XWordHint Crossword Answers July 08, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: July 08, 2025

Published on Tuesday, July 08, 2025 • Updated daily

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

4-letter answer Answer: GIST

Word Help: Synonyms: gist, heart_and_soul, heart

Clue #2: 5. Holders of squid ink

4-letter answer Answer: SACS

Word Help: Synonyms: theca, Sauk, sack

Clue #3: 9. Quickly put (together)

4-letter answer Answer: SLAP

Word Help: Synonyms: bang, slap, slapdash

Clue #4: 13. Even once

4-letter answer Answer: EVER

Word Help: Synonyms: of_all_time, ever_so, e'er
Antonyms: never

Clue #5: 14. Acerbic humor

4-letter answer Answer: EDGE

Word Help: Synonyms: butt_against, border, sharpness

Clue #6: 15. Witch's incantation

5-letter answer Answer: SPELL

Word Help: Synonyms: tour, magical_spell, write
Antonyms: unspell

Clue #7: 16. Airport that Captain Sully departed from

9-letter answer Answer: LAGUARDIA

Clue #8: 18. Fusilli or fettuccine

5-letter answer Answer: PASTA

Word Help: Synonyms: pasta, alimentary_paste

Clue #9: 19. Channel with a yellow rectangle logo, informally

6-letter answer Answer: NATGEO

Clue #10: 20. British celebrity restaurateur Gordon ___

6-letter answer Answer: RAMSAY

Clue #11: 21. Animation studio behind "Scooby-Doo"

12-letter answer Answer: HANNABARBERA

Clue #12: 24. Speaker of Arabic or Hebrew

6-letter answer Answer: SEMITE

Word Help: Synonyms: Semitic, Semite

Clue #13: 27. One of many on a self-driving car

6-letter answer Answer: SENSOR

Word Help: Synonyms: detector, sensor, sensing_element

Clue #14: 28. What colors on opposite ends of the color wheel can do

5-letter answer Answer: CLASH

Word Help: Synonyms: clash, friction, encounter

Clue #15: 29. Went fast

4-letter answer Answer: SPED

Word Help: Synonyms: speed, step_on_it, rush
Antonyms: decelerate, linger

Clue #16: 30. Nine months, typically, for a human pregnancy

4-letter answer Answer: TERM

Word Help: Synonyms: term, terminus, terminal_figure

Clue #17: 33. "___ me anything"

3-letter answer Answer: ASK

Word Help: Synonyms: ask, postulate, require
Antonyms: obviate

Clue #18: 34. Crave

7-letter answer Answer: ACHEFOR

Clue #19: 37. By way of

3-letter answer Answer: VIA

Clue #20: 38. Insects whose queens are fed royal jelly

4-letter answer Answer: BEES

Word Help: Synonyms: equal, be, live
Antonyms: differ

Clue #21: 40. His and ___

4-letter answer Answer: HERS

Clue #22: 41. Fails to mention

5-letter answer Answer: OMITS

Word Help: Synonyms: miss, pretermit, overleap
Antonyms: include, attend_to

Clue #23: 43. Long looks

6-letter answer Answer: STARES

Word Help: Synonyms: star, asterisk, stare

Clue #24: 45. Cheddar, dough, bacon or cabbage

6-letter answer Answer: MOOLAH

Word Help: Synonyms: boodle, clams, gelt

Clue #25: 46. What a pleasure-seeker seeks

12-letter answer Answer: DOPAMINERUSH

Clue #26: 49. "La Traviata" and "La Bohème"

6-letter answer Answer: OPERAS

Word Help: Synonyms: opera_house, Opera, opera

Clue #27: 50. Capital of Canada

6-letter answer Answer: OTTAWA

Word Help: Synonyms: Canadian_capital, capital_of_Canada, Ottawa

Clue #28: 53. Alums

5-letter answer Answer: GRADS

Word Help: Synonyms: alum, alumnus, grad

Clue #29: 54. Outstanding effort ... or a feature of 16-, 21-, 34- and 46-Across?

9-letter answer Answer: APLUSWORK

Clue #30: 57. Windows : Microsoft :: ___ : Apple

5-letter answer Answer: MACOS

Clue #31: 58. Place for a coin collection?

4-letter answer Answer: SOFA

Word Help: Synonyms: couch, lounge, sofa

Clue #32: 59. Body part covered by a cap

4-letter answer Answer: KNEE

Word Help: Synonyms: stifle, genu, knee_joint

Clue #33: 60. [Um, I can hear everything you're saying, you know]

4-letter answer Answer: AHEM

Word Help: Synonyms: ahem, hem

Clue #34: 61. Obedience class command

4-letter answer Answer: HEEL

Word Help: Synonyms: cad, heel, blackguard

Clue #35: 62. Obedience class command

4-letter answer Answer: STAY

Word Help: Synonyms: stop, last_out, stay_put
Antonyms: depart, change

Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. Styling product

3-letter answer Answer: GEL

Word Help: Synonyms: colloidal_gel, mousse, gel

Clue #2: 2. Tennis great Lendl

4-letter answer Answer: IVAN

Clue #3: 3. Japanese video game giant

4-letter answer Answer: SEGA

Clue #4: 4. "To be honest ..."

7-letter answer Answer: TRUTHIS

Clue #5: 5. Unruffled

6-letter answer Answer: SERENE

Word Help: Synonyms: calm, tranquil, serene

Clue #6: 6. Supplementary part

5-letter answer Answer: ADDON

Clue #7: 7. Some video effects, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: CGI

Clue #8: 8. Blue expanse

3-letter answer Answer: SEA

Word Help: Synonyms: ocean, sea

Clue #9: 9. Generator of junk mail

7-letter answer Answer: SPAMBOT

Clue #10: 10. Better choice, given the options

10-letter answer Answer: LESSEREVIL

Clue #11: 11. Place for baptisms and wedding vows

5-letter answer Answer: ALTAR

Word Help: Synonyms: communion_table, altar, Lord's_table

Clue #12: 12. Beach, in Spanish

5-letter answer Answer: PLAYA

Clue #13: 15. Crosses swords

5-letter answer Answer: SPARS

Word Help: Synonyms: spar, sparring

Clue #14: 17. Mystery writer Christie

6-letter answer Answer: AGATHA

Clue #15: 20. No-name

5-letter answer Answer: RANDO

Clue #16: 22. Bad-mouth

7-letter answer Answer: ASPERSE

Word Help: Synonyms: denigrate, defame, asperse

Clue #17: 23. Disagreements

5-letter answer Answer: BEEFS

Word Help: Synonyms: bellyache, beef, gripe

Clue #18: 24. Part of the healing process

4-letter answer Answer: SCAB

Word Help: Synonyms: rat, fink, strikebreaker

Clue #19: 25. "What ___ can I say?"

4-letter answer Answer: ELSE

Clue #20: 26. Lets bygones be bygones

10-letter answer Answer: MAKESPEACE

Clue #21: 29. Lip gloss quality

5-letter answer Answer: SHEEN

Word Help: Synonyms: sheen, lustre, luster

Clue #22: 31. Pop singer Ora

4-letter answer Answer: RITA

Clue #23: 32. Turn to pulp

4-letter answer Answer: MASH

Word Help: Synonyms: grind, comminute, chat_up

Clue #24: 35. Rock out on stage?

5-letter answer Answer: CHRIS

Clue #25: 36. Where hens rest in henhouses

6-letter answer Answer: ROOSTS

Word Help: Synonyms: rest, roost, perch

Clue #26: 39. Fame and fortune

7-letter answer Answer: STARDOM

Word Help: Synonyms: stardom

Clue #27: 42. Spiky hairdos

7-letter answer Answer: MOHAWKS

Word Help: Synonyms: mohawk_haircut, Mohawk, mohawk

Clue #28: 44. Build up

5-letter answer Answer: AMASS

Word Help: Synonyms: amass, hoard, gather

Clue #29: 45. Going both ways

6-letter answer Answer: MUTUAL

Word Help: Synonyms: mutual, common, reciprocal
Antonyms: nonreciprocal

Clue #30: 46. Set of tenets

5-letter answer Answer: DOGMA

Word Help: Synonyms: tenet, dogma

Clue #31: 47. Celebrity who sometimes put gifts under her audience members' seats

5-letter answer Answer: OPRAH

Clue #32: 48. John who married Pocahontas

5-letter answer Answer: ROLFE

Clue #33: 51. "It ___ be long"

4-letter answer Answer: WONT

Word Help: Synonyms: habit, wont

Clue #34: 52. Half of base x height, for a triangle

4-letter answer Answer: AREA

Word Help: Synonyms: domain, country, area

Clue #35: 54. Campfire residue

3-letter answer Answer: ASH

Word Help: Synonyms: ash_tree, ash

Clue #36: 55. "The Raven" poet

3-letter answer Answer: POE

Word Help: Synonyms: Edgar_Allan_Poe, Poe

Clue #37: 56. Mission-critical

3-letter answer Answer: KEY

Word Help: Synonyms: describe, central, key_fruit
Antonyms: atonality

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: May 28, 2025

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Our expert breakdown helps you solve the May 28 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

XWordHint Crossword Answers May 28, 2025 

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Small foresail

3-letter answer Answer: JIB

Word Help: Synonyms: balk, gybe, jib

Clue #2: 4. Maritime

5-letter answer Answer: NAVAL

Word Help: Synonyms: naval

Clue #3: 9. Holed up

3-letter answer Answer: HID

Word Help: Synonyms: hide_out, shroud, obscure
Antonyms: show

Clue #4: 12. Rare blood type, in brief

4-letter answer Answer: ANEG

Clue #5: 14. Cognizant

5-letter answer Answer: AWARE

Word Help: Synonyms: cognisant, aware, mindful
Antonyms: unmindful, unaware

Clue #6: 15. Pixar character who has trouble saying "anemone"

4-letter answer Answer: NEMO

Clue #7: 16. Philosopher known for paradoxes

4-letter answer Answer: ZENO

Word Help: Synonyms: Zeno_of_Citium, Zeno, Zeno_of_Elea

Clue #8: 17. Looked stunned, say

5-letter answer Answer: GAPED

Word Help: Synonyms: gawk, gawp, yaw

Clue #9: 18. Decrease?

4-letter answer Answer: IRON

Word Help: Synonyms: iron_out, cast-iron, branding_iron

Clue #10: 19. "Sharp Dressed Man" band

5-letter answer Answer: ZZTOP

Clue #11: 21. Understanding

3-letter answer Answer: KEN

Word Help: Synonyms: ken, cognizance, sight

Clue #12: 22. Special ___

5-letter answer Answer: AGENT

Word Help: Synonyms: factor, agentive_role, agent

Clue #13: 23. Two tablets, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: DOSE

Word Help: Synonyms: battery-acid, Venus's_curse, STD

Clue #14: 25. Sholem ___, author of "Children of Abraham"

4-letter answer Answer: ASCH

Word Help: Synonyms: Shalom_Asch, Sholom_Asch, Asch

Clue #15: 27. Cause of low vitality

6-letter answer Answer: ANEMIA

Word Help: Synonyms: anemia, Anemia, anaemia

Clue #16: 30. Something to get the ball rolling

6-letter answer Answer: PUTTER

Word Help: Synonyms: muck_around, monkey, mess_around

Clue #17: 34. New Jersey city with a bridge to Staten Island

7-letter answer Answer: BAYONNE

Word Help: Synonyms: Bayonne

Clue #18: 36. Certain Nov. 11 honoree

7-letter answer Answer: ARMYVET

Clue #19: 37. Turned aside

7-letter answer Answer: AVERTED

Word Help: Synonyms: deflect, turn_away, obviate

Clue #20: 38. Like many a Swiftie

7-letter answer Answer: TEENAGE

Word Help: Synonyms: teenaged, teenage, teen

Clue #21: 39. ___ a soul

4-letter answer Answer: NARY

Word Help: Synonyms: nary

Clue #22: 40. Part of Caesar's boast

4-letter answer Answer: VENI

Clue #23: 41. Rice-A-___

4-letter answer Answer: RONI

Clue #24: 44. Eur. alliance

4-letter answer Answer: GSIX

Clue #25: 48. Anthem that ends "We stand on guard for thee"

7-letter answer Answer: OCANADA

Clue #26: 52. One attending orientation

7-letter answer Answer: NEWHIRE

Clue #27: 55. Sounded like a brook

7-letter answer Answer: GURGLED

Word Help: Synonyms: burble, guggle, babble

Clue #28: 56. Left off

7-letter answer Answer: OMITTED

Word Help: Synonyms: pretermit, drop, overleap
Antonyms: attend_to, include

Clue #29: 57. New Haven collegian

3-letter answer Answer: ELI

Clue #30: 58. Musical featuring the song depicted by this puzzle's circled letters, familiarly

7-letter answer Answer: FIDDLER

Word Help: Synonyms: twiddler, fiddler, tinkerer

Clue #31: 60. "One card left"

3-letter answer Answer: UNO

Clue #32: 61. Backstabber

3-letter answer Answer: RAT

Word Help: Synonyms: betrayer, scum_bag, skunk

Clue #33: 62. 41-Down's "Top Hat" co-star

7-letter answer Answer: ASTAIRE

Word Help: Synonyms: Astaire, Fred_Astaire

Clue #34: 63. It means little in Paris

3-letter answer Answer: PEU

Clue #35: 64. Majorcan Mrs.

3-letter answer Answer: SRA

Clue #36: 65. Troopers, on a CB radio

7-letter answer Answer: SMOKEYS

Clue #37: 66. Concorde, e.g., for short

3-letter answer Answer: SST

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Genre for Count Basie or Charlie Parker

4-letter answer Answer: JAZZ

Word Help: Synonyms: bonk, make_love, get_it_on

Clue #2: 2. Name akin to Agnes

4-letter answer Answer: INEZ

Clue #3: 3. Proclivity

4-letter answer Answer: BENT

Word Help: Synonyms: bow, knack, crouch
Antonyms: straighten, unbend

Clue #4: 4. Keep after, say

3-letter answer Answer: NAG

Word Help: Synonyms: hen-peck, scold, jade

Clue #5: 5. Out of the arms of Morpheus, so to speak

5-letter answer Answer: AWAKE

Word Help: Synonyms: arouse, wake_up, come_alive
Antonyms: fall_asleep, asleep

Clue #6: 6. Puff on an e-cig

4-letter answer Answer: VAPE

Clue #7: 7. Kind of rock

5-letter answer Answer: ARENA

Word Help: Synonyms: orbit, stadium, bowl

Clue #8: 8. Spearheaded

3-letter answer Answer: LED

Word Help: Synonyms: conduct, leave, head
Antonyms: follow

Clue #9: 9. Question while pointing

4-letter answer Answer: HERE

Word Help: Synonyms: hither, here, Hera
Antonyms: there

Clue #10: 10. "That's my cue!"

4-letter answer Answer: IMON

Clue #11: 11. Terse admonition

4-letter answer Answer: DONT

Clue #12: 13. First words of the day, perhaps

11-letter answer Answer: GOODMORNING

Clue #13: 15. Last words of the day, perhaps

11-letter answer Answer: NIGHTYNIGHT

Clue #14: 20. Starting place

6-letter answer Answer: POINTA

Clue #15: 22. Astuteness

6-letter answer Answer: ACUMEN

Word Help: Synonyms: insightfulness, acumen

Clue #16: 24. More sound

5-letter answer Answer: SANER

Word Help: Synonyms: sane, reasonable
Antonyms: insane

Clue #17: 26. Buying binge

5-letter answer Answer: SPREE

Word Help: Synonyms: fling, spree

Clue #18: 27. Legal org.

3-letter answer Answer: ABA

Word Help: Synonyms: aba

Clue #19: 28. ___ system (GPS device)

3-letter answer Answer: NAV

Clue #20: 29. Symbol on the back of a dollar bill

3-letter answer Answer: EYE

Word Help: Synonyms: optic, oculus, middle

Clue #21: 31. F.D.R. program

3-letter answer Answer: TVA

Clue #22: 32. Hosp. diagnostic

3-letter answer Answer: EEG

Word Help: Synonyms: EEG, electroencephalogram, encephalogram

Clue #23: 33. Waze suggestion: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: RTE

Clue #24: 35. Big name in the freezer aisle

3-letter answer Answer: EDY

Clue #25: 36. Off-roader, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: ATV

Clue #26: 41. 62-Across's "Top Hat" co-star

6-letter answer Answer: ROGERS

Word Help: Synonyms: Virginia_McMath, Carl_Rogers, Rogers

Clue #27: 42. Related to vision

6-letter answer Answer: OCULAR

Word Help: Synonyms: eyepiece, optic, ocular

Clue #28: 43. International airport serving Tokyo

6-letter answer Answer: NARITA

Clue #29: 45. Some gym reps

6-letter answer Answer: SITUPS

Clue #30: 46. Actresses Dunne and Ryan

6-letter answer Answer: IRENES

Clue #31: 47. Crossed off

6-letter answer Answer: XEDOUT

Clue #32: 49. Some sporty wheels, informally

5-letter answer Answer: ALFAS

Clue #33: 50. Benjamin Franklin's faith

5-letter answer Answer: DEISM

Word Help: Synonyms: free_thought, deism

Clue #34: 51. Complement

5-letter answer Answer: ADDTO

Clue #35: 52. "I swear!"

5-letter answer Answer: NOLIE

Clue #36: 53. Mani-pedi material

5-letter answer Answer: EMERY

Word Help: Synonyms: emery

Clue #37: 54. Does some electrical work on

5-letter answer Answer: WIRES

Word Help: Synonyms: wire, telegram, cable
Antonyms: unwire

Clue #38: 59. ___ Terr., area from 1861 to 1889

3-letter answer Answer: DAK

Word Help: Synonyms: dhak, Butea_frondosa, dak

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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