July 28, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, July 28, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle July 28, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Like some face creams and serums, supposedly	9
2A	6. Cost for a commercial	6
3A	9. Class now known as Family and Consumer Sciences, informally	6
4A	14. W.N.B.A. star Taurasi with five Olympic gold medals	5
5A	15. "___ qué?"	3
6A	16. Over	5
7A	17. Strip, as a ship	5
8A	18. Extravagantly emotional	9
9A	20. Rouse to action	6
10A	22. Close behind, as a canine	6
11A	23. N.L. West team, on scoreboards	3
12A	24. Dearest partner?	7
13A	27. Plant used to make mescal	5
14A	28. "Go ahead, try this!"	7
15A	32. Pear cultivar	4
16A	35. Rumble in the Jungle promoter	7
17A	37. Gal in Hollywood	5
18A	39. Tube rider, e.g.	4
19A	40. Port of Alaska	5
20A	42. Word with memory or bike	4
21A	43. Antilles resident	5
22A	45. Finish off	4
23A	46. Sign	4
24A	47. 1985 benefit concert watched by nearly two billion people	7
25A	49. Fastidious roommate of classic TV	5
26A	51. One way to administer a tranquilizer	7
27A	53. To boot	6
28A	56. Electronics whiz	6
29A	59. Opposite of ruddy	6
30A	61. Engaged in some amorous behavior	9
31A	64. Creator of Heffalumps and Woozles	5
32A	65. Sing ___	5
33A	66. Swear words?	3
34A	67. It has options for "cc" and "bcc"	5
35A	68. Newsroom positions	5
36A	69. With the circled letters, a hint to solving seven Across clues	3
37A	70. True-blue	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Like some face creams and serums, supposedly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANTIAGING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Cost for a commercial"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ADRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Class now known as Family and Consumer Sciences, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HOMEEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. W.N.B.A. star Taurasi with five Olympic gold medals"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english aristocrat who was the first wife of prince charles; her death in an automobile accident in paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess Diana, Princess of Wales
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. "___ qué?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Over"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an earlier section of a written text
• Words that mean the same thing: supra, higher up, to a higher place
• The opposite would be: below
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Strip, as a ship"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UNRIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Extravagantly emotional"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that feeling great rapture or delight
• Words that mean the same thing: enraptured, ecstatic, rapt
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHAPSODIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Rouse to action"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BESTIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Close behind, as a canine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOHEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. N.L. West team, on scoreboards"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Dearest partner?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
• Words that mean the same thing: close, dear, nighest
• The opposite would be: far
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Plant used to make mescal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tropical american plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
• Words that mean the same thing: century plant, American aloe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. "Go ahead, try this!""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HAVEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Pear cultivar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that greenish-yellow pear
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOSC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Rumble in the Jungle promoter"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DONKING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Gal in Hollywood"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GADOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Tube rider, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of great britain
• Words that mean the same thing: Briton, britt, Britisher
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Port of Alaska"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a town in southeastern alaska that was the capital of russian america and served as the capital of alaska from 1867 until 1906
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SITKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Word with memory or bike"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrow way or road
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Antilles resident"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an american indian peoples of northeastern south america and the lesser antilles
• Words that mean the same thing: Carib Indian, Caribbean language
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Finish off"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Sign"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sign of something about to happen
• Words that mean the same thing: betoken, foreshadow, prognosticate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. 1985 benefit concert watched by nearly two billion people"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LIVEAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Fastidious roommate of classic TV"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UNGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. One way to administer a tranquilizer"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DARTGUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. To boot"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASWELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Electronics whiz"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
• Words that mean the same thing: tekki
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TECHIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Opposite of ruddy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several old world shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
• Words that mean the same thing: sickly
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Engaged in some amorous behavior"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fondle or pet affectionately
• Words that mean the same thing: canoodle
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANOODLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. Creator of Heffalumps and Woozles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english writer of stories for children (1882-1956)
• Words that mean the same thing: Alan Alexander Milne, A. A. Milne
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. Sing ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that with a forward motion
• Words that mean the same thing: on
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Swear words?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. It has options for "cc" and "bcc""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
• Words that mean the same thing: netmail, e-mail, electronic mail
• The opposite would be: snail mail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Newsroom positions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
• Words that mean the same thing: desk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. With the circled letters, a hint to solving seven Across clues"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a share of the profits
• Words that mean the same thing: gash, turn off, skip
• The opposite would be: switch on, expand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. True-blue"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that steadfast in allegiance or duty
• Words that mean the same thing: firm, patriotic, fast
• The opposite would be: unpatriotic, disloyal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOYAL

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Thursday Crossword Down Clues - July 28, 2022 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Actress Uzo	5
2D	2. Montana, once	5
3D	3. Ankle bones	5
4D	4. Still a contender	4
5D	5. Putting in an enclosure	6
6D	6. Loan letters	3
7D	7. "Why did I do that?!"	3
8D	8. Exhibit grandiloquence	5
9D	9. Character that's popular on social media	7
10D	10. Instrument with a bell	4
11D	11. Most frequent number, in math	4
12D	12. "May the forces of ___ become confused on the way to your house": George Carlin	4
13D	13. Partner of Parks	3
14D	19. Ritzy	4
15D	21. Has a novel experience?	5
16D	25. Sidestep	5
17D	26. Lease	7
18D	27. End of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," e.g.	5
19D	29. Courage under fire	5
20D	30. Cheese wrapped in wax	4
21D	31. Abstainer's amount	4
22D	32. Largest TV network in the world, by number of employees	3
23D	33. Word-of-mouth	4
24D	34. Cortana : Microsoft :: ___ : Apple	4
25D	36. Scraping (out)	5
26D	38. What you get when you put your hands together?	3
27D	41. Scottish noble in "Macbeth"	5
28D	44. Ones always taking cover?	7
29D	48. Military move	4
30D	50. Crown covering	6
31D	52. One of many in Indiana Jones's possession	5
32D	53. Quell, as concerns	5
33D	54. First name on the Supreme Court	5
34D	55. "Just peachy"	5
35D	56. Chaucer chapter	4
36D	57. Chimp who orbited Earth in 1961	4
37D	58. Go kaput, with "out"	4
38D	60. "The Beast" for the U.S. president, for one	4
39D	61. No-goodnik	3
40D	62. See 63-Down	3
41D	63. With 62-Down, end of a college address	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

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

Clue 1 Down: "1. Actress Uzo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ADUBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Montana, once"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Words that mean the same thing: nine, 9, ennead
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Ankle bones"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: tarsus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Still a contender"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Putting in an enclosure"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CAGING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Loan letters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following march and preceding may
• Words that mean the same thing: April
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Why did I do that?!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Exhibit grandiloquence"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ORATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Character that's popular on social media"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HASHTAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Instrument with a bell"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Most frequent number, in math"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that how something is done or how it happens
• Words that mean the same thing: mood, style, fashion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "May the forces of ___ become confused on the way to your house": George Carlin"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that morally objectionable behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: vicious, immorality, malevolent
• The opposite would be: goodness, good
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Partner of Parks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Ritzy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that elegant and fashionable; ; ; ; - julia child
• Words that mean the same thing: classy, swish
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Has a novel experience?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something that is read
• Words that mean the same thing: register, learn, take
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: READS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Sidestep"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: nullify, ward off, debar
• The opposite would be: validate, confront
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVOID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Lease"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RENTOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. End of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACTIV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Courage under fire"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
• Words that mean the same thing: valorousness, valiancy, gallantry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Cheese wrapped in wax"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Abstainer's amount"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Largest TV network in the world, by number of employees"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Word-of-mouth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: viva, oral examination, viva voce
• The opposite would be: anal, aboral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Cortana : Microsoft :: ___ : Apple"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SIRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Scraping (out)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EKING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. What you get when you put your hands together?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: x, ten-spot, X
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Scottish noble in "Macbeth""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
• Words that mean the same thing: Oengus, Aengus, Angus Og
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Ones always taking cover?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEDHOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Military move"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sudden short attack
• Words that mean the same thing: maraud, foray, bust
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Crown covering"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
• Words that mean the same thing: tooth enamel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENAMEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. One of many in Indiana Jones's possession"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
• Words that mean the same thing: souvenir, token, keepsake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RELIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Quell, as concerns"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that lessen the intensity of or calm
• Words that mean the same thing: quench, relieve, still
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. First name on the Supreme Court"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SONIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. "Just peachy""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
• Words that mean the same thing: dandy, well up, peachy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Chaucer chapter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Chimp who orbited Earth in 1961"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Go kaput, with "out""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal term for the nose
• Words that mean the same thing: swoon, perish, snuff it
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. "The Beast" for the U.S. president, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
• Words that mean the same thing: limousine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. No-goodnik"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who is morally reprehensible
• Words that mean the same thing: hound, bounder, blackguard
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "62. See 63-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "63. With 62-Down, end of a college address"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a very small circular shape
• Words that mean the same thing: constellate, Zen, Department of Transportation
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	60	76.9%
Short Answer	11	14.1%
Science/Technology	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 08, 2025 at 11:17 AM

NYT Crossword Answers & Hints - July 16, 2025 | XWordHint Today Vibez

Published on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

NYT Crossword Answers & Hints - July 16, 2025

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (31 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Courtroom entry"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a humble request for help from someone in authority
• Similar words include: supplication
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PLEA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2A: "5. Broke bread"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Similar words include: corrode, deplete, eat up
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3A: "8. See 11-Down"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONBASE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4A: "14. Lead-in to an implied "go there" or "think about it""

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DONTEVEN

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5A: "16. Rouse (oneself)"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that become active
• Similar words include: rouse
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BESTIR

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🧩 6A: "17. Sub category"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FOOTLONG

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🧩 7A: "18. Grave"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lacking brightness or color; dull
• Similar words include: melancholy, sombre, sober
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOMBER

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🧩 8A: "19. Investment firm T. ___ Price"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROWE

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🧩 9A: "20. "That's keen!""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEATO

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🧩 10A: "21. "Something bothering you?""

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WHATSTHEMATTER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 11A: "26. One translation of "aloha""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state prevailing during the absence of war
• Similar words include: serenity, peace treaty, pacification
• Opposite of: war

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PEACE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12A: "27. Calm"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
• Similar words include: tranquillize, grave, staid
• Opposite of: stimulate

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEDATE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 13A: "28. Like Detroit vis-à-vis 29-Across"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
• Similar words include: Orient, eastern United States, eastward
• Opposite of: west

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EAST

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 14A: "29. Home of the Wolverines in college sports"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANNARBOR

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🧩 15A: "33. Actress Longoria"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EVA

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🧩 16A: "34. Cat breed with a distinct rear"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short or shortened tail of certain animals
• Similar words include: bob, dock, Old English sheepdog
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOBTAIL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 17A: "37. Reddit Q&A"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMA

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🧩 18A: "38. Festival with jousts, informally"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RENFAIRE

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🧩 19A: "40. Caramel-topped dessert"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that open pastry filled with fruit or custard
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FLAN

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 20A: "41. Do-nothings"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that person who does no work
• Similar words include: loafer, layabout, bum
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IDLERS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 21A: "43. Quaint contradiction"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TISNT

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🧩 22A: "44. 2003 period film starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THELASTSAMURAI

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🧩 23A: "48. Snake eyes and boxcars, e.g."

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rotary motion of an object around its own axis
• Similar words include: wander, drift, undulate
• Opposite of: unwind

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROLLS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 24A: "49. Rapper Lil Uzi ___"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VERT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 25A: "50. Div. for the Astros and Angels"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALWEST

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🧩 26A: "52. Worker's timeout in Westminster … or something tucked between this puzzle's shaded squares?"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TEABREAK

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🧩 27A: "56. Tectonic drifters"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
• Similar words include: scale, home plate, shell
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PLATES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 28A: "57. Camper's recreation"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that travel by canoe
• Similar words include: canoe
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CANOEING

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 29A: "58. Insists"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAYSSO

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🧩 30A: "59. Denver setting: Abbr."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that standard time in the 7th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west; used in the mountain states of the united states
• Similar words include: Mountain Time, Mountain Standard Time
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MST

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 31A: "60. Tips"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENDS

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Many an email attachment"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PDF

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2D: "2. W.C."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOO

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3D: "3. Brian who composed four pioneering albums of ambient music"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENO

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4D: "4. Draw"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
• Similar words include: draw, pull in, appeal
• Opposite of: repel

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATTRACT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5D: "5. Boldly attests"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
• Similar words include: swear, aver, avouch
• Opposite of: disavow

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AVOWS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 6D: "6. Core principles"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
• Similar words include: tenet, dogma
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TENETS

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🧩 7D: "7. Part of E.S.L.: Abbr."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENG

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🧩 8D: "8. Delivery docs"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a major river of western siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the gulf of ob and the kara sea
• Similar words include: tocology, Ob River, Ob
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OBS

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🧩 9D: "9. Just after birth"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEONATAL

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🧩 10D: "10. Detector of absurdity, in slang"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BSMETER

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🧩 11D: "11. Chance to get 8-Across"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATBAT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12D: "12. Cuatro + tres"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SIETE

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🧩 13D: "13. 404 Not Found, e.g."

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
• Similar words include: erroneous belief, mistake, wrongdoing
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERROR

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 14D: "15. Chargrilled corn-on-the-cob dish in Mexico"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELOTE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 15D: "21. Thread pattern"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
• Similar words include: wind, wander, tissue
• Opposite of: unweave

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WEAVE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 16D: "22. Comedian Minhaj"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HASAN

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🧩 17D: "23. They radiate warmth"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room
• Similar words include: warmer, smoke, heater
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HEATERS

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🧩 18D: "24. "The Simpsons" teacher Krabappel"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EDNA

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🧩 19D: "25. Spa treatment, for short"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MANI

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🧩 20D: "26. Colleague"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
• Similar words include: equal, match, compeer
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PEER

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🧩 21D: "30. Wood for a kite"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
• Similar words include: Ochroma lagopus, balsa wood
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BALSA

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🧩 22D: "31. Native of Muscat"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of oman
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OMANI

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🧩 23D: "32. Many a one-star Yelp review"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
• Similar words include: jabber, rave, rabbit on
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RANT

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🧩 24D: "34. People you do not want to mess with"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: BADASSES

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🧩 25D: "35. Olive and palm products"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
• Similar words include: inunct, oil colour, oil
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OILS

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🧩 26D: "36. ___ Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BRET

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🧩 27D: "39. Cuts of fish"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
• Similar words include: fish filet, tenia, fish fillet
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FILLETS

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🧩 28D: "40. It might get decorated at Christmas"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: FIRTREE

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🧩 29D: "42. File menu option"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SAVEAS

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🧩 30D: "43. Extra-powerful, as an engine"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TURBO

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🧩 31D: "44. Drives into a corner"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
• Similar words include: ensnare, sand trap, trap
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TRAPS

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🧩 32D: "45. Shout, colloquially"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
• Similar words include: holler, bellow, roar
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HOLLA

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🧩 33D: "46. Broncos QB who won back-to-back Super Bowls"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ELWAY

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🧩 34D: "47. Intended"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that mean or intend to express or convey
• Similar words include: think of, have in mind, imply
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MEANT

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🧩 35D: "51. General on a menu"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TSO

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🧩 36D: "52. Channel showing vintage films"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TCM

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🧩 37D: "53. German article"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EIN

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🧩 38D: "54. By ___ by"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AND

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🧩 39D: "55. Metric wts."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Similar words include: kilo, kg, kilogram
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KGS

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