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NY Times Crossword Answers July 14, 2020 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 14, 2020

Published on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 • Updated daily

Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 14 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (39)

Clue #1: 1. Grant entry to

5-letter answer Answer: LETIN

Clue #2: 6. Things that may be open or folded

4-letter answer Answer: ARMS

Word Help: Synonyms: coat_of_arms, sleeve, subdivision
Antonyms: disarm

Clue #3: 10. "Friends" or "Frasier"

4-letter answer Answer: SHOW

Word Help: Synonyms: exhibit, establish, point
Antonyms: disprove, hide

Clue #4: 14. Pizzeria needs

5-letter answer Answer: OVENS

Word Help: Synonyms: oven

Clue #5: 15. Jacob's first bride

4-letter answer Answer: LEAH

Clue #6: 16. Give a hoot

4-letter answer Answer: CARE

Word Help: Synonyms: tending, precaution, forethought

Clue #7: 17. Super-cold spell on the set of a 1996 Broadway musical?

10-letter answer Answer: RENTFREEZE

Clue #8: 19. What yeast makes dough do

4-letter answer Answer: RISE

Word Help: Synonyms: go_up, jump, uprise
Antonyms: wane, go_to_bed

Clue #9: 20. One of the First Nations of Canada

4-letter answer Answer: CREE

Word Help: Synonyms: Cree

Clue #10: 21. Primates, for humans

5-letter answer Answer: ORDER

Word Help: Synonyms: ordain, orderliness, purchase_order
Antonyms: deregulate, disorderliness

Clue #11: 22. Newsmaking ex-Yankee, informally

4-letter answer Answer: AROD

Clue #12: 23. Have a magnetic effect on

7-letter answer Answer: ATTRACT

Word Help: Synonyms: attract, draw_in, appeal
Antonyms: repel

Clue #13: 25. Gloss targets

4-letter answer Answer: LIPS

Word Help: Synonyms: lip, sass, sassing

Clue #14: 27. Org. concerned with sustainability

3-letter answer Answer: EPA

Word Help: Synonyms: Environmental_Protection_Agency, EPA

Clue #15: 28. Full out

8-letter answer Answer: WHOLEHOG

Clue #16: 32. Waxing crescent, e.g.

5-letter answer Answer: PHASE

Word Help: Synonyms: phase_angle, phase, form

Clue #17: 35. Succumb to pressure

5-letter answer Answer: CRACK

Word Help: Synonyms: check, topnotch, crock_up

Clue #18: 36. Abbr. in a discount bin

3-letter answer Answer: IRR

Clue #19: 37. Tweetstorm, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: RANT

Word Help: Synonyms: spout, rant, mouth_off

Clue #20: 38. Old piano's sound

5-letter answer Answer: PLONK

Word Help: Synonyms: plunk_down, plump, flump

Clue #21: 39. Christmas ___

4-letter answer Answer: TREE

Word Help: Synonyms: shoetree, tree_diagram, corner

Clue #22: 40. Have title to

3-letter answer Answer: OWN

Word Help: Synonyms: own, have, possess

Clue #23: 41. Concert piano

5-letter answer Answer: GRAND

Word Help: Synonyms: gilded, distinguished, lofty

Clue #24: 42. Trying to look cultured

5-letter answer Answer: ARTSY

Clue #25: 43. Saying "No thanks" to, say

8-letter answer Answer: SKIPPING

Word Help: Synonyms: decamp, jump, vamoose

Clue #26: 45. One of the components of an M.L.B. Triple Crown

3-letter answer Answer: RBI

Word Help: Synonyms: rbi, run_batted_in

Clue #27: 46. Workplace discrimination law enforcer, for short

4-letter answer Answer: EEOC

Clue #28: 47. We two

7-letter answer Answer: YOUANDI

Clue #29: 51. Where to find Amazon's Alexa

4-letter answer Answer: ECHO

Word Help: Synonyms: reverberation, Echo, echo

Clue #30: 53. Modern missives

5-letter answer Answer: EMAIL

Word Help: Synonyms: e-mail, electronic_mail, email
Antonyms: snail_mail

Clue #31: 56. Norse goddess of fate

4-letter answer Answer: NORN

Word Help: Synonyms: Norn, weird_sister

Clue #32: 57. Suds maker

4-letter answer Answer: SOAP

Word Help: Synonyms: easy_lay, lather, grievous_bodily_harm

Clue #33: 58. Positive, albeit terse, review of a 2003 Broadway musical?

10-letter answer Answer: WICKEDGOOD

Clue #34: 60. Like tales you can't believe

4-letter answer Answer: TALL

Word Help: Synonyms: grandiloquent, marvellous, improbable
Antonyms: short

Clue #35: 61. Poker prerequisite

4-letter answer Answer: ANTE

Word Help: Synonyms: ante

Clue #36: 62. Dark, yellowish green

5-letter answer Answer: OLIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: Olea_europaea, European_olive_tree, olive

Clue #37: 63. It keeps the wheels turning

4-letter answer Answer: AXLE

Word Help: Synonyms: axle

Clue #38: 64. Muckraking journalist Jacob

4-letter answer Answer: RIIS

Clue #39: 65. Kind of message made obsolescent by faxes

5-letter answer Answer: TELEX

Word Help: Synonyms: telex, teletypewriter, teletype_machine

Across Clues and Answers (39)

Clue #1: 1. Poet/playwright Federico García ___

5-letter answer Answer: LORCA

Word Help: Synonyms: Lorca, Frederico_Garcia_Lorca, Garcia_Lorca

Clue #2: 2. Chris in the International Tennis Hall of Fame

5-letter answer Answer: EVERT

Word Help: Synonyms: Evert, Chrissie_Evert, evert

Clue #3: 3. Core belief

5-letter answer Answer: TENET

Word Help: Synonyms: dogma, tenet

Clue #4: 4. It may grow via compounding

8-letter answer Answer: INTEREST

Word Help: Synonyms: sake, interest_group, pursuit
Antonyms: bore, uninterestingness

Clue #5: 5. Abbr. on a returned check

3-letter answer Answer: NSF

Word Help: Synonyms: National_Science_Foundation, NSF

Clue #6: 6. Wide-eyed

5-letter answer Answer: ALERT

Word Help: Synonyms: rattling, snappy, zippy
Antonyms: unalert

Clue #7: 7. Plant by a pond

4-letter answer Answer: REED

Word Help: Synonyms: Reed, reed, reed_instrument

Clue #8: 8. Lab rat's challenge

4-letter answer Answer: MAZE

Word Help: Synonyms: snarl, tangle, maze

Clue #9: 9. Genius, informally

8-letter answer Answer: SHERLOCK

Word Help: Synonyms: PI, sherlock, operative

Clue #10: 10. What a bandage may cover

6-letter answer Answer: SCRAPE

Word Help: Synonyms: excoriation, genuflect, scrape

Clue #11: 11. Souvenir from a 1968 Broadway musical?

9-letter answer Answer: HAIRSHIRT

Clue #12: 12. Estimator's phrase

4-letter answer Answer: ORSO

Clue #13: 13. Gardener's bane

4-letter answer Answer: WEED

Word Help: Synonyms: grass, smoke, sess
Antonyms: cultivated_plant

Clue #14: 18. Almond ___ (candy brand)

4-letter answer Answer: ROCA

Clue #15: 24. Something studied by a primatologist

3-letter answer Answer: APE

Word Help: Synonyms: copycat, emulator, aper

Clue #16: 26. Sort

3-letter answer Answer: ILK

Word Help: Synonyms: ilk, like

Clue #17: 28. All wet

5-letter answer Answer: WRONG

Word Help: Synonyms: unseasonable, incorrectly, awry
Antonyms: correctly, right

Clue #18: 29. Unit in the measure of a horse's height

4-letter answer Answer: HAND

Word Help: Synonyms: bridge_player, paw, hired_hand

Clue #19: 30. Miners' finds

4-letter answer Answer: ORES

Word Help: Synonyms: ore

Clue #20: 31. Jennifer of "Dirty Dancing"

4-letter answer Answer: GREY

Word Help: Synonyms: grizzly, Grey, greyness

Clue #21: 32. Reasons to do something

4-letter answer Answer: PROS

Word Help: Synonyms: professional, pro
Antonyms: con, amateur

Clue #22: 33. War supporter

4-letter answer Answer: HAWK

Word Help: Synonyms: monger, pitch, war_hawk
Antonyms: dove

Clue #23: 34. Performance venue for a 1977 Broadway musical?

9-letter answer Answer: ANNIEHALL

Clue #24: 35. Extended family

4-letter answer Answer: CLAN

Word Help: Synonyms: tribe, kinship_group, kin

Clue #25: 38. Conflict helpful to customers

8-letter answer Answer: PRICEWAR

Clue #26: 39. Word with love or right

8-letter answer Answer: TRIANGLE

Word Help: Synonyms: Triangulum, trigon, triangle

Clue #27: 41. Collector of letters: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: GPO

Word Help: Synonyms: US_Government_Printing_Office, United_States_Government_Printing_Office, GPO

Clue #28: 42. "Aladdin" monkey

3-letter answer Answer: ABU

Clue #29: 44. Sexiest Man Alive magazine

6-letter answer Answer: PEOPLE

Word Help: Synonyms: citizenry, the_great_unwashed, hoi_polloi

Clue #30: 45. Auditioner's desire

4-letter answer Answer: ROLE

Word Help: Synonyms: character, purpose, use

Clue #31: 47. "Aiiieee!"

5-letter answer Answer: YIKES

Clue #32: 48. Dieter's food request, maybe

5-letter answer Answer: NOOIL

Clue #33: 49. Motored

5-letter answer Answer: DROVE

Word Help: Synonyms: repulse, get, force
Antonyms: attract

Clue #34: 50. End of many a nonfiction book

5-letter answer Answer: INDEX

Word Help: Synonyms: indicator, exponent, indicant

Clue #35: 51. ___ noche (tonight: Sp.)

4-letter answer Answer: ESTA

Clue #36: 52. Sweet-talk

4-letter answer Answer: COAX

Word Help: Synonyms: palaver, sweet-talk, coaxial_cable

Clue #37: 54. ___ Cooper

4-letter answer Answer: MINI

Word Help: Synonyms: mini, miniskirt
Antonyms: midi

Clue #38: 55. Broadway opening?

4-letter answer Answer: ACTI

Clue #39: 59. Pointillism unit

3-letter answer Answer: DOT

Word Help: Synonyms: scatter, dit, point

Expert Solving Strategies

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Friday, August 9, 2024

Friday August 09 2024 New York Times Crossword Answers

Friday, August 9, 2024 New York Times Crosswords with Answers

The Crossword Hints is one of the most popular nyt crossword clue puzzles with answers. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle.

NYT Crosswords Clues: August 09, 2024

Let's go into the August 09 2024 puzzle , starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Friday August 09 2024 New York Times Crossword Answers

Across Clues and Answers:

1. Listing on a résumé

SKILL

(5 letters)

Possible Answers: accomplishment, acquisition, skill, science, attainment, acquirement

6. Bad news from a maître d' - Show Answer

WAIT

(4 letters)

Possible Answers: expect, time_lag, look, wait, hold_back, postponement, waitress, hold, waiting, delay, await, hold_off

10. Ocean spray - Show Answer

MIST

(4 letters)

Possible Answers: mist, obscure, haze_over, fog, obnubilate, mist_over, cloud, befog, becloud

14. The Black Keys and the White Stripes, e.g. - Show Answer

INDIEBANDS

(10 letters)

16. "Why would you ever think that?!" - Show Answer

UMNO

(4 letters)

17. Retire while successful - Show Answer

GOOUTONTOP

(10 letters)

18. Music magazine since 1985 - Show Answer

SPIN

(4 letters)

Predict Answers: gyrate, spin, spin_around, reel, birl, spin_out, twist, twisting, whirl, tailspin, twirl

19. Short elevations? - Show Answer

HTS

(3 letters)

20. T, for one - Show Answer

MODEL

(5 letters)

Synonyms: framework, sit, mock_up, manikin, poser, exemplary, role_model, mold, pose, modeling, pattern, mannequin, model, fashion_model, good_example, theoretical_account, mould, simulate, manakin, modelling, simulation, exemplar, example, mannikin, posture

21. Sparkly collectible - Show Answer

GEODE

(5 letters)

Synonyms: geode

22. Early stage - Show Answer

BETA

(4 letters)

Synonyms: genus_Beta, Beta, beta

23. Top marks - Show Answer

APLUSES

(7 letters)

25. Goes easy on - Show Answer

SPARES

(6 letters)

Synonyms: spare_part, spar, fifth_wheel, part_with, save, give_up, spare, dispense_with

28. Sub groups - Show Answer

BTEAMS

(6 letters)

29. Email ancestor - Show Answer

TELEX

(5 letters)

Synonyms: teletype_machine, telex, telex_machine, teleprinter, teletypewriter

30. Taps one's foot, maybe - Show Answer

KEEPSTIME

(9 letters)

33. Where you can find ME - Show Answer

USMAP

(5 letters)

34. Nonstandard: Abbr. - Show Answer

IRR

(3 letters)

35. Unlit? - Show Answer

SOBER

(5 letters)

Synonyms: sober_up, unplayful, sedate, serious, sombre, somber, drab, sober, grave, solemn
Antonyms: intoxicated, playful

36. Subway fare - Show Answer

FOOTLONGS

(9 letters)

38. City once home to Black Wall Street - Show Answer

TULSA

(5 letters)

Synonyms: Tulsa

39. Animals that appear in the fossil record before trees - Show Answer

SHARKS

(6 letters)

Synonyms: shark

40. Unlawful coercion - Show Answer

DURESS

(6 letters)

Synonyms: duress

41. Sources of some political gaffes - Show Answer

HOTMICS

(7 letters)

43. Middle word of a Stowe title - Show Answer

TOMS

(4 letters)

Synonyms: tom, tomcat, tom_turkey, Uncle_Tom, gobbler, Tom, turkey_cock

44. Introduce to the mix - Show Answer

ADDIN

(5 letters)

45. What awakens Godzilla from the ocean, informally - Show Answer

HBOMB

(5 letters)

47. "Les ___" - Show Answer

MIZ

(3 letters)

50. Japanese noodles - Show Answer

UDON

(4 letters)

51. Rodeo event - Show Answer

BARRELRACE

(10 letters)

53. Camp sight - Show Answer

TENT

(4 letters)

Synonyms: camp_out, encamp, tent, collapsible_shelter, bivouac, camp

54. "It's been too long!" - Show Answer

IMISSEDYOU

(10 letters)

55. You are, on the Yucatán - Show Answer

ERES

(4 letters)

56. Helpful how-to - Show Answer

DEMO

(4 letters)

Synonyms: demonstration, present, exhibit, demonstrate, demo, show

57. "Why don't sheep shrink when it ___?": George Carlin - Show Answer

RAINS

(5 letters)

Synonyms: rain, rain_down, rainfall, pelting, rainwater

Down Clues and Answers:

1. Something to heave - Show Answer

SIGH

(4 letters)

Synonyms: suspire, sigh, suspiration

2. Wedding planning website, with "the" - Show Answer

KNOT

(4 letters)

Synonyms: naut_mi, mile, international_nautical_mile, slub, greyback, ravel, mi, grayback, tangle, Calidris_canutus, knot, air_mile, nautical_mile, burl, gnarl
Antonyms: unravel, unknot

3. Wedding exchange - Show Answer

IDOS

(4 letters)

Synonyms: Ido

4. Fourth-most-common surname in China (after Wang, Li and Zhang) - Show Answer

LIU

(3 letters)

5. "Don't get mad yet …" - Show Answer

LETMEEXPLAIN

(12 letters)

6. Marvel's Maximoff - Show Answer

WANDA

(5 letters)

7. Entry fee for some clubs? - Show Answer

ANTE

(4 letters)

Synonyms: ante

8. Blind worshipers - Show Answer

IDOLATERS

(9 letters)

Synonyms: idolizer, idolater, idol_worshiper, idoliser

9. Alternative to a pinch: Abbr. - Show Answer

TSP

(3 letters)

10. Journeys into the past? - Show Answer

MUSEUMTOURS

(11 letters)

11. Out of the question - Show Answer

IMPOSSIBLE

(10 letters)

Synonyms: unimaginable, impossible, unacceptable, out_of_the_question, inconceivable, insufferable, unsufferable
Antonyms: possible

12. Nasty, as a remark - Show Answer

SNIDE

(5 letters)

Synonyms: snide, sneering, supercilious

13. Busy signals, e.g. - Show Answer

TONES

(5 letters)

Synonyms: quality, look, note, inflect, flavor, musical_note, feel, tone_up, whole_step, shade, flavour, chant, tincture, timber, smell, tonicity, tone, intone, strengthen, feeling, timbre, whole_tone, tonus, tone_of_voice, spirit, pure_tone, step, modulate, tint
Antonyms: atonicity

15. Kicks (out) - Show Answer

BOOTS

(5 letters)

Synonyms: kick, charge, thrill, the_boot, boot, bang, iron_boot, flush, reboot, iron_heel, bring_up, kicking, rush

21. Cocktail vessel - Show Answer

GLASSTUMBLER

(12 letters)

22. Apt anagram of TINS BEAR THEM, minus an E - Show Answer

BREATHMINTS

(11 letters)

24. Dynamism - Show Answer

PEP

(3 letters)

Synonyms: pep, ginger, peppiness

25. Double ___ (cookie descriptor) - Show Answer

STUF

(4 letters)

26. Replacement for the Spanish colonial real - Show Answer

PESO

(4 letters)

Synonyms: Uruguayan_peso, Mexican_peso, Cuban_peso, peso, Dominican_peso, Chilean_peso, Colombian_peso, Guinea-Bissau_peso, Philippine_peso

27. "One more minute!" - Show Answer

ALMOSTDONE

(10 letters)

28. They might fall off a shelf - Show Answer

BERGS

(5 letters)

Synonyms: iceberg, berg, Berg, Alban_Berg

30. Stigmatize sexual preferences, in modern lingo - Show Answer

KINKSHAME

(9 letters)

31. Fiasco - Show Answer

MESS

(4 letters)

Synonyms: mussiness, flock, muss, pickle, jam, messiness, batch, sight, mountain, fix, lot, hole, raft, good_deal, stack, tidy_sum, mickle, hatful, peck, pot, kettle_of_fish, mass, wad, mess_hall, passel, plenty, spate, heap, pile, mess, muddle, quite_a_little, muckle, great_deal, mint, mess_up, deal, slew

32. Meiji and Taisho, in Japanese history - Show Answer

ERAS

(4 letters)

Synonyms: era, earned_run_average, ERA, geological_era, epoch

37. Middle-earth menace - Show Answer

ORC

(3 letters)

40. Heads, slangily - Show Answer

DOMES

(5 letters)

Synonyms: dome, noodle, attic, bean, domed_stadium, noggin, bonce, covered_stadium

41. ___ cuisine - Show Answer

HAUTE

(5 letters)

42. Less expected - Show Answer

ODDER

(5 letters)

Synonyms: funny, unpaired, left_over, peculiar, remaining, odd, uneven, unmated, leftover, left, queer, unexpended, singular, rum, curious, rummy, unmatched
Antonyms: even

43. Line drawn after an early wrong guess in hangman - Show Answer

TORSO

(5 letters)

Synonyms: trunk, torso, body

46. Part of a hat - Show Answer

BRIM

(4 letters)

Synonyms: lip, rim, brim

47. Question that's often a directive to step aside - Show Answer

MAYI

(4 letters)

48. Taskbar image - Show Answer

ICON

(4 letters)

Synonyms: picture, ikon, icon, image

49. A statue of him was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Show Answer

ZEUS

(4 letters)

Synonyms: genus_Zeus, Zeus

51. Prospective Olympic city's campaign - Show Answer

BID

(3 letters)

Synonyms: dictation, press, adjure, wish, invite, play, offer, call, bidding, beseech, conjure, entreat, tender, command, bid

52. Vitamin qty. - Show Answer

RDA

(3 letters)

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Sunday NYT Down Solutions October 26, 2025 - Every Vertical Clue Decoded with Hints

Today's NYT Crossword Down Clues October 26, 2025 - Complete Top-to-Bottom Answers

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 74 Down clues. We have all the vertical answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

About Today's Down Clues

NYT Down clues solutions for October 26, 2025 — NYT Down Clues - Sunday, October 26, 2025

Down Clues Statistics
Detail	Information
Date	October 26, 2025
Day of Week	Sunday
Total Down Clues	74 clues
Direction	Vertical (Top to Bottom)
Difficulty	Tricky

All Down Clues - Complete List

Here are all 74 Down clues for today's puzzle. These go vertically from top to bottom.

Complete Down Clues List
Number	Clue
1 Down	1. Pro's camera type
2 Down	2. Numismatist's acquisition
3 Down	3. "Got it," on a radio
4 Down	4. Kutcher of "That '70s Show"
5 Down	5. Like the most pedantic pedant
6 Down	6. Windows upgrades, perhaps
7 Down	7. The "A" in STEAM
8 Down	8. Asian honorific that's an anagram of an English honorific
9 Down	9. Laddie's cap
10 Down	10. "Yes, captain!"
11 Down	11. Letter before zeta
12 Down	12. Singer Page or LaBelle
13 Down	13. Bargain bin abbr.
14 Down	14. Tops of waves
15 Down	15. "Come off it now!"
16 Down	16. Courtyards
17 Down	17. First section of the "Iliad"
18 Down	18. 2013 title role for Asa Butterfield
19 Down	24. Collector's item?
20 Down	26. Addis Ababa residents
21 Down	29. Carrier with a Flying Dutchman magazine
22 Down	32. Jazz trumpeter Baker who was sometimes called the "Prince of Cool"
23 Down	33. "Catch!"
24 Down	34. Handle
25 Down	36. Oprah or Ellen
26 Down	38. Industrial ___
27 Down	39. "Much obliged," in a text
28 Down	40. Head honcho
29 Down	42. Shamefaced
30 Down	44. Kimono closer
31 Down	46. The headline "Kids Make Nutritious Meals," e.g.
32 Down	47. Run off with
33 Down	49. Source of onomatopoeic words
34 Down	50. 1990s Indian P.M.
35 Down	51. Mark on a freshly polished shoe
36 Down	53. Coveter's sin
37 Down	55. Source of some natural dyes and sugars
38 Down	59. The good dinosaur in "The Good Dinosaur"
39 Down	61. Liverpudlian, e.g.
40 Down	63. It holds the line
41 Down	65. Most exceptional
42 Down	66. Pests that bug pups
43 Down	67. Kidnap
44 Down	68. "The ___ the limit!"
45 Down	69. Prepare to drive
46 Down	70. "Not to mention …"
47 Down	72. Breed of Smoky, the first known therapy dog, familiarly
48 Down	75. Objectivist author Rand
49 Down	78. Go out with
50 Down	80. Disposable items by the door of an open house, perhaps
51 Down	82. Sheltered side
52 Down	83. Typical univ. applicants
53 Down	86. "___ Eyes" (Eagles tune)
54 Down	88. Undesirable marks in high school
55 Down	89. X's, to Aphrodite
56 Down	90. Uses "lefty-loosey" on
57 Down	92. Commencement ritual
58 Down	94. Books with legends
59 Down	98. Small crowns
60 Down	100. Location of the malleus, incus and stapes
61 Down	101. Maroon, in a way
62 Down	103. Its leaves are eaten by giraffes
63 Down	104. Froth
64 Down	105. Pay tribute to
65 Down	106. One of the sisters in Chekhov's "Three Sisters"
66 Down	107. Sexology subject
67 Down	108. Pun-filled, say
68 Down	109. ___ squash
69 Down	112. Tax code issues
70 Down	113. Often-skinned body part
71 Down	115. Country music's ___ Young Band
72 Down	117. Head of production?
73 Down	118. PC connection
74 Down	119. Arcade game with pressure sensors for the feet, familiarly

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Down Clues

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