XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: July 08, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 08 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (35)
Clue #1: 1. Main idea
Word Help: Synonyms: gist, heart_and_soul, heart
Clue #2: 5. Holders of squid ink
Word Help: Synonyms: theca, Sauk, sack
Clue #3: 9. Quickly put (together)
Word Help: Synonyms: bang, slap, slapdash
Clue #4: 13. Even once
Word Help: Synonyms: of_all_time, ever_so, e'er
Antonyms: never
Antonyms: never
Clue #5: 14. Acerbic humor
Word Help: Synonyms: butt_against, border, sharpness
Clue #6: 15. Witch's incantation
Word Help: Synonyms: tour, magical_spell, write
Antonyms: unspell
Antonyms: unspell
Clue #7: 16. Airport that Captain Sully departed from
Clue #8: 18. Fusilli or fettuccine
Word Help: Synonyms: pasta, alimentary_paste
Clue #9: 19. Channel with a yellow rectangle logo, informally
Clue #10: 20. British celebrity restaurateur Gordon ___
Clue #11: 21. Animation studio behind "Scooby-Doo"
Clue #12: 24. Speaker of Arabic or Hebrew
Word Help: Synonyms: Semitic, Semite
Clue #13: 27. One of many on a self-driving car
Word Help: Synonyms: detector, sensor, sensing_element
Clue #14: 28. What colors on opposite ends of the color wheel can do
Word Help: Synonyms: clash, friction, encounter
Clue #15: 29. Went fast
Word Help: Synonyms: speed, step_on_it, rush
Antonyms: decelerate, linger
Antonyms: decelerate, linger
Clue #16: 30. Nine months, typically, for a human pregnancy
Word Help: Synonyms: term, terminus, terminal_figure
Clue #17: 33. "___ me anything"
Word Help: Synonyms: ask, postulate, require
Antonyms: obviate
Antonyms: obviate
Clue #18: 34. Crave
Clue #19: 37. By way of
Clue #20: 38. Insects whose queens are fed royal jelly
Word Help: Synonyms: equal, be, live
Antonyms: differ
Antonyms: differ
Clue #21: 40. His and ___
Clue #22: 41. Fails to mention
Word Help: Synonyms: miss, pretermit, overleap
Antonyms: include, attend_to
Antonyms: include, attend_to
Clue #23: 43. Long looks
Word Help: Synonyms: star, asterisk, stare
Clue #24: 45. Cheddar, dough, bacon or cabbage
Word Help: Synonyms: boodle, clams, gelt
Clue #25: 46. What a pleasure-seeker seeks
Clue #26: 49. "La Traviata" and "La Bohème"
Word Help: Synonyms: opera_house, Opera, opera
Clue #27: 50. Capital of Canada
Word Help: Synonyms: Canadian_capital, capital_of_Canada, Ottawa
Clue #28: 53. Alums
Word Help: Synonyms: alum, alumnus, grad
Clue #29: 54. Outstanding effort ... or a feature of 16-, 21-, 34- and 46-Across?
Clue #30: 57. Windows : Microsoft :: ___ : Apple
Clue #31: 58. Place for a coin collection?
Word Help: Synonyms: couch, lounge, sofa
Clue #32: 59. Body part covered by a cap
Word Help: Synonyms: stifle, genu, knee_joint
Clue #33: 60. [Um, I can hear everything you're saying, you know]
Word Help: Synonyms: ahem, hem
Clue #34: 61. Obedience class command
Word Help: Synonyms: cad, heel, blackguard
Clue #35: 62. Obedience class command
Word Help: Synonyms: stop, last_out, stay_put
Antonyms: depart, change
Antonyms: depart, change
Across Clues and Answers (35)
Clue #1: 1. Styling product
Word Help: Synonyms: colloidal_gel, mousse, gel
Clue #2: 2. Tennis great Lendl
Clue #3: 3. Japanese video game giant
Clue #4: 4. "To be honest ..."
Clue #5: 5. Unruffled
Word Help: Synonyms: calm, tranquil, serene
Clue #6: 6. Supplementary part
Clue #7: 7. Some video effects, in brief
Clue #8: 8. Blue expanse
Word Help: Synonyms: ocean, sea
Clue #9: 9. Generator of junk mail
Clue #10: 10. Better choice, given the options
Clue #11: 11. Place for baptisms and wedding vows
Word Help: Synonyms: communion_table, altar, Lord's_table
Clue #12: 12. Beach, in Spanish
Clue #13: 15. Crosses swords
Word Help: Synonyms: spar, sparring
Clue #14: 17. Mystery writer Christie
Clue #15: 20. No-name
Clue #16: 22. Bad-mouth
Word Help: Synonyms: denigrate, defame, asperse
Clue #17: 23. Disagreements
Word Help: Synonyms: bellyache, beef, gripe
Clue #18: 24. Part of the healing process
Word Help: Synonyms: rat, fink, strikebreaker
Clue #19: 25. "What ___ can I say?"
Clue #20: 26. Lets bygones be bygones
Clue #21: 29. Lip gloss quality
Word Help: Synonyms: sheen, lustre, luster
Clue #22: 31. Pop singer Ora
Clue #23: 32. Turn to pulp
Word Help: Synonyms: grind, comminute, chat_up
Clue #24: 35. Rock out on stage?
Clue #25: 36. Where hens rest in henhouses
Word Help: Synonyms: rest, roost, perch
Clue #26: 39. Fame and fortune
Word Help: Synonyms: stardom
Clue #27: 42. Spiky hairdos
Word Help: Synonyms: mohawk_haircut, Mohawk, mohawk
Clue #28: 44. Build up
Word Help: Synonyms: amass, hoard, gather
Clue #29: 45. Going both ways
Word Help: Synonyms: mutual, common, reciprocal
Antonyms: nonreciprocal
Antonyms: nonreciprocal
Clue #30: 46. Set of tenets
Word Help: Synonyms: tenet, dogma
Clue #31: 47. Celebrity who sometimes put gifts under her audience members' seats
Clue #32: 48. John who married Pocahontas
Clue #33: 51. "It ___ be long"
Word Help: Synonyms: habit, wont
Clue #34: 52. Half of base x height, for a triangle
Word Help: Synonyms: domain, country, area
Clue #35: 54. Campfire residue
Word Help: Synonyms: ash_tree, ash
Clue #36: 55. "The Raven" poet
Word Help: Synonyms: Edgar_Allan_Poe, Poe
Clue #37: 56. Mission-critical
Word Help: Synonyms: describe, central, key_fruit
Antonyms: atonality
Antonyms: atonality
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Today Crossword puzzle - July 26, 2024
Today Crossword puzzle hints - July 26, 2024
Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle:
Break down the NYT Crosswords: July 26, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues and Answers:
- 1. Letters of coverage - Show Answer
SPF
(3 letters)
Synonyms: sun_protection_factor, SPF
- 4. Roadside buildup on a warm winter day - Show Answer
SLUSH
(5 letters)
Synonyms: splosh, slush_around, slush, slosh_around, splash, slosh
- 9. They're often around two feet - Show Answer
SOCKS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: whap, air_sock, drogue, whop, windsock, bonk, bop, bash, wind_sock, wind_sleeve, air-sleeve, sock, wind_cone
- 14. Metonym for attention - Show Answer
EAR
(3 letters)
Synonyms: spike, capitulum, auricle, pinna, ear
- 15. Spotted - Show Answer
PINTO
(5 letters)
Synonyms: pinto
- 16. Lost intentionally - Show Answer
THREW
(5 letters)
Synonyms: shake_off, contrive, bedevil, confuse, throw_off, cast, have, throw, hold, make, bewilder, flip, drop, switch, confound, fox, fuddle, cast_off, hurl, befuddle, bemuse, thrust, discombobulate, give, throw_away, project, shed
- 17. Phase - Show Answer
ERA
(3 letters)
Synonyms: geological_era, ERA, epoch, earned_run_average, era
- 18. Departure announcement - Show Answer
IMOUTTAHERE
(11 letters)
- 20. Samurai's sword - Show Answer
KATANA
(6 letters)
- 22. French buns - Show Answer
DERRIERE
(8 letters)
Synonyms: stern, ass, fundament, rear, nates, butt, tail_end, seat, rear_end, buns, derriere, tail, hindquarters, arse, tush, posterior, rump, backside, bum, keister, tooshie, fanny, can, prat, bottom, buttocks, hind_end, behind
- 23. Garment for a vaquero - Show Answer
SERAPE
(6 letters)
Synonyms: serape, sarape
- 25. First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county - Show Answer
LOS
(3 letters)
- 26. Center of a 63-Across - Show Answer
PIT
(3 letters)
Synonyms: fossa, cavity, stone_pit, Inferno, pit, mark, pock, scar, play_off, quarry, endocarp, perdition, stone, colliery, Hell, oppose, pitfall, orchestra_pit, match, nether_region, infernal_region
Antonyms: Heaven
- 27. Melville character with the mantra "I would prefer not to" - Show Answer
BARTLEBY
(8 letters)
- 29. Up to - Show Answer
TIL
(3 letters)
- 31. Pitchfork part - Show Answer
TINE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: tine
- 32. Bush bounders - Show Answer
ROOS
(4 letters)
- 34. "Shoo!" - Show Answer
GIT
(3 letters)
Synonyms: git, stinker, dirty_dog, crumb, rotter, rat, lowlife, bum, skunk, puke, so-and-so, stinkpot, scum_bag
- 36. Jam session? - Show Answer
SLAMDUNKCONTEST
(15 letters)
- 41. "That's a ___!" - Show Answer
LIE
(3 letters)
Synonyms: lie, lie_down, rest, lie_in, consist, prevarication, Trygve_Lie, Lie, dwell, Trygve_Halvden_Lie
Antonyms: stand, arise
- 42. Best Actress Oscar winner of 2022 - Show Answer
YEOH
(4 letters)
- 43. First Nations people - Show Answer
CREE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Cree
- 44. Tearing up, perhaps - Show Answer
SAD
(3 letters)
Synonyms: distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, deplorable, sorry
Antonyms: glad
- 46. Breed once known as the "Tax Collector's Dog" - Show Answer
DOBERMAN
(8 letters)
Synonyms: Doberman, Doberman_pinscher
- 48. Landscaper's supply - Show Answer
SOD
(3 letters)
Synonyms: sod, bugger, sodomite, superoxide_dismutase, greensward, sodomist, sward, turf, SOD
- 51. ___ Lipa ("Dance the Night" singer) - Show Answer
DUA
(3 letters)
- 53. Threats - Show Answer
PERILS
(6 letters)
Synonyms: menace, jeopardize, queer, jeopardy, risk, jeopardise, scupper, expose, danger, endanger, riskiness, threaten, peril, hazard, imperil, endangerment
- 54. Predictive text? - Show Answer
PROPHECY
(8 letters)
Synonyms: divination, prognostication, vaticination, prophecy
- 57. Not at all into - Show Answer
HATING
(6 letters)
Synonyms: hate, hat, detest
Antonyms: love
- 59. Best-selling author of 2017's "The Hate U Give" - Show Answer
ANGIETHOMAS
(11 letters)
- 61. Kid's cry - Show Answer
MAA
(3 letters)
- 62. Jason of "Aquaman" - Show Answer
MOMOA
(5 letters)
- 63. Divisive pizza topping - Show Answer
OLIVE
(5 letters)
Synonyms: Olea_europaea, European_olive_tree, olive
- 64. "South Park" kid - Show Answer
IKE
(3 letters)
Synonyms: President_Eisenhower, Dwight_D._Eisenhower, Dwight_Eisenhower, Ike, Dwight_David_Eisenhower, Eisenhower
- 65. Vacate a seat - Show Answer
STAND
(5 letters)
Synonyms: bear, abide, support, tie-up, stick_out, stomach, rack, bandstand, fend, place_upright, stand_up, stall, sales_booth, resist, remain_firm, pedestal, tolerate, standstill, point_of_view, put_up, digest, endure, suffer, base, standpoint, brook, viewpoint, stand, outdoor_stage
Antonyms: sit, yield
- 66. Was syrupy, in a way - Show Answer
OOZED
(5 letters)
Synonyms: exudate, seep, ooze_out, ooze, transude, exude
- 67. Sachet filler - Show Answer
TEA
(3 letters)
Synonyms: tea, teatime, Camellia_sinensis, tea_leaf, afternoon_tea
Down Clues and Answers:
- 1. Go after - Show Answer
SEEK
(4 letters)
Synonyms: seek, look_for, try, assay, essay, attempt, search
- 2. Chute behind a boat - Show Answer
PARASAIL
(8 letters)
Synonyms: parasail
- 3. Not identical, say - Show Answer
FRATERNAL
(9 letters)
Synonyms: brotherly, biovular, brotherlike, fraternal
Antonyms: identical, sisterly
- 4. Kind of column - Show Answer
SPINAL
(6 letters)
Synonyms: spinal_anaesthesia, spinal_anesthesia, spinal
- 5. Capital city whose main governmental building is known as the "House of Pizarro" - Show Answer
LIMAPERU
(8 letters)
- 6. Game with a draw pile - Show Answer
UNO
(3 letters)
- 7. Term of endearment akin to "handsome" - Show Answer
STUD
(4 letters)
Synonyms: macho-man, constellate, dot, scantling, rivet, stud, studhorse, he-man, stud_poker
- 8. Monopoly piece - Show Answer
HOTEL
(5 letters)
Synonyms: hotel
- 9. Personality indicator, some say - Show Answer
STARSIGN
(8 letters)
- 10. "I didn't see you there!" - Show Answer
OHHI
(4 letters)
- 11. Radiohead's highest-selling single - Show Answer
CREEP
(5 letters)
Synonyms: pussyfoot, crawl, grovel, weirdie, mouse, fawn, spook, creep, weirdy, cower, creeping, cringe, weirdo, crawling, sneak
- 12. Three-time Olympic gold medalist ___ Walsh Jennings - Show Answer
KERRI
(5 letters)
- 13. Like port - Show Answer
SWEET
(5 letters)
Synonyms: seraphic, unfermented, angelical, sweetly, sweet, scented, honeyed, dessert, Sweet, sweet-smelling, sweetened, afters, Henry_Sweet, odoriferous, sweet-scented, sugared, odorous, perfumed, sugariness, sweet-flavored, gratifying, mellifluous, cherubic, dulcet, sweetness, angelic, mellisonant, fresh, confection
Antonyms: salty, sour, dry
- 19. Race pace - Show Answer
TROT
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Trotskyite, pony, Trotskyist, crib, jog, lope, clip, trot, Trot
- 21. Lunar mission of the 2020s - Show Answer
ARTEMIS
(7 letters)
Synonyms: Cynthia, Artemis
- 24. Wood that sinks in water - Show Answer
EBONY
(5 letters)
Synonyms: soot_black, Diospyros_ebenum, sable, ebon, jet_black, ebony_tree, pitch_black, coal_black, ebony
- 27. "The world's biggest band," per a 2021 Rolling Stone cover - Show Answer
BTS
(3 letters)
- 28. Joined together - Show Answer
YOKED
(5 letters)
Synonyms: link, yoke
Antonyms: unyoke
- 30. Rhyming subject for an English major - Show Answer
LITCRIT
(7 letters)
- 33. Feat on a beat - Show Answer
SCOOP
(5 letters)
Synonyms: soap, exclusive, trump, easy_lay, scoopful, outflank, liquid_ecstasy, max, outdo, lift_out, best, scoop_out, Georgia_home_boy, take_up, grievous_bodily_harm, goop, pocket, scoop, scoop_up, scoop_shovel
- 35. Office max? - Show Answer
TERMLIMIT
(9 letters)
- 37. Fan associated with a red, white and blue skull logo - Show Answer
DEADHEAD
(8 letters)
Synonyms: deadhead
- 38. Catchphrase for Austin Powers - Show Answer
OHBEHAVE
(8 letters)
- 39. Venomous reef dweller - Show Answer
SEASNAKE
(8 letters)
- 40. "Powers of ___" (landmark documentary about the scale of the universe) - Show Answer
TEN
(3 letters)
Synonyms: 10, decade, tenner, X, x, ten, ten-spot
- 45. Two-piece? - Show Answer
DUET
(4 letters)
Synonyms: pair, distich, span, duad, brace, twosome, couplet, duet, duette, couple, pas_de_deux, duo, yoke, twain, dyad
- 47. Took off the board - Show Answer
ERASED
(6 letters)
Synonyms: rub_out, wipe_off, score_out, erase, delete, efface, wipe_out
Antonyms: record
- 48. Floods with junk - Show Answer
SPAMS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: junk_e-mail, Spam, spam
- 49. "... oops, my mistake" - Show Answer
ORNOT
(5 letters)
- 50. Set of beliefs - Show Answer
DOGMA
(5 letters)
Synonyms: tenet, dogma
- 52. Cold call? - Show Answer
ACHOO
(5 letters)
- 55. Subatomic particle named for a Greek letter - Show Answer
PION
(4 letters)
Synonyms: pion, pi-meson
- 56. "Well, here goes nothing!" - Show Answer
YOLO
(4 letters)
- 58. Mother of the Titans - Show Answer
GAEA
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Ge, Gaea, Gaia
- 60. "Les ___" - Show Answer
MIZ
(3 letters)
Sunday, August 17, 2025
NYT Crossword - January 06, 1990 | XWordHint
Master the NYT crossword from January 06, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.
Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate
Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!
Across Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)
1A: "1. Guthrie's restaurateur"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALICE
2A: "6. Worn away"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
- Similar words include: toothed, jagged, jaggy
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EROSE
3A: "11. Pep-rally word"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAH
4A: "14. "___ Attraction," 1987 movie"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that bringing death
- Similar words include: fateful, black, calamitous
- Opposite of: nonfatal
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FATAL
5A: "15. Belief"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- Similar words include: dogma
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TENET
6A: "16. Abilene-to-Fort Worth dir."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the compass point midway between northeast and east
- Similar words include: east northeast
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENE
7A: "17. Colorful Boston matriarch"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROSEKENNEDY
8A: "19. Genetic initials"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- Similar words include: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DNA
9A: "20. Namesakes of explorer Johnson"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OSAS
10A: "21. Squealer"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- Similar words include: betray, fink, shit
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAT
11A: "22. Funnybone tickler"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMUSER
12A: "24. Yvette's boyfriend"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMI
13A: "26. Filled the larder"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that have on hand
- Similar words include: stock up, carry, stocked with
- Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STOCKED
14A: "27. Hug"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- Similar words include: embracement, sweep up, adopt
- Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EMBRACE
15A: "31. Noted German pathologist: 1809-85"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HENLE
16A: "32. Female ruff"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REE
17A: "33. Tied securely"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that beat severely with a whip or rod
- Similar words include: strap, lather, lash
- Opposite of: unlash
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LASHED
18A: "35. College in Mich."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALMA
19A: "38. Tin or copper"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
- Similar words include: metallic element, metallic, alloy
- Opposite of: nonmetallic
Click to reveal answer
Answer: METAL
20A: "40. Yellow or Checker follower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
- Similar words include: taxi, cabriolet, hack
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CAB
21A: "41. Stage direction"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that to come or go into
- Similar words include: move into, get in, insert
- Opposite of: drop out, exit
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENTER
22A: "42. Envelope abbr."
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ATTN
23A: "43. Milk: Comb. form"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GALACT
24A: "45. Bit for Fido"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORT
25A: "46. Writer of "White Shadows""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: YODER
26A: "48. Boot"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that someone who is being trained
- Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRAINEE
27A: "50. Inn name, too often"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a drop of dew
- Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DEWDROP
28A: "52. Nav. vessel designation"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Similar words include: America, the States, United States of America
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: USS
29A: "53. Assume control again"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REHEAD
30A: "54. Doctrine"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
- Similar words include: doctrine, philosophical system, school of thought
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ISM
31A: "56. Entertainer Lane"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a french abbot
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ABBE
32A: "60. The Greatest"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Similar words include: Muhammad Ali, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALI
33A: "61. Colorful singer"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEARLBAILEY
34A: "64. N.Y. opera house"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that come together
- Similar words include: see, foregather, assemble
- Opposite of: diverge
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MET
35A: "65. Locke opus"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an analytic or interpretive literary composition
- Similar words include: prove, try, examine
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESSAY
36A: "66. Fermata"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- Similar words include: interruption, suspension, intermit
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PAUSE
37A: "67. "Violets ___ blue""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Similar words include: ar, constitute, exist
- Opposite of: differ
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARE
38A: "68. "___ Daughter," 1970 film"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RYANS
39A: "69. Bobby Fischer's game"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that weedy annual native to europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
- Similar words include: chess game, Bromus secalinus, cheat
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CHESS
Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)
1D: "1. A hairdo"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a rounded thickly curled hairdo
- Similar words include: Afro hairdo
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AFRO
2D: "2. Thai neighbor"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
- Similar words include: Laotian, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lao
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LAOS
3D: "3. "___ Long Way to Tipperary""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ITSA
4D: "4. Lyricist for Gershwin's "Swanee""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that conqueror of gaul and master of italy (100-44 bc)
- Similar words include: Gaius Julius Caesar, Sidney Caesar, Sid Caesar
- Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CAESAR
5D: "5. He has a Grand Exalted Ruler"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
- Similar words include: Alces alces, Cervus elaphus, red deer
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELK
6D: "6. Sicilian firebox"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that an inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
- Similar words include: Mount Etna, Mt Etna, bunsen
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ETNA
7D: "7. Lease"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
- Similar words include: let, snag, take
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RENT
8D: "8. A follower"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Similar words include: nonpareil, matchless, unity
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONE
9D: "9. Anesthetized"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
- Similar words include: tranquilize, sedate, tranquillize
- Opposite of: stimulate
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEDATED
10D: "10. Base word"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- Similar words include: root
- Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ETYMON
11D: "11. Colorful comedian"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REDSKELTON
12D: "12. "Bonne ___!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANNEE
13D: "13. Got the word"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
- Similar words include: pick up, try, take heed
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HEARD
14D: "18. Heath"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that any plant of the genus erica
- Similar words include: true heath
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERICA
15D: "23. Bruin of the Pac Ten"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UCLAN
16D: "25. Shopping center"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- Similar words include: center, shopping mall, shopping centre
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MALL
17D: "26. Jewish month"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the jewish calendar (in january and february)
- Similar words include: Shevat
- Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SHEBAT
18D: "27. Writer Calderon"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERMA
19D: "28. Miler's milieu"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
- Similar words include: see, fitting, foregather
- Opposite of: diverge
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MEET
20D: "29. Colorful Golden Girl"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BETTYWHITE
21D: "30. Steep slope"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
- Similar words include: scarp, escarpment, protective embankment
- Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESCARP
22D: "34. Bandleader Kemp"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HAL
23D: "36. Pure and simple"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a small pond of standing water
- Similar words include: simple, bare
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MERE
24D: "37. Prado offering"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARTE
25D: "39. Battery terminal"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
- Opposite of: cathode
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANODE
26D: "41. An anagram for seat"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Similar words include: eta, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, ETA
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ETAS
27D: "43. Science of earth measurement"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
- Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GEODESY
28D: "44. Toaster ort"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a very small quantity of something
- Similar words include: git, lowlife, stinkpot
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRUMB
29D: "47. Fabric merchant"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
- Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DRAPER
30D: "49. O.T. book"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (old testament) the first of the major hebrew prophets (8th century bc)
- Similar words include: Book of Isaiah
- Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ISAIAH
31D: "50. Pinter product"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- Similar words include: dramatic play, play, dramatic event
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DRAMA
32D: "51. He might say: "That's a moray!""
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EELER
33D: "54. An OPEC land"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
- Similar words include: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IRAN
34D: "55. Stallone and Stone"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SLYS
35D: "57. Colorful comedian Ben"
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- Similar words include: blueish, bluing, blasphemous
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BLUE
36D: "58. Catfish Row gal"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BESS
37D: "59. Poet's "windows of the soul""
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that opinion or judgment
- Similar words include: eye, centre, oculus
- Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EYES
38D: "62. "End ___ Man": Willingham"
Solving Hints:
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASA
39D: "63. Common headache med."
Solving Hints:
- Think of something that (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
- Similar words include: armoured personnel carrier, armored personnel carrier
- Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APC
Puzzle Stats
39 Across
39 Down
78 Total
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