Auguest 01, 2024 Crosswords - CrosswordHints Blog
Welcome to the NYT Puzzle and Answers page! The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles worldwide. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle.
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues and Answers:
- 1. Tools for making belt holes - Show Answer
AWLS
(4 letters)
Synonyms: awl
- 5. Cocktail served in a copper mug, familiarly - Show Answer
MULE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: mule, scuff
- 9. Like a kite - Show Answer
AVIAN
(5 letters)
Synonyms: avian
- 14. Signal to stop, say - Show Answer
HAIL
(4 letters)
Synonyms: hail, acclaim, come, herald
- 15. Common ___ - Show Answer
AREA
(4 letters)
Synonyms: arena, area, surface_area, country, region, expanse, domain, orbit, field, sphere
- 16. Tiny pest - Show Answer
MIDGE
(5 letters)
Synonyms: midge
- 17. *They're found next to cabarets - Show Answer
EXPONENTS
(9 letters)
Synonyms: proponent, exponent, index, advocator, power, advocate
- 19. Airpods come in them - Show Answer
PAIRS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: yoke, duet, match, twosome, partner_off, pair_off, distich, pair, couplet, couple, geminate, dyad, duo, duad, mate, copulate, twin, brace, twain, span
- 20. Nearsighted sort - Show Answer
MYOPE
(5 letters)
Synonyms: myope
- 21. Neighbor of Ursa Major - Show Answer
LEO
(3 letters)
Synonyms: Leo_the_Lion, Lion, Leo
- 23. Champagne name - Show Answer
MOET
(4 letters)
- 24. *Viable investment plans - Show Answer
PONZISCHEMES
(12 letters)
- 28. Kind of protein for bodybuilders - Show Answer
WHEY
(4 letters)
Synonyms: milk_whey, whey
- 31. Split - Show Answer
DIVIDED
(7 letters)
Synonyms: split, divided, split_up, separate, fraction, dissever, shared_out, carve_up, dual-lane, disunite, part, shared, divide, divided_up
Antonyms: united, multiply, unite
- 32. Occupants of 53-Across - Show Answer
ETS
(3 letters)
- 33. Like pomegranate seeds, but not apple seeds - Show Answer
EATEN
(5 letters)
Synonyms: corrode, feed, exhaust, consume, use_up, eat, eat_up, run_through, rust, deplete, wipe_out, eat_on
- 34. Many a flower girl - Show Answer
NIECE
(5 letters)
Synonyms: niece
Antonyms: nephew
- 38. *They might be marked as absent - Show Answer
EMAILS
(6 letters)
Synonyms: e-mail, netmail, electronic_mail, email
Antonyms: snail_mail
- 40. *Baby talk - Show Answer
ORALLY
(6 letters)
Synonyms: orally, by_word_of_mouth
- 41. Measure the depth of - Show Answer
PLUMB
(5 letters)
Synonyms: plum, plumb, clean, plumb_bob, plummet
- 42. Like corduroy fabric - Show Answer
RIDGY
(5 letters)
- 45. Show signs of mythomania - Show Answer
LIE
(3 letters)
Synonyms: dwell, Trygve_Lie, lie_in, lie_down, prevarication, Trygve_Halvden_Lie, Lie, rest, consist, lie
Antonyms: arise, stand
- 46. Racetrack leader - Show Answer
POLECAR
(7 letters)
- 48. Google ___ - Show Answer
MAPS
(4 letters)
Synonyms: function, mapping, mathematical_function, map_out, represent, map, single-valued_function
- 49. *Like some nasty habits - Show Answer
BELOWTHEBELT
(12 letters)
- 53. Subjects of Project Blue Book - Show Answer
UFOS
(4 letters)
Synonyms: flying_saucer, unidentified_flying_object, UFO
- 54. Isaac Newton, from the age of 62 onward - Show Answer
SIR
(3 letters)
Synonyms: sir, Sir
- 55. Tedium - Show Answer
ENNUI
(5 letters)
Synonyms: ennui, boredom, tedium
- 59. Puts up on Zillow, perhaps - Show Answer
LISTS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: name, lean, heel, number, inclination, leaning, list, tilt, listing
- 61. Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? - Show Answer
RIPPEDABS
(9 letters)
- 64. [$@#%!] - Show Answer
BLEEP
(5 letters)
Synonyms: bleep, beep
- 65. Lead-in to skeleton or scope - Show Answer
ENDO
(4 letters)
- 66. Where Columbus thought he had landed in 1498 - Show Answer
EDEN
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Shangri-la, Eden, promised_land, nirvana, heaven, Garden_of_Eden, paradise
- 67. Junipero ___, known as the "Apostle of California" - Show Answer
SERRA
(5 letters)
Synonyms: Miguel_Jose_Serra, Serra, Junipero_Serra
- 68. Trick-taking card game - Show Answer
SKAT
(4 letters)
- 69. Feature of a witch costume - Show Answer
WART
(4 letters)
Synonyms: wart, verruca
Down Clues and Answers:
- 1. Interjection that might serve as a mild warning - Show Answer
AHEM
(4 letters)
Synonyms: ahem, hem
- 2. Like some kitchen paper - Show Answer
WAXY
(4 letters)
Synonyms: waxen, pliable, impressionable, bendable, waxlike, pliant, waxy, impressible
Antonyms: unimpressionable
- 3. Cosmetic procedure, for short - Show Answer
LIPO
(4 letters)
- 4. Not careful - Show Answer
SLOPPY
(6 letters)
Synonyms: boggy, slapdash, slipshod, waterlogged, muddy, marshy, soggy, overemotional, haphazard, sloughy, sloppy, quaggy, loose-fitting, squashy, mucky, miry, swampy, baggy
- 5. Fannie of the finance industry - Show Answer
MAE
(3 letters)
- 6. Popular subject for still-life drawing - Show Answer
URN
(3 letters)
Synonyms: urn
- 7. Spare, perhaps - Show Answer
LETLIVE
(7 letters)
- 8. Makes a gradual entry - Show Answer
EASESIN
(7 letters)
- 9. Psych (up) - Show Answer
AMP
(3 letters)
Synonyms: ampere, adenosine_monophosphate, A, amp, AMP, adenylic_acid
- 10. Middle ground, from the Latin - Show Answer
VIAMEDIA
(8 letters)
- 11. Bad apple or sour grapes, e.g. - Show Answer
IDIOM
(5 letters)
Synonyms: idiomatic_expression, parlance, phrase, accent, artistic_style, idiom, dialect, set_phrase, phrasal_idiom
- 12. What subjects and their verbs should always does ... er, do? - Show Answer
AGREE
(5 letters)
Synonyms: agree, fit_in, tally, check, concord, consort, concur, harmonize, jibe, correspond, fit, accord, hold, harmonise, gibe, match
Antonyms: disagree
- 13. Things weavers weave - Show Answer
NESTS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: cuddle, nestle, nest, draw_close, nuzzle, snuggle
- 18. ___-soul (music genre) - Show Answer
NEO
(3 letters)
Synonyms: neo
- 22. Condition associated with hyperawareness, for short - Show Answer
OCD
(3 letters)
- 25. Documents that ensure secrecy, for short - Show Answer
NDAS
(4 letters)
- 26. Target of benzoyl peroxide - Show Answer
ZIT
(3 letters)
Synonyms: hickey, pimple, zit
- 27. Novelist Miller - Show Answer
HENRY
(5 letters)
Synonyms: Patrick_Henry, henry, William_Henry, Joseph_Henry, Henry, H
- 28. Go "Boo-hoo!" - Show Answer
WEEP
(4 letters)
Synonyms: weep, cry
Antonyms: laugh
- 29. Many pages are written using this - Show Answer
HTML
(4 letters)
Synonyms: hypertext_markup_language, hypertext_mark-up_language, HTML
- 30. Isaac's firstborn - Show Answer
ESAU
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Esau
- 33. Endpoint of a radius - Show Answer
ELBOW
(5 letters)
Synonyms: cubital_joint, articulatio_cubiti, human_elbow, cubitus, elbow, elbow_joint
- 35. ___ the Elephant, childrens' TV character - Show Answer
ELLA
(4 letters)
- 36. Excerpt - Show Answer
CLIP
(4 letters)
Synonyms: trot, trim, dress, crop, cartridge_holder, magazine, time, clipping, nip, lop, cut_back, jog, snip_off, snip, prune, nip_off, cut_short, cartridge_clip, curtail, clip
Antonyms: unclip
- 37. They may be locked or rolled - Show Answer
EYES
(4 letters)
Synonyms: heart, eye, oculus, eyeball, eyes, center, middle, optic, centre
- 39. Fraud - Show Answer
IMPOSTER
(8 letters)
Synonyms: pretender, role_player, shammer, imposter, fake, pseud, faker, pseudo, fraud, impostor, sham
- 40. Man-eating menace - Show Answer
OGRE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: demon, monster, ogre, fiend, devil
- 42. Brings back on - Show Answer
REHIRES
(7 letters)
- 43. Where you might find yourself on edge? - Show Answer
ICERINK
(7 letters)
- 44. Approximate recipe measure - Show Answer
DAB
(3 letters)
Synonyms: tap, swob, dab, swab, pat, splatter, splash
- 47. Superiors of sgts. - Show Answer
LTS
(3 letters)
- 48. Stylized name for a caffeinated soft drink - Show Answer
MTNDEW
(6 letters)
- 49. Flower shop purchases - Show Answer
BULBS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: electric-light_bulb, light_bulb, lightbulb, medulla, medulla_oblongata, electric_light, bulb, incandescent_lamp
- 50. Meet a mid-April deadline, say - Show Answer
EFILE
(5 letters)
- 51. Who pays all legal costs under the so-called "English rule" - Show Answer
LOSER
(5 letters)
Synonyms: unsuccessful_person, failure, also-ran, loser, nonstarter
Antonyms: winner, achiever
- 52. "Twisters" director ___ Isaac Chung - Show Answer
LEE
(3 letters)
Synonyms: Shelton_Jackson_Lee, Robert_Edward_Lee, Robert_E._Lee, downwind, Richard_Henry_Lee, Rose_Louise_Hovick, lee, Spike_Lee, leeward, Tsung_Dao_Lee, Lighthorse_Harry_Lee, Henry_Lee, lee_side, Lee_Yuen_Kam, Lee, Gypsy_Rose_Lee, Bruce_Lee
Antonyms: windward
- 56. Zilch - Show Answer
NADA
(4 letters)
Synonyms: aught, nada, zip, naught, goose_egg, zilch, null, cypher, nil, nix, cipher, zero, zippo, nothing
- 57. Company that acquired Postmates in 2020 - Show Answer
UBER
(4 letters)
- 58. "___ that nice!" - Show Answer
ISNT
(4 letters)
- 60. Word with dog or day - Show Answer
SPA
(3 letters)
Synonyms: watering_hole, watering_place, health_spa, resort_hotel, spa, health_club
- 62. Open show of intimacy, for short - Show Answer
PDA
(3 letters)
Synonyms: personal_organizer, personal_organiser, organiser, PDA, personal_digital_assistant, organizer
- 63. Flower shop purchase - Show Answer
POT
(3 letters)
Synonyms: peck, muckle, deal, green_goddess, potty, flowerpot, passel, smoke, sess, batch, great_deal, quite_a_little, gage, tummy, mint, flock, heap, good_deal, bay_window, potful, can, tidy_sum, slew, weed, locoweed, pile, plenty, toilet, throne, raft, wad, mess, commode, pot, Mary_Jane, crapper, hatful, lot, stack, spate, mass, sight, sens, grass, dope, kitty, mountain, stool, corporation, potentiometer, skunk, jackpot, potbelly, mickle
