XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 21, 2025
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Across Clues and Answers (32)
Clue #1: 1. Olympics event in which Germany is the traditional powerhouse
Clue #2: 8. Scattered
Clue #3: 14. Words before ask, admit or go
Clue #4: 15. First name of the "Princess of Pop"
Clue #5: 16. Donned quickly
Clue #6: 17. Puts in order
Clue #7: 18. Fuel for a family feud
Clue #8: 20. "Oh, ___ on!"
Clue #9: 21. Rita of the "Fifty Shades" movies
Clue #10: 22. Food label abbr.
Clue #11: 23. Kitchen alternative to tallow
Clue #12: 25. Grammy-winning song (2013) that begins "The snow glows white on the mountain tonight"
Clue #13: 28. Gen-Xer's "excellent"
Clue #14: 29. Black-and-yellow demarcation
Clue #15: 32. Cootie-free greeting
Clue #16: 34. Foster kid in "Taxi Driver"?
Clue #17: 35. Bargaining subjects
Clue #18: 36. Frank who wrote the music and lyrics to "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Clue #19: 38. Like a Mediterranean diet
Clue #20: 41. Endurance event, for short
Clue #21: 42. Bending over, perhaps
Clue #22: 43. Word before or after book
Clue #23: 44. "Ugh!"
Clue #24: 46. QB Dawson who faced Bart Starr in Super Bowl I
Clue #25: 47. Prune, say
Antonyms: switch_on, uncut
Clue #26: 48. Exhibited perfect brakes
Clue #27: 54. Sommelier, e.g.
Clue #28: 55. Tolled
Clue #29: 56. In the shop, say
Clue #30: 57. Dish, at times
Clue #31: 58. Was overrun
Clue #32: 59. Performs a perfect dismount, e.g.
Across Clues and Answers (32)
Clue #1: 1. Storage units
Clue #2: 2. "Didn't see ya there!"
Clue #3: 3. Crib for a doll
Clue #4: 4. Trim
Clue #5: 5. Literature Nobelist who wrote "Dodsworth" and "Kingsblood Royal"
Clue #6: 6. Berkshire institution
Clue #7: 7. Vietnamese currency
Clue #8: 8. Like "Animal Farm" and "Don Quixote"
Clue #9: 9. Flight of fancy?
Clue #10: 10. "Ritorna vincitor" singer
Clue #11: 11. Training facilities?
Clue #12: 12. Mortimer who once made a guest appearance on "The Muppet Show"
Clue #13: 13. Average booster
Clue #14: 19. Side order with curry
Clue #15: 23. It has its peaks and valleys
Clue #16: 24. Ethiopian emperor Selassie
Clue #17: 25. Part of U.C.L.A.
Clue #18: 26. High ways
Clue #19: 27. Vehicles seen in the films "Dazed and Confused" and "Two-Lane Blacktop"
Clue #20: 29. Basketball legend Maravich's nickname
Clue #21: 30. Some seaside attractions
Clue #22: 31. Disturbing, in a way
Clue #23: 33. Name in the baking aisle
Clue #24: 36. Brief office hookup?
Clue #25: 37. ___ chart
Clue #26: 39. Dismissed, with "at"
Clue #27: 40. Word with game or control
Antonyms: forget
Clue #28: 43. Old-fashioned club
Clue #29: 44. Sex therapy topic
Clue #30: 45. Pay (for)
Clue #31: 47. "C'mon, please?"
Clue #32: 49. Starched
Clue #33: 50. Port WSW of Algiers
Clue #34: 51. Gram alternative
Clue #35: 52. Certain bond, informally
Clue #36: 53. Ministre d'___
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
27412 Wed Nov 27, 2024 nyt by Jill Singer
Across Clues :
1. Long, 5. Member of an 1800s literary family, 9. Handy expressions?, 14. "Justice League of America," e.g., 16. Possesses a certain je ne sais quoi, 17. Member of an 1800s literary family, 18. Member of an 1800s literary family, 19. Check for errors, perhaps, 20. Key to close a window, 22. Part of I.P.A., 23. A little buggy?, 24. Pump selection: Abbr., 26. @@@, 28. Rose Bowl city, 31. Hospital dept. that sounds like a sentence, 34. Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak, 37. Symbols of longevity in Chinese iconography, 39. Corn, beans and squash, in Mesoamerican tradition ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle, 42. Home to horned vipers and deathstalker scorpions, 43. Scorch, 44. Hold (down), 45. Member of a 2000s showbiz family, 48. ___ Quentin, Calif., 49. Meditative discipline, 50. Member of a 2000s showbiz family, 53. Too easy (on), 56. Long time, 59. Singer known as the "Queen of Tejano Music", 61. Member of a 2000s showbiz family, 63. Linguistic "stems", 65. In an online convo, perhaps, 66. Clever person, 67. Universal donor's classification, 68. Flexible Flyer, for one, 69. Good-looking couple?
Down Clues :
1. African city that's home to the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre, 2. Poet Leonard, 3. "Crying in ___," best-selling memoir of 2021, 4. Gaelic homeland, 5. Dwellings, 6. "___ on your life!", 7. Pay attention to, 8. Barely gets (by), 9. Fidel's longtime lieutenant, 10. Things found by reading chairs, 11. Home of the highest and lowest points on the earth's surface, 12. Party pooper, 13. Eye malady, 15. Composer Schumann, 21. Final two words of "Over the Rainbow", 25. Patisserie purchase, 27. Southwest ski resort with lifts up to 12,450 feet, 28. Ball pythons, at times, 29. Pulitzer-winning novelist Anthony, 30. Fake, 31. "Understood", 32. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie", 33. Home to Leningrad, for short, 34. Link prefix, 35. "Fancy meeting you here!", 36. Hammer's end, 38. First word in a rhyming pair meaning "small", 40. Maori ceremonial dance, 41. River that provides the largest inflow into the Mediterranean, 46. Fit together, 47. Celebrity gossip show, 48. 14-pound unit, 50. Former presidential candidate who served as Biden's climate envoy, 51. Not mainstream, 52. Ship poles, 53. Short routine, 54. "Goodness gracious!", 55. Do a grillmaster's job, 57. 69-Across, poetically, 58. Père ___ (Santa's French counterpart), 60. Effortless stride, 62. One's self, 64. Flamenco cry
Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 27, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
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| New York Times, Wednesday, November 27, 2024 |
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Long. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ACHE
Possible Answer : ache, smart, hurt, yen, aching, yearn, pine, suffer, languish
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The clue is 5. Member of an 1800s literary family. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ANNE
Possible Answer : Anne
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The clue is 9. Handy expressions?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CLAPS
Possible Answer : applaud, eruption, clap, bam, bang, acclaim, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, blast, spat, clack
Possible Opposite Answer : boo
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The clue is 14. "Justice League of America," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: COMICBOOK
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The clue is 16. Possesses a certain je ne sais quoi. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HASIT
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The clue is 17. Member of an 1800s literary family. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: CHARLOTTE
Possible Answer : Queen_City, Charlotte, charlotte
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The clue is 18. Member of an 1800s literary family. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: EMILY
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The clue is 19. Check for errors, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: REREAD
Possible Answer : reread
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The clue is 20. Key to close a window. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ESC
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The clue is 22. Part of I.P.A.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PALE
Possible Answer : picket, blanch, blench, sick, pallid, pale, wan
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The clue is 23. A little buggy?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ANT
Possible Answer : pismire, ant, emmet
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The clue is 24. Pump selection: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: REG
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The clue is 26. @@@. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ATS
Possible Answer : At, at, atomic_number_85, astatine
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The clue is 28. Rose Bowl city. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: PASADENA
Possible Answer : Pasadena
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The clue is 31. Hospital dept. that sounds like a sentence. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ICU
Possible Answer : intensive_care_unit, ICU
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The clue is 34. Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HOPE
Possible Answer : promise, desire, trust, Hope, Leslie_Townes_Hope, Bob_Hope, hope, go_for
Possible Opposite Answer : despair
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The clue is 37. Symbols of longevity in Chinese iconography. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: TORTOISES
Possible Answer : tortoise
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The clue is 39. Corn, beans and squash, in Mesoamerican tradition ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: THETHREESISTERS
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The clue is 42. Home to horned vipers and deathstalker scorpions. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: THESAHARA
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The clue is 43. Scorch. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SEAR
Possible Answer : parch, blacken, sear, shrivelled, char, shriveled, dried-up, withered, sere, scorch, singe
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The clue is 44. Hold (down). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: PIN
Possible Answer : rowlock, peg, oarlock, pin, immobilise, stick, personal_identification_number, bowling_pin, PIN, trap, pivot, fall, pin_tumbler, PIN_number, tholepin, flag, thole, immobilize
Possible Opposite Answer : unpin
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The clue is 45. Member of a 2000s showbiz family. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: KOURTNEY
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The clue is 48. ___ Quentin, Calif.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SAN
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The clue is 49. Meditative discipline. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ZEN
Possible Answer : superman, loony_toons, battery-acid, Zen, Zen_Buddhism, dose, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds, acid, window_pane, Elvis, pane, back_breaker, dot
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The clue is 50. Member of a 2000s showbiz family. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: KIM
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The clue is 53. Too easy (on). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOFT
Possible Answer : flabby, piano, diffused, lenient, easy, flaccid, cushy, easygoing, balmy, mild, soft, sonant, gentle, indulgent, delicate, diffuse, voiced, subdued
Possible Opposite Answer : hardened, hard, loud, unvoiced, forte
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The clue is 56. Long time. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: EON
Possible Answer : aeon, eon
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The clue is 59. Singer known as the "Queen of Tejano Music". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SELENA
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The clue is 61. Member of a 2000s showbiz family. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: KHLOE
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The clue is 63. Linguistic "stems". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: ROOTWORDS
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The clue is 65. In an online convo, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: IMING
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The clue is 66. Clever person. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: BELESPRIT
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The clue is 67. Universal donor's classification. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TYPEO
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The clue is 68. Flexible Flyer, for one. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SLED
Possible Answer : sleigh, sled, sledge
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The clue is 69. Good-looking couple?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EYES
Possible Answer : centre, eyes, heart, middle, eyeball, oculus, eye, optic, center
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. African city that's home to the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ACCRA
Possible Answer: Accra, capital_of_Ghana
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The clue is 2. Poet Leonard. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: COHEN
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The clue is 3. "Crying in ___," best-selling memoir of 2021. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HMART
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The clue is 4. Gaelic homeland. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EIRE
Possible Answer: Republic_of_Ireland, Ireland, Eire, Irish_Republic
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The clue is 5. Dwellings. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ABODES
Possible Answer: dwelling_house, habitation, abode, domicile, residence, dwelling, home
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The clue is 6. "___ on your life!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: NOT
Possible Answer: non, not
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The clue is 7. Pay attention to. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NOTE
Possible Answer: greenback, tone, musical_note, short_letter, banker's_bill, billet, notice, observe, mention, Federal_Reserve_note, notation, preeminence, promissory_note, bank_note, annotation, banknote, eminence, line, mark, note, bill, take_note, government_note, bank_bill, take_down, remark, distinction, note_of_hand
Possible Opposite Answer : ignore
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The clue is 8. Barely gets (by). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EKES
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The clue is 9. Fidel's longtime lieutenant. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: CHE
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The clue is 10. Things found by reading chairs. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LAMPS
Possible Answer: lamp
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The clue is 11. Home of the highest and lowest points on the earth's surface. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ASIA
Possible Answer: Asia
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The clue is 12. Party pooper. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PILL
Possible Answer: oral_contraceptive, contraceptive_pill, tab, anovulant, pill, birth_control_pill, oral_contraceptive_pill, tablet, lozenge, anovulatory_drug
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The clue is 13. Eye malady. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: STYE
Possible Answer: eye_infection, stye, hordeolum, sty
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The clue is 15. Composer Schumann. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CLARA
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The clue is 21. Final two words of "Over the Rainbow". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CANTI
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The clue is 25. Patisserie purchase. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: GATEAU
Possible Answer: gateau
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The clue is 27. Southwest ski resort with lifts up to 12,450 feet. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TAOS
Possible Answer: Taoist, Tao, Taos
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The clue is 28. Ball pythons, at times. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PETS
Possible Answer: ducky, PET, dearie, darling, favourite, pet, favorite, deary, positron_emission_tomography
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The clue is 29. Pulitzer-winning novelist Anthony. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DOERR
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The clue is 30. Fake. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ERSATZ
Possible Answer: ersatz, substitute
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The clue is 31. "Understood". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ISEE
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The clue is 32. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CERA
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The clue is 33. Home to Leningrad, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: USSR
Possible Answer: Russia, Soviet_Union, USSR, Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics
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The clue is 34. Link prefix. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HTTP
Possible Answer: hypertext_transfer_protocol, HTTP
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The clue is 35. "Fancy meeting you here!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OHHI
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The clue is 36. Hammer's end. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PEEN
Possible Answer: peen
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The clue is 38. First word in a rhyming pair meaning "small". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ITSY
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The clue is 40. Maori ceremonial dance. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HAKA
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The clue is 41. River that provides the largest inflow into the Mediterranean. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: RHONE
Possible Answer: Rhone, Rhone_River
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The clue is 46. Fit together. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: NESTED
Possible Answer: nuzzle, snuggle, cuddle, draw_close, nestle, nest
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The clue is 47. Celebrity gossip show. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ENEWS
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The clue is 48. 14-pound unit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: STONE
Possible Answer: Harlan_Stone, pit, lapidate, Harlan_Fisk_Stone, stone, gemstone, Harlan_F._Stone, gem, Oliver_Stone, Isidor_Feinstein_Stone, Harlan_Fiske_Stone, I._F._Stone, Stone, Edward_Durell_Stone, endocarp, rock, Lucy_Stone
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The clue is 50. Former presidential candidate who served as Biden's climate envoy. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: KERRY
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The clue is 51. Not mainstream. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: INDIE
Possible Answer: indie
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The clue is 52. Ship poles. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MASTS
Possible Answer: mast
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The clue is 53. Short routine. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SKIT
Possible Answer: skit
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The clue is 54. "Goodness gracious!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OHMY
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The clue is 55. Do a grillmaster's job. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FLIP
Possible Answer: flip_out, interchange, flick, somersaulting, summerset, riffle, toss, tack, thumb, alternate, flip, switch, twitch, flip-flop, flip_over, pitch, pass, insolent, somersault, throw, turn_over, sky, summersault, snotty-nosed, leaf, riff, somerset, impudent
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The clue is 57. 69-Across, poetically. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ORBS
Possible Answer: eyeball, orb, orbit, ball, globe, revolve
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The clue is 58. Père ___ (Santa's French counterpart). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NOEL
Possible Answer: Christmastime, Yuletide, Noel, Christmastide, Christmas, Yule
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The clue is 60. Effortless stride. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LOPE
Possible Answer: canter, trot, lope, jog
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The clue is 62. One's self. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: EGO
Possible Answer: self, ego, egotism, self-importance
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The clue is 64. Flamenco cry. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OLE
Saturday, August 24, 2024
2424 Sat Aug 24, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints
Across Clues :
1. Part of a Mideast capital's name, 4. Twinkletoes they're not, 8. Nuts and bolts, 14. Actress who voiced Mei Lee's strict mother in Pixar's "Turning Red", 16. Second slide of many a meeting deck, 17. Put in a similar part, 18. "The ___ of suffering is experience": Harry Truman, 19. Legs (it), 20. Prominent feature of a jacket, 22. Fooled, 23. Many a rescue, 24. Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog", 25. ___ fries (South American side), 26. Dope, 27. Dried meat product with a rhyming name, 29. Digital agreements?, 30. "Pleeeease?", 31. Spiteful, as a comment, 32. Hoped-for deadlines, 34. They often roll around in the snow, 35. Habitat for sphagnum moss, 38. Book between Joel and Obadiah, 39. Sian ___, director of the Best Picture winner "CODA", 40. Start of a Spanish cheer, 41. Bus. driver?, 42. Tizzy, 43. Hardly open, 44. Nephrologist's specialty, 46. Affectionate way to walk, 48. What "e" might mean, 49. Vulnerable part of one's personality, 50. Perfumery assortment, 51. River in the name of a Best Picture winner, 52. Pop artist ___ English
Down Clues :
1. What Flovent can treat, 2. Sights along the Gulf Coast, 3. Prepares for transplanting, 4. Creatures often depicted with green skin, 5. Strong, as a bond, 6. Candidate for a "forever home", 7. Full of gimmicks, 8. Drink of boiled grains with purported detoxifying effects, 9. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" writer, 1941, 10. Singers do this, 11. Rushing, 12. Obsolescent means of music storage, 13. Down time?, 15. Skillful, 21. Batman adversary with a stitched burlap mask, 24. Country singer with the 2012 hit "Wanted", 25. Poet who first penned the phrase "no country for old men", 27. Small hint, 28. Leaps on stage, 29. Head lines?, 30. Spoon, 32. Original parent co. of Fortune and People, 33. Snarky reply to some unsolicited advice, 34. Kooks, 35. Olympic snowboarding event, 36. Take too far, 37. Many Grindr users, 40. Campers, e.g., 42. Shut (up), 43. Commercial lead-in to bank, 45. Diarist who helped edit Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer", 47. Deg. from Yale's Geffen School
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| Sat Aug 24, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints |
Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 24, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Part of a Mideast capital's name. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ABU
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The clue is 4. Twinkletoes they're not. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OAFS
Possible Answer : clod, lout, lubber, lummox, stumblebum, oaf, lump, gawk, goon
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The clue is 8. Nuts and bolts. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BASICS
Possible Answer : basic, bedrock, staple, rudiments, basics, fundamental_principle, basic_principle, fundamentals, BASIC
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The clue is 14. Actress who voiced Mei Lee's strict mother in Pixar's "Turning Red". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: SANDRAOH
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The clue is 16. Second slide of many a meeting deck. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: AGENDA
Possible Answer : docket, order_of_business, agenda, schedule, agendum
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The clue is 17. Put in a similar part. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: TYPECAST
Possible Answer : type, typecast
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The clue is 18. "The ___ of suffering is experience": Harry Truman. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: REWARD
Possible Answer : honour, payoff, reinforcement, repay, reward, advantage, honor, reinforce, wages, pay_back
Possible Opposite Answer : dishonor, penalty
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The clue is 19. Legs (it). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HOOFS
Possible Answer : hoof_it, hoof, foot, leg_it
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The clue is 20. Prominent feature of a jacket. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TITLE
Possible Answer : deed_of_conveyance, style, claim, form_of_address, entitle, deed, title, championship, rubric, title_of_respect, statute_title
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The clue is 22. Fooled. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: HAD
Possible Answer : consume, possess, cause, give_birth, birth, give, feature, throw, have, deliver, have_got, induce, experience, own, sustain, hold, let, make, suffer, accept, take, stimulate, receive, take_in, bear, ingest, get
Possible Opposite Answer : lack, refuse, abstain
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The clue is 23. Many a rescue. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: MUTT
Possible Answer : mongrel, mutt, cur
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The clue is 24. Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HECHE
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The clue is 25. ___ fries (South American side). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: YUCA
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The clue is 26. Dope. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ASS
Possible Answer : behind, hind_end, hindquarters, screwing, roll_in_the_hay, AS, backside, As, shag, posterior, tooshie, nookie, butt, nates, seat, derriere, piece_of_ass, atomic_number_33, arsenic, rear, can, rump, fanny, buttocks, bum, stern, tail, tail_end, tush, nooky, prat, shtup, screw, fucking, Eastern_Samoa, fundament, ass, rear_end, buns, arse, keister, bottom, American_Samoa, piece_of_tail, fuck
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The clue is 27. Dried meat product with a rhyming name. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: TURKEYJERKY
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The clue is 29. Digital agreements?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: PINKYSWEARS
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The clue is 30. "Pleeeease?". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CANTI
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The clue is 31. Spiteful, as a comment. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CATTY
Possible Answer : catty, bitchy, cattish, cattie
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The clue is 32. Hoped-for deadlines. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: TARGETDATES
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The clue is 34. They often roll around in the snow. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: WINTERTIRES
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The clue is 35. Habitat for sphagnum moss. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: BOG
Possible Answer : bog, bog_down, peat_bog
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The clue is 38. Book between Joel and Obadiah. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AMOS
Possible Answer : Amos, Book_of_Amos
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The clue is 39. Sian ___, director of the Best Picture winner "CODA". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HEDER
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The clue is 40. Start of a Spanish cheer. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: VIVA
Possible Answer : oral_exam, viva_voce, viva, oral_examination, oral
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The clue is 41. Bus. driver?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: CEO
Possible Answer : chief_operating_officer, CEO, chief_executive_officer
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The clue is 42. Tizzy. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PANIC
Possible Answer : terror, scare, panic, affright
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The clue is 43. Hardly open. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CAGEY
Possible Answer : cagey, chary, cagy, canny, clever
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The clue is 44. Nephrologist's specialty. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: KIDNEY
Possible Answer : kidney
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The clue is 46. Affectionate way to walk. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: ARMINARM
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The clue is 48. What "e" might mean. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ONLINE
Possible Answer : online, on-line
Possible Opposite Answer : off-line
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The clue is 49. Vulnerable part of one's personality. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: SOFTSIDE
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The clue is 50. Perfumery assortment. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SCENTS
Possible Answer : odor, scent, fragrance, olfactory_property, odourise, wind, nose, aroma, odorize, odour, perfume, smell
Possible Opposite Answer : deodorize, deodourise
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The clue is 51. River in the name of a Best Picture winner. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: KWAI
Possible Answer : kwai, yuan
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The clue is 52. Pop artist ___ English. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: RON
Possible Answer : Bokkos, Daffo, Ron
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The clue is 1. What Flovent can treat. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ASTHMA
Possible Answer: asthma_attack, bronchial_asthma, asthma
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The clue is 2. Sights along the Gulf Coast. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BAYOUS
Possible Answer: bayou
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The clue is 3. Prepares for transplanting. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: UNPOTS
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The clue is 4. Creatures often depicted with green skin. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ORCS
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The clue is 5. Strong, as a bond. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: AAA
Possible Answer: AAA, abdominal_aortic_aneurysm
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The clue is 6. Candidate for a "forever home". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)
The answer: FOSTERKITTEN
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The clue is 7. Full of gimmicks. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: SHTICKY
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The clue is 8. Drink of boiled grains with purported detoxifying effects. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: BARLEYWATER
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The clue is 9. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" writer, 1941. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AGEE
Possible Answer: James_Agee, Agee
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The clue is 10. Singers do this. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SEW
Possible Answer: sew, tailor, sew_together, run_up, tailor-make, stitch
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The clue is 11. Rushing. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: INAHURRY
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The clue is 12. Obsolescent means of music storage. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: CDRACKS
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The clue is 13. Down time?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SADDAY
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The clue is 15. Skillful. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DEFT
Possible Answer: dextrous, deft, dexterous
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The clue is 21. Batman adversary with a stitched burlap mask. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)
The answer: THESCARECROW
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The clue is 24. Country singer with the 2012 hit "Wanted". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: HUNTERHAYES
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The clue is 25. Poet who first penned the phrase "no country for old men". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: YEATS
Possible Answer: W._B._Yeats, William_Butler_Yeats, Yeats
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The clue is 27. Small hint. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TINGE
Possible Answer: soupcon, colour, tinct, mite, touch, tint, pinch, jot, hint, undertone, speck, tinge, color, distort
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The clue is 28. Leaps on stage. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: JETES
Possible Answer: jet, gush
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The clue is 29. Head lines?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PARTS
Possible Answer: constituent, contribution, division, separate, parts, theatrical_role, office, break_up, disunite, part, persona, start, depart, set_forth, break, split, component_part, section, start_out, component, portion, parting, split_up, share, set_off, take_off, divide, role, voice, percentage, function, set_out, character, region, piece
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The clue is 30. Spoon. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: CANOODLE
Possible Answer: canoodle
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The clue is 32. Original parent co. of Fortune and People. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: TIMEINC
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The clue is 33. Snarky reply to some unsolicited advice. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: DIDIASK
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The clue is 34. Kooks. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: WACKOS
Possible Answer: nutter, wacko, whacko
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The clue is 35. Olympic snowboarding event. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BIGAIR
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The clue is 36. Take too far. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: OVERDO
Possible Answer: overdo, exaggerate
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The clue is 37. Many Grindr users. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: GAYMEN
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The clue is 40. Campers, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: VANS
Possible Answer: caravan, new_wave, vanguard, avant-garde, van
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The clue is 42. Shut (up). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PENT
Possible Answer: write, compose, indite, pen, pent, shut_up
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The clue is 43. Commercial lead-in to bank. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CITI
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The clue is 45. Diarist who helped edit Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: NIN
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The clue is 47. Deg. from Yale's Geffen School. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: MFA
Possible Answer: Master_of_Fine_Arts, MFA