. June observance, 22. Pastry whose dough is used in making pigs in a blanket, 24. Common situations in time travel narratives, 26. The emperor Caligula wanted to name his a consul, in legend, 27. Lowercase "n" lookalike, 28. Its cups aren't supposed to runneth over, 29. Singer Lewis, 30. Last word in the full title of Cervantes's most famous novel, 33. Pigeonry, 34. Halloween-themed hit, with a hint to four squares in this puzzle, 36. What the puck is going on?, 37. " … have it your way, then", 38. BeBe's sister, in a gospel duo, 39. Something "dead" in a haunted corn maze?, 40. ___ powder (manicure type), 43. It comes from the heart, 45. Summer drink made from the fruits of two tropical trees, 48. Graphic showing the status of a download, say, 50. Like Polish, but not polish, 51. Lionizing lines, 52. General during the Clone Wars, 54. "Last Christmas" pop duo, 55. Marble count for each side in Chinese checkers, 56. Opposite of a jumbo shake?, 57. Prefix with trust or rust, 58. Sounds of hesitation, 59. Recorded, in a way, 60. Throw hard, in modern slang

Down Clues :

1. Quaint store, 2. Maze runner, 3. "Mistress of the Dark" in a 1988 film, 4. "Othello" role, 5. Sound sounds, 6. Encouragement to a flamenco performer, 7. Cut finely, 8. Civil rights leader Medgar, 9. Campbell of horror film fame, 10. Just terrible, in slang, 11. One of the original five inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 12. "Yes, that's abundantly clear", 13. Source of refreshments on a train to London, 21. Financial institution with A.T.M.s known as "Green Machines", 23. Fellow presenter, 25. Art knife brand, 30. Paintings in the "Water Lilies" series, e.g., 31. Dating app for queer women, 32. Elizabeth of cosmetics, 33. Openness, 34. Certain edible seedlings, 35. Khan tract?, 36. Keep in stock, say, 38. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" author, 40. "Apollo and ___" (Bernini masterpiece), 41. Kick around some concepts, 42. Aspiring driver's need, 44. Invite for, 45. Painter whose "Olympia" caused controversy for its depiction of a sex worker, 46. Result of burning sage, 47. "Not happening!", 49. 2016 election nickname, 53. Catchy song

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 31, 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. Go downhill fast, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLED

  
  

  Possible Answer : sledge, sled, sleigh




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

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

  The answer: FOMENT

  
  

  Possible Answer : stir_up, foment, agitate




• The clue is 11. Little while. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIT

  
  

  Possible Answer : turn, spot, minute, second, burn, bit, chip, sting, fleck, morsel, scrap, flake, routine, act, bite, prick, piece, snatch, mo, number, seize_with_teeth, moment




• The clue is 14. Adjective often paired with "hearty". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALE

  
  

  Possible Answer : hale, Nathan_Hale, cart, force, haul, coerce, squeeze, whole, Edward_Everett_Hale, George_Ellery_Hale, pressure, drag, Hale




• The clue is 15. The "boy" in the Broadway lyric "Never before has a boy wanted more!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLIVER

  
  

  Possible Answer : King_Oliver, Joseph_Oliver, Oliver




• The clue is 16. Cruise through. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACE

  
  

  Possible Answer : maven, ACE, unity, virtuoso, sweep_through, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, superstar, wizard, sensation, crack, adept, whiz, super, Allied_Command_Europe, pass_with_flying_colors, nail, hotshot, genius, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, whizz, top-notch, I, champion, 1, one, single, wiz, mavin, ace, tops, tiptop, breeze_through, first-rate, sail_through, topnotch, star, A-one




• The clue is 17. "Duh!," in textspeak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBVS

  
  



• The clue is 18. Noted convention center?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENEVA

  
  

  Possible Answer : Geneva, Geneve, Holland_gin, Genf, Hollands, geneva




• The clue is 19. "Moo, ___, La La La!" (children's book). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAA

  
  

  Possible Answer : blat, baa, blate, bleat




• The clue is 20. June observance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRIDEMONTH

  
  



• The clue is 22. Pastry whose dough is used in making pigs in a blanket. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRESCENTROLL

  
  



• The clue is 24. Common situations in time travel narratives. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: PARADOXES

  
  

  Possible Answer : paradox




• The clue is 26. The emperor Caligula wanted to name his a consul, in legend. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HORSE

  
  

  Possible Answer : gymnastic_horse, cavalry, sawhorse, horse_cavalry, Equus_caballus, sawbuck, horse, knight, buck




• The clue is 27. Lowercase "n" lookalike. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

  
  

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




• The clue is 28. Its cups aren't supposed to runneth over. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRA

  
  

  Possible Answer : bandeau, bra, brassiere




• The clue is 29. Singer Lewis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUEY

  
  



• The clue is 30. Last word in the full title of Cervantes's most famous novel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANCHA

  
  



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

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

  The answer: COTE

  
  

  Possible Answer : cote




• The clue is 34. Halloween-themed hit, with a hint to four squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONSTERMASH

  
  



• The clue is 36. What the puck is going on?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RINK

  
  

  Possible Answer : skating_rink, rink




• The clue is 37. " … have it your way, then". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORDONT

  
  



• The clue is 38. BeBe's sister, in a gospel duo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CECE

  
  



• The clue is 39. Something "dead" in a haunted corn maze?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: END

  
  

  Possible Answer : destruction, end, cease, finish, stop, final_stage, death, conclusion, closing, last, remnant, ending, goal, oddment, terminate, terminal, close, remainder

  Possible Opposite Answer : begin, beginning




• The clue is 40. ___ powder (manicure type). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIP

  
  

  Possible Answer : sink, dip, dim, cutpurse, pickpocket, angle_of_dip, duck, drop, inclination, plunge, magnetic_dip, free_fall, dunk, magnetic_inclination, souse, fall, douse




• The clue is 43. It comes from the heart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AORTA

  
  

  Possible Answer : aorta




• The clue is 45. Summer drink made from the fruits of two tropical trees. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANGOLEMONADE

  
  



• The clue is 48. Graphic showing the status of a download, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROGRESSBAR

  
  



• The clue is 50. Like Polish, but not polish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROPER

  
  

  Possible Answer : right, proper

  Possible Opposite Answer : improper




• The clue is 51. Lionizing lines. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODE

  
  

  Possible Answer : ode




• The clue is 52. General during the Clone Wars. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KENOBI

  
  



• The clue is 54. "Last Christmas" pop duo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHAM

  
  

  Possible Answer : whack, wallop, whop, wham




• The clue is 55. Marble count for each side in Chinese checkers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEN

  
  

  Possible Answer : tenner, 10, ten-spot, decade, X, x, ten




• The clue is 56. Opposite of a jumbo shake?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TREMOR

  
  

  Possible Answer : tremor, shudder, microseism, quake, earth_tremor




• The clue is 57. Prefix with trust or rust. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTI

  
  

  Possible Answer : anti

  Possible Opposite Answer : pro




• The clue is 58. Sounds of hesitation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERS

  
  

  Possible Answer : atomic_number_68, erbium, Er, emergency_room, ER




• The clue is 59. Recorded, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONTAPE

  
  



• The clue is 60. Throw hard, in modern slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEET

  
  

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: SHOPPE

  
  

• The clue is 2. Maze runner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LABRAT

  
  

• The clue is 3. "Mistress of the Dark" in a 1988 film. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELVIRA

  
  

• The clue is 4. "Othello" role. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: DESDEMONA

  
  

• The clue is 5. Sound sounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOGHORNS

  
  

  Possible Answer: foghorn, fogsignal

• The clue is 6. Encouragement to a flamenco performer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLE

  
  

• The clue is 7. Cut finely. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINCE

  
  

  Possible Answer: soften, moderate, mince

• The clue is 8. Civil rights leader Medgar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVERS

  
  

  Possible Answer: Medgar_Wiley_Evers, Medgar_Evers, Evers

• The clue is 9. Campbell of horror film fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEVE

  
  

  Possible Answer: neve

• The clue is 10. Just terrible, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRASH

  
  

  Possible Answer: tear_apart, applesauce, pan, folderol, Methedrine, scum, rubbish, scrap, shabu, codswallop, trash, glass, methamphetamine, wish-wash, junk, methamphetamine_hydrochloride, chalk, meth, ice, chicken_feed, deoxyephedrine, trumpery, tripe, crank

• The clue is 11. One of the original five inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BABERUTH

  
  

• The clue is 12. "Yes, that's abundantly clear". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICANSEE

  
  

• The clue is 13. Source of refreshments on a train to London. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEATROLLEY

  
  

• The clue is 21. Financial institution with A.T.M.s known as "Green Machines". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TDBANK

  
  

• The clue is 23. Fellow presenter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COHOST

  
  

• The clue is 25. Art knife brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XACTO

  
  

• The clue is 30. Paintings in the "Water Lilies" series, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONETS

  
  

  Possible Answer: Monet, Claude_Monet

• The clue is 31. Dating app for queer women. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HER

  
  

• The clue is 32. Elizabeth of cosmetics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARDEN

  
  

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

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

  The answer: CANDOR

  
  

  Possible Answer: candor, candour, fair-mindedness, forthrightness, directness, candidness, frankness, fairness

  Possible Opposite Answer : unfairness

• The clue is 34. Certain edible seedlings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MICROGREENS

  
  

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

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

  The answer: MONGOLEMPIRE

  
  

• The clue is 36. Keep in stock, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REORDER

  
  

  Possible Answer: reorder

• The clue is 38. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" author. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAPOTE

  
  

  Possible Answer: hooded_cloak, capote, hooded_coat

• The clue is 40. "Apollo and ___" (Bernini masterpiece). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAPHNE

  
  

  Possible Answer: daphne, Daphne

• The clue is 41. Kick around some concepts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEATE

  
  

  Possible Answer: envisage, ideate, conceive_of, imagine

• The clue is 42. Aspiring driver's need. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PERMIT

  
  

  Possible Answer: permit, countenance, tolerate, licence, Trachinotus_falcatus, allow, let, permission, license

  Possible Opposite Answer : prevent, disallow, forbid

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

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

  The answer: ASKTO

  
  

• The clue is 45. Painter whose "Olympia" caused controversy for its depiction of a sex worker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANET

  
  

  Possible Answer: Edouard_Manet, Manet

• The clue is 46. Result of burning sage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AROMA

  
  

  Possible Answer: perfume, olfactory_property, scent, odour, aroma, fragrance, odor, smell

• The clue is 47. "Not happening!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOWAY

  
  

• The clue is 49. 2016 election nickname. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BERN

  
  

  Possible Answer: capital_of_Switzerland, Bern, Berne

• The clue is 53. Catchy song. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOP

  
  

  Possible Answer: bonk, bop, bebop, Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons, BoP, whap, sock, bash, whop

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Across Clues and Answers (34)

Clue #1: 1. Collect

5-letter answer Answer: AMASS

Word Help: Synonyms: compile, cumulate, conglomerate

Clue #2: 6. Shortening for bakers

3-letter answer Answer: TSP

Clue #3: 9. Triangular bones that fuse in adulthood

5-letter answer Answer: SACRA

Word Help: Synonyms: sacrum

Clue #4: 14. Assembles

15-letter answer Answer: GATHERSTOGETHER

Clue #5: 17. "You didn't fool me"

15-letter answer Answer: IKNEWITALLALONG

Clue #6: 18. ___-Assyrian Empire, once the world's strongest military power

3-letter answer Answer: NEO

Word Help: Synonyms: neo

Clue #7: 19. Annoyance in the middle of a season, perhaps

7-letter answer Answer: SPOILER

Word Help: Synonyms: plunderer, pillager, mollycoddler

Clue #8: 20. Top suit

3-letter answer Answer: CEO

Word Help: Synonyms: CEO, chief_operating_officer, chief_executive_officer

Clue #9: 21. Generational disconnects

4-letter answer Answer: GAPS

Word Help: Synonyms: spread, breach, interruption

Clue #10: 23. First Muppet to appear on the Billboard Hot 100

5-letter answer Answer: ERNIE

Clue #11: 24. Takes the field?

4-letter answer Answer: MOWS

Word Help: Synonyms: haymow, cut_down, mop

Clue #12: 25. Package filler, often

4-letter answer Answer: FOAM

Word Help: Synonyms: foam, froth, sparkle

Clue #13: 27. Yahoo rival

3-letter answer Answer: MSN

Clue #14: 28. Leaves aside?

4-letter answer Answer: PILE

Word Help: Synonyms: cumulation, wad, piling

Clue #15: 29. Spiral-shelled mollusks

7-letter answer Answer: TRITONS

Word Help: Synonyms: Triton, triton, newt

Clue #16: 31. Spanish city that's home to the Alhambra

7-letter answer Answer: GRANADA

Word Help: Synonyms: Granada

Clue #17: 34. Declining late in life

6-letter answer Answer: SENILE

Word Help: Synonyms: doddery, senile, doddering

Clue #18: 35. Beef cut in Santa Maria-style barbecue

6-letter answer Answer: TRITIP

Clue #19: 36. Likely lobby locale in D.C.

7-letter answer Answer: KSTREET

Clue #20: 38. Restaurant option that lacks options

7-letter answer Answer: SETMENU

Clue #21: 39. Makes haste

4-letter answer Answer: HIES

Word Help: Synonyms: rush_along, bucket_along, hotfoot
Antonyms: linger

Clue #22: 40. In-network grp.

3-letter answer Answer: HMO

Word Help: Synonyms: HMO, health_maintenance_organization

Clue #23: 42. Channel

4-letter answer Answer: DUCT

Word Help: Synonyms: duct, channel, canal

Clue #24: 43. Phisher's collection, for short

4-letter answer Answer: SSNS

Clue #25: 44. Doozy

5-letter answer Answer: BEAUT

Word Help: Synonyms: beaut, beauty

Clue #26: 46. What one of the letters in the luxury conglomerate LVMH stands for

4-letter answer Answer: MOET

Clue #27: 48. Baseball's "Master Melvin"

3-letter answer Answer: OTT

Clue #28: 49. Corruption below deck, perhaps

7-letter answer Answer: WOODROT

Clue #29: 51. ___-ace (queer identity)

3-letter answer Answer: ARO

Clue #30: 52. Colorful knit top with Scottish origins

15-letter answer Answer: FAIRISLESWEATER

Clue #31: 55. Board game variant used as a last-resort tiebreaker

15-letter answer Answer: ARMAGEDDONCHESS

Clue #32: 56. Fumes

5-letter answer Answer: STEWS

Word Help: Synonyms: brood, sweat, lather

Clue #33: 57. Are, in Spanish

3-letter answer Answer: SON

Word Help: Synonyms: Logos, son, Word
Antonyms: girl, daughter

Clue #34: 58. Couldn't not

5-letter answer Answer: HADTO

Across Clues and Answers (34)

Clue #1: 1. Natural process we all go through

5-letter answer Answer: AGING

Word Help: Synonyms: senescent, maturate, age
Antonyms: rejuvenate

Clue #2: 2. Leave everything behind

15-letter answer Answer: MAKEAFRESHSTART

Clue #3: 3. Never ever

15-letter answer Answer: ATNOPOINTINTIME

Clue #4: 4. ___Believes Cup, annual women's soccer tournament

3-letter answer Answer: SHE

Clue #5: 5. Finalizes, with "up"

4-letter answer Answer: SEWS

Word Help: Synonyms: sew_together, tailor, tailor-make

Clue #6: 6. Some concerning forecasts, in weather-speak

7-letter answer Answer: TSTORMS

Clue #7: 7. Coffee rings, e.g.

6-letter answer Answer: STAINS

Word Help: Synonyms: grime, sully, spot

Clue #8: 8. Campaign activity

7-letter answer Answer: POLLING

Word Help: Synonyms: poll, canvas, canvass

Clue #9: 9. Directive in many a stovetop recipe

4-letter answer Answer: SEAR

Word Help: Synonyms: shriveled, blacken, dried-up

Clue #10: 10. N.L. East rival of NYM

3-letter answer Answer: ATL

Clue #11: 11. Like Junior Mints and Raisinets

15-letter answer Answer: CHOCOLATECOATED

Clue #12: 12. What a retrospective aims to produce

15-letter answer Answer: RENEWEDINTEREST

Clue #13: 13. One side in ancient Greece's Battle of the 300 Champions

5-letter answer Answer: ARGOS

Word Help: Synonyms: Argos, Argo

Clue #14: 15. Mature

4-letter answer Answer: RIPE

Word Help: Synonyms: good, right, advanced
Antonyms: green

Clue #15: 16. "Euphoria" synonym that, like "Euphoria," is also the name of a hit TV show

4-letter answer Answer: GLEE

Word Help: Synonyms: mirth, gleefulness, gloat

Clue #16: 22. Sendups

7-letter answer Answer: SATIRES

Word Help: Synonyms: satire, caustic_remark, irony

Clue #17: 24. "Bare" bottom?

7-letter answer Answer: MINIMUM

Word Help: Synonyms: minimal, minimum, lower_limit
Antonyms: maximum, maximal

Clue #18: 26. Infiltrators of a sort

5-letter answer Answer: MOLES

Word Help: Synonyms: bulwark, breakwater, groyne

Clue #19: 28. Medicare component

5-letter answer Answer: PARTD

Clue #20: 29. Oft-repeated bit of onomatopoeia

3-letter answer Answer: TSK

Word Help: Synonyms: tsk, tut, tut-tut

Clue #21: 30. Once named

3-letter answer Answer: NEE

Word Help: Synonyms: nee

Clue #22: 32. Pike, for instance: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: RTE

Clue #23: 33. Longtime animated TV character who hasn't had a speaking role since 2017

3-letter answer Answer: APU

Clue #24: 37. One's parents, in modern slang

7-letter answer Answer: THEOLDS

Clue #25: 38. Stops digging

7-letter answer Answer: SOURSON

Clue #26: 41. Got by

6-letter answer Answer: MADEDO

Clue #27: 43. Change seats?

5-letter answer Answer: SOFAS

Word Help: Synonyms: sofa, couch, lounge

Clue #28: 44. "Better sound through research" brand

4-letter answer Answer: BOSE

Word Help: Synonyms: Satyendra_Nath_Bose, Bose, Satyendra_N._Bose

Clue #29: 45. Gown go-with

4-letter answer Answer: TOWN

Word Help: Synonyms: Ithiel_Town, townspeople, townsfolk

Clue #30: 47. Core location

5-letter answer Answer: TORSO

Word Help: Synonyms: torso, body, trunk

Clue #31: 49. Freaks (out)

4-letter answer Answer: WIGS

Word Help: Synonyms: wigging, wig

Clue #32: 50. Lighting, sound production, etc.

4-letter answer Answer: TECH

Word Help: Synonyms: tech, technical_school

Clue #33: 53. Unprocessed

3-letter answer Answer: RAW

Word Help: Synonyms: raw, peeled, sore
Antonyms: cooked

Clue #34: 54. ___ moment

3-letter answer Answer: AHA

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (38 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (40 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Dazzle	5
2A	6. Unspoken "yes"	3
3A	9. Creep into a creek, say	4
4A	13. Establishment whose name means "lounge" in French	5
5A	14. Gun in an action flick	3
6A	15. "We're innocent of wrongdoing"	5
7A	16. Times noted in Captain Kirk's logs	9
8A	18. Foreboding signs	5
9A	19. Poet Pound	4
10A	20. Topaz and turquoise	4
11A	21. Spanish island with a lively club scene	5
12A	22. Holland in Hollywood	3
13A	23. Some loud dogs … or food critics	7
14A	25. Fiddle (with)	3
15A	26. Fancy spirals in calligraphy	9
16A	28. Place to say "I do"	5
17A	31. Does something about it	4
18A	32. Crave, with "for"	4
19A	36. Straight-shooting … or a punny title for this puzzle?	6
20A	38. Sexually excite … or another punny title for this puzzle?	6
21A	40. Harness for oxen	4
22A	41. Kindergarten basics	4
23A	45. Watch an entire season in one day, say	5
24A	46. Increases in pricing	9
25A	49. "Man, I tell ya!"	3
26A	52. Set up panels for renewable energy, informally	7
27A	53. Fish for fish sticks	3
28A	56. Conductor Seiji of the Boston Symphony	5
29A	58. Three-point shot, in slang	4
30A	59. Rice lookalike	4
31A	60. "That makes two of us"	5
32A	61. The Syracuse Mets vis-à-vis the New York Mets	9
33A	63. Food item placed in Egyptian tombs, as its layers symbolized eternity	5
34A	64. Earliest drug approved to treat H.I.V.	3
35A	65. ___ Dame	5
36A	66. Computer memory units, in brief	4
37A	67. "Right this minute!"	3
38A	68. Quests for	5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Dazzle"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that affect with wonder
• Similar words include: astonish, baffle, beat
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AMAZE

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2A: "6. Unspoken "yes""

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sign of assent or salutation or command
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOD

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3A: "9. Creep into a creek, say"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
• Similar words include: Virginia Wade
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WADE

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4A: "13. Establishment whose name means "lounge" in French"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that gallery where works of art can be displayed
• Similar words include: beauty parlor, beauty shop, beauty parlour
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SALON

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5A: "14. Gun in an action flick"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in israel
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: UZI

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6A: "15. "We're innocent of wrongdoing""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOTUS

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7A: "16. Times noted in Captain Kirk's logs"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: STARDATES

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8A: "18. Foreboding signs"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sign of something about to happen
• Similar words include: foretell, foreshadow, portent
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OMENS

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9A: "19. Poet Pound"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a jewish priest and scribe sent by the persian king to restore jewish law and worship in jerusalem
• Similar words include: Book of Ezra
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EZRA

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10A: "20. Topaz and turquoise"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
• Similar words include: precious stone, gem, gemstone
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GEMS

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11A: "21. Spanish island with a lively club scene"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IBIZA

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12A: "22. Holland in Hollywood"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
• Similar words include: Uncle Tom, tomcat, turkey cock
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TOM

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13A: "23. Some loud dogs … or food critics"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: YELPERS

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14A: "25. Fiddle (with)"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an artifact designed to be played with
• Similar words include: plaything, miniature, toy dog
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TOY

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15A: "26. Fancy spirals in calligraphy"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
• Similar words include: ringlet, roll, curl
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: CURLICUES

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16A: "28. Place to say "I do""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the table in christian churches where communion is given
• Similar words include: Lord's table, communion table
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ALTAR

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17A: "31. Does something about it"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
• Similar words include: number, dissemble, pretend
• Opposite of: refrain

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Answer: ACTS

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18A: "32. Crave, with "for""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Similar words include: suffer, pine, smart
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACHE

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19A: "36. Straight-shooting … or a punny title for this puzzle?"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NOSPIN

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20A: "38. Sexually excite … or another punny title for this puzzle?"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TURNON

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21A: "40. Harness for oxen"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
• Similar words include: couplet, duet, twosome
• Opposite of: unyoke

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Answer: YOKE

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22A: "41. Kindergarten basics"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Similar words include: alphabet, first principle, first rudiment
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ABCS

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23A: "45. Watch an entire season in one day, say"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any act of immoderate indulgence
• Similar words include: overindulge, englut, satiate
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BINGE

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24A: "46. Increases in pricing"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: RATEHIKES

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25A: "49. "Man, I tell ya!""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a youthful male person
• Similar words include: male child, son
• Opposite of: daughter, girl

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Answer: BOY

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26A: "52. Set up panels for renewable energy, informally"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: GOSOLAR

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27A: "53. Fish for fish sticks"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
• Similar words include: twit, bait, pod
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: COD

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28A: "56. Conductor Seiji of the Boston Symphony"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states conductor (born in japan in 1935)
• Similar words include: Seiji Ozawa
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OZAWA

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29A: "58. Three-point shot, in slang"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Similar words include: III, trinity, triplet
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TREY

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30A: "59. Rice lookalike"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in greek cuisine
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ORZO

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31A: "60. "That makes two of us""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SODOI

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32A: "61. The Syracuse Mets vis-à-vis the New York Mets"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: MINORTEAM

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33A: "63. Food item placed in Egyptian tombs, as its layers symbolized eternity"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bulb of an onion plant
• Similar words include: Allium cepa, onion plant
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ONION

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34A: "64. Earliest drug approved to treat H.I.V."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an antiviral drug (trade name retrovir) used in the treatment of aids; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow
• Similar words include: Retrovir, zidovudine, ZDV
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AZT

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35A: "65. ___ Dame"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOTRE

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36A: "66. Computer memory units, in brief"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
• Similar words include: meg, 1000000, one thousand thousand
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MEGS

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37A: "67. "Right this minute!""

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the momentary present
• Similar words include: immediately, straight off, right away
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOW

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38A: "68. Quests for"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
• Similar words include: essay, attempt, assay
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SEEKS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. It's a good thing	5
2D	2. Flatbread eaten during Passover	5
3D	3. Nap interrupter, maybe	5
4D	4. Author ___ Neale Hurston	4
5D	5. Wrap up	3
6D	6. Chocolaty spread	7
7D	7. Antidiabetes drug taken by many for weight loss	7
8D	8. Cut up in a lab, perhaps	7
9D	9. Something shown in a sonogram	4
10D	10. Fell down hard, in slang	5
11D	11. Finito or kaput	5
12D	12. Lit class assignment	5
13D	15. Squeak or squeal	5
14D	17. Golden ___ (many a retiree)	4
15D	23. Space race cosmonaut Gagarin	4
16D	24. Fall into disrepair over time	4
17D	26. Playful prank	5
18D	27. Some outfits for Bollywood films	5
19D	28. "___ news?"	3
20D	29. Potty, to Potter	3
21D	30. "Naughty, naughty"	3
22D	33. "Inside Politics" channel	3
23D	34. Monopolize	3
24D	35. Austin-to-Boston dir.	3
25D	37. Its alphabet starts with Alfa and ends with Zulu	4
26D	39. Business that's picking up?	4
27D	42. Toast giver at a wedding, often	7
28D	43. Spanish sausage	7
29D	44. Intro to writing?	7
30D	47. "Encore!"	5
31D	48. Big hit in the ring	4
32D	49. ___ buddy	5
33D	50. Layer wrapping Earth	5
34D	51. "Get me?," to beatniks	5
35D	53. Center of the ancient Minoan civilization	5
36D	54. Netflix crime drama set in rural Missouri	5
37D	55. Some stadium toppers	5
38D	57. Showers with flowers and sweets, say	4
39D	59. Great Plains native	4
40D	62. I.C.U. staffers	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. It's a good thing"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a useful or valuable quality
• Similar words include: plus
• Opposite of: liability

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASSET

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2D: "2. Flatbread eaten during Passover"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that brittle flat bread eaten at passover
• Similar words include: matzah, matzoh, unleavened bread
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MATZO

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3D: "3. Nap interrupter, maybe"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fear resulting from the awareness of danger
• Similar words include: warning signal, alarm clock, consternation
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALARM

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4D: "4. Author ___ Neale Hurston"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ZORA

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5D: "5. Wrap up"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
• Similar words include: final stage, terminate, terminal
• Opposite of: beginning, begin

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: END

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6D: "6. Chocolaty spread"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NUTELLA

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7D: "7. Antidiabetes drug taken by many for weight loss"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OZEMPIC

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8D: "8. Cut up in a lab, perhaps"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cut open or cut apart
• Similar words include: analyse, take apart, break down
• Opposite of: synthesize

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DISSECT

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9D: "9. Something shown in a sonogram"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
• Similar words include: uterus
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WOMB

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10D: "10. Fell down hard, in slang"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ATEIT

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11D: "11. Finito or kaput"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DUNZO

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12D: "12. Lit class assignment"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an analytic or interpretive literary composition
• Similar words include: attempt, assay, try
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ESSAY

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13D: "15. Squeak or squeal"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
• Similar words include: resound, dissonance, randomness
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOISE

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14D: "17. Golden ___ (many a retiree)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AGER

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15D: "23. Space race cosmonaut Gagarin"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YURI

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16D: "24. Fall into disrepair over time"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
• Similar words include: rusting, corrode, rust-brown
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RUST

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17D: "26. Playful prank"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of numerous plants of the genus capparis
• Similar words include: antic, joke, gambol
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CAPER

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18D: "27. Some outfits for Bollywood films"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
• Similar words include: saree, sari
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SARIS

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19D: "28. "___ news?""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one or some or every or all without specification
• Similar words include: whatsoever, whatever
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANY

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20D: "29. Potty, to Potter"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a toilet in britain
• Similar words include: W.C., closet, water closet
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOO

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21D: "30. "Naughty, naughty""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Similar words include: tut-tut, tut
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TSK

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22D: "33. "Inside Politics" channel"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CNN

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23D: "34. Monopolize"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
• Similar words include: hogget, grunter, Sus scrofa
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HOG

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24D: "35. Austin-to-Boston dir."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the compass point midway between northeast and east
• Similar words include: east northeast
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENE

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25D: "37. Its alphabet starts with Alfa and ends with Zulu"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NATO

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26D: "39. Business that's picking up?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UBER

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27D: "42. Toast giver at a wedding, often"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BESTMAN

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28D: "43. Spanish sausage"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spicy spanish pork sausage
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHORIZO

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29D: "44. Intro to writing?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SILENTW

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30D: "47. "Encore!""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Similar words include: once again, once more, over again
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AGAIN

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31D: "48. Big hit in the ring"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
• Similar words include: knock out, knock cold, KO
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KAYO

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32D: "49. ___ buddy"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
• Similar words include: hug, boob, heart
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOSOM

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33D: "50. Layer wrapping Earth"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colorless gas (o3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OZONE

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34D: "51. "Get me?," to beatniks"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YADIG

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35D: "53. Center of the ancient Minoan civilization"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the largest greek island in the mediterranean; site of the minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 bc
• Similar words include: Kriti
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CRETE

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36D: "54. Netflix crime drama set in rural Missouri"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OZARK

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37D: "55. Some stadium toppers"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
• Similar words include: dome, domed stadium, bonce
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOMES

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38D: "57. Showers with flowers and sweets, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that seek someone's favor
• Similar words include: romance, court, solicit
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WOOS

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39D: "59. Great Plains native"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that a member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
• Similar words include: Oto
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OTOE

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40D: "62. I.C.U. staffers"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
• Similar words include: radon, registered nurse, Rn
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RNS

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38 Across Clues

40 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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