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Sunday, October 19, 2025

Across Clues NYT October 19, 2025 - Today's Complete Horizontal Solutions

Sunday NYT Across Solutions October 19, 2025 - Every Horizontal Clue Decoded with Hints

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 67 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for October 19, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Sunday, October 19, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date October 19, 2025
Day of Week Sunday
Total Across Clues 67 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Easy

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 67 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. Huge success
2 Across 6. Seal, say
3 Across 11. From the beginning
4 Across 15. ___ sequencing (lab technique)
5 Across 18. Lively Bohemian dances
6 Across 20. Alternative to a tissue, informally
7 Across 21. Bit in a hippie's necklace
8 Across 23. Poker declaration
9 Across 24. Remove, as a ribbon
10 Across 25. Share confidences with
11 Across 26. Business traveler's convenience
12 Across 28. Divisions on a map
13 Across 29. Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music"
14 Across 30. Second volume
15 Across 31. 😂😂😂
16 Across 32. Broadband inits.
17 Across 33. Fights back tears?
18 Across 34. Michelle Obama, to Princeton
19 Across 36. Indulge (in)
20 Across 40. National Arab American Heritage Month
21 Across 43. Place to hang at home?
22 Across 45. Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the"
23 Across 46. Have an ominous presence
24 Across 50. Sound of a joke going over one's head
25 Across 52. Giant Middle-earth creature
26 Across 53. Arched recess
27 Across 54. Person I truly am
28 Across 56. "Hey!" from on high
29 Across 59. Word with pack or rug
30 Across 60. Senior, informally
31 Across 61. Org. that confiscates liquids
32 Across 62. Knocked out of the park
33 Across 65. Pop culture hit about dystopian technology
34 Across 67. Former parent of NBC
35 Across 69. Eliminators of some teams
36 Across 72. Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor
37 Across 73. In the vein of
38 Across 75. Smallish batteries
39 Across 77. Rapper ___ Milli
40 Across 78. Get involved
41 Across 80. Perceptive
42 Across 81. Hawaiian shindig
43 Across 82. Clothes for a doze, in brief
44 Across 85. Native of the Delaware Valley
45 Across 87. Pursuers of utopian goals
46 Across 89. Coffees that aren't single-origin
47 Across 92. Self-admiring sort
48 Across 94. Major Ukrainian seaport
49 Across 95. Sisterly
50 Across 97. Sneaky plot
51 Across 98. Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
52 Across 101. Ear-related prefix
53 Across 102. Not fully open
54 Across 104. Hybrid pastry
55 Across 106. P, to Pericles
56 Across 109. Injection associated with a certain toxin
57 Across 112. Annoyances for ticket holders
58 Across 114. Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably
59 Across 115. Brown songbirds
60 Across 116. Tale-telling brothers
61 Across 117. Turned up
62 Across 118. "Strike up the band!"
63 Across 119. Neighbor of a Saudi
64 Across 120. Nickname for Rachel
65 Across 121. Verbally expresses disdain
66 Across 122. Warning signs
67 Across 123. Tightly packed

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. Huge success"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: S___H
  • Similar words: overhead, knock
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a vigorous blow
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SMASH

2 Across: "6. Seal, say"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: C___E
  • Similar words: shut, closemouthed
  • Opposite of: distant
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the temporal end; the concluding time
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CLOSE

3 Across: "11. From the beginning"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'W'
  • Word pattern: A__W
  • Similar words: afresh
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: again but in a new or different way
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ANEW

4 Across: "15. ___ sequencing (lab technique)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DNA

5 Across: "18. Lively Bohemian dances"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: P____S
  • Similar words: polka
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: music performed for dancing the polka
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer POLKAS

6 Across: "20. Alternative to a tissue, informally"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: H___Y
  • Similar words: hankie, hankey
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HANKY

7 Across: "21. Bit in a hippie's necklace"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: L______D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LOVEBEAD

8 Across: "23. Poker declaration"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: I____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IRAISE

9 Across: "24. Remove, as a ribbon"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: U___E
  • Similar words: loosen, undo
  • Opposite of: tie
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: undo the ties of
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer UNTIE

10 Across: "25. Share confidences with"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: O______O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OPENUPTO

11 Across: "26. Business traveler's convenience"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: C_________D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer COMPANYCARD

12 Across: "28. Divisions on a map"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: C_______S
  • Similar words: country, land
  • Opposite of: urban area
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer COUNTRIES

13 Across: "29. Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ENO

14 Across: "30. Second volume"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: B____I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BOOKII

15 Across: "31. 😂😂😂"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: R__L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ROFL

16 Across: "32. Broadband inits."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'L'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DSL

17 Across: "33. Fights back tears?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: D___S
  • Similar words: tinker's damn, damn
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: something of little value
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DARNS

18 Across: "34. Michelle Obama, to Princeton"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: A__M
  • Similar words: alumna, potassium alum
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALUM

19 Across: "36. Indulge (in)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: P_____E
  • Similar words: share, partake in
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: have some of the qualities or attributes of something
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PARTAKE

20 Across: "40. National Arab American Heritage Month"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: A___L
  • Similar words: Apr
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the month following March and preceding May
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer APRIL

21 Across: "43. Place to hang at home?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: C____T
  • Similar words: water closet, wardrobe
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CLOSET

22 Across: "45. Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: S____M
  • Similar words: system of rules, scheme
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SYSTEM

23 Across: "46. Have an ominous presence"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: L_______E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LOOMLARGE

24 Across: "50. Sound of a joke going over one's head"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: W____H
  • Similar words: woosh, hiss
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WHOOSH

25 Across: "52. Giant Middle-earth creature"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ENT

26 Across: "53. Arched recess"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: A__E
  • Similar words: apsis
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer APSE

27 Across: "54. Person I truly am"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: R____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer REALME

28 Across: "56. "Hey!" from on high"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: U____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer UPHERE

29 Across: "59. Word with pack or rug"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'T'
  • Similar words: git, dirty dog
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RAT

30 Across: "60. Senior, informally"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: O_____R
  • Similar words: senior citizen, old person
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an elderly person
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OLDSTER

31 Across: "61. Org. that confiscates liquids"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TSA

32 Across: "62. Knocked out of the park"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: A__D
  • Similar words: breeze through, sweep through
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: succeed at easily
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ACED

33 Across: "65. Pop culture hit about dystopian technology"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: M______O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MRROBOTO

34 Across: "67. Former parent of NBC"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RCA

35 Across: "69. Eliminators of some teams"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: P______S
  • Similar words: playoff
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: any final competition to determine a championship
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PLAYOFFS

36 Across: "72. Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: T__I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TAKI

37 Across: "73. In the vein of"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALA

38 Across: "75. Smallish batteries"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A_____S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AACELLS

39 Across: "77. Rapper ___ Milli"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FLO

40 Across: "78. Get involved"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: S____N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 40

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer STEPIN

41 Across: "80. Perceptive"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: S____D
  • Similar words: scheming, astute
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  • This is Across clue number 41

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SHREWD

42 Across: "81. Hawaiian shindig"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'U'
  • Word pattern: L__U
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 42

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LUAU

43 Across: "82. Clothes for a doze, in brief"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 43

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PJS

44 Across: "85. Native of the Delaware Valley"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: L____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 44

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LENAPE

45 Across: "87. Pursuers of utopian goals"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: I_______S
  • Similar words: idealist, dreamer
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 45

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IDEALISTS

46 Across: "89. Coffees that aren't single-origin"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: B____S
  • Similar words: immix, mix
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an occurrence of thorough mixing
  • This is Across clue number 46

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BLENDS

47 Across: "92. Self-admiring sort"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: E____T
  • Similar words: egotist, swellhead
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a conceited and self-centered person
  • This is Across clue number 47

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EGOIST

48 Across: "94. Major Ukrainian seaport"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: O___A
  • Similar words: Odessa
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 48

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ODESA

49 Across: "95. Sisterly"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: S_____L
  • Similar words: sisterly, sisterlike
  • Opposite of: brotherly
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: like or characteristic of or befitting a sister
  • This is Across clue number 49

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SORORAL

50 Across: "97. Sneaky plot"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: R__E
  • Similar words: artifice
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
  • This is Across clue number 50

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RUSE

51 Across: "98. Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: H___S
  • Similar words: haji, hajji
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 51

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HAJIS

52 Across: "101. Ear-related prefix"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
  • Similar words: Otoe
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 52

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OTO

53 Across: "102. Not fully open"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: A__R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: slightly open
  • This is Across clue number 53

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AJAR

54 Across: "104. Hybrid pastry"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: C____T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 54

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CRONUT

55 Across: "106. P, to Pericles"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
  • This is Across clue number 55

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RHO

56 Across: "109. Injection associated with a certain toxin"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: A_______M
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 56

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ANTIVENOM

57 Across: "112. Annoyances for ticket holders"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T_________S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 57

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TRAINDELAYS

58 Across: "114. Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: G______A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 58

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GAYMECCA

59 Across: "115. Brown songbirds"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: W___S
  • Similar words: Wren, wren
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 59

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WRENS

60 Across: "116. Tale-telling brothers"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: G____S
  • Similar words: Jakob Grimm, Grimm
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 60

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GRIMMS

61 Across: "117. Turned up"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: A______D
  • Similar words: come along, look
  • Opposite of: disappear
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
  • This is Across clue number 61

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer APPEARED

62 Across: "118. "Strike up the band!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: H___T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 62

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HITIT

63 Across: "119. Neighbor of a Saudi"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: Y____I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a native or inhabitant of Yemen
  • This is Across clue number 63

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer YEMENI

64 Across: "120. Nickname for Rachel"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 64

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RAE

65 Across: "121. Verbally expresses disdain"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T__S
  • Similar words: tsk, tut
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: utter `tsk
  • This is Across clue number 65

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TUTS

66 Across: "122. Warning signs"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: O___S
  • Similar words: predict, prefigure
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a sign of something about to happen
  • This is Across clue number 66

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OMENS

67 Across: "123. Tightly packed"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: D___E
  • Similar words: dumb, heavy
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 67

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DENSE

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally

Time-Saving Across Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Across first Get a mental map of the horizontal flow
Fill short Across words 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions
Use crossing letters Down letters help confirm Across answers
Look for themes Related Across answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 67 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

Across and Down clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

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October 19, 2025 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Huge success 5
2A 6. Seal, say 5
3A 11. From the beginning 4
4A 15. ___ sequencing (lab technique) 3
5A 18. Lively Bohemian dances 6
6A 20. Alternative to a tissue, informally 5
7A 21. Bit in a hippie's necklace 8
8A 23. Poker declaration 6
9A 24. Remove, as a ribbon 5
10A 25. Share confidences with 8
11A 26. Business traveler's convenience 11
12A 28. Divisions on a map 9
13A 29. Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music" 3
14A 30. Second volume 6
15A 31. 😂😂😂 4
16A 32. Broadband inits. 3
17A 33. Fights back tears? 5
18A 34. Michelle Obama, to Princeton 4
19A 36. Indulge (in) 7
20A 40. National Arab American Heritage Month 5
21A 43. Place to hang at home? 6
22A 45. Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the" 6
23A 46. Have an ominous presence 9
24A 50. Sound of a joke going over one's head 6
25A 52. Giant Middle-earth creature 3
26A 53. Arched recess 4
27A 54. Person I truly am 6
28A 56. "Hey!" from on high 6
29A 59. Word with pack or rug 3
30A 60. Senior, informally 7
31A 61. Org. that confiscates liquids 3
32A 62. Knocked out of the park 4
33A 65. Pop culture hit about dystopian technology 8
34A 67. Former parent of NBC 3
35A 69. Eliminators of some teams 8
36A 72. Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor 4
37A 73. In the vein of 3
38A 75. Smallish batteries 7
39A 77. Rapper ___ Milli 3
40A 78. Get involved 6
41A 80. Perceptive 6
42A 81. Hawaiian shindig 4
43A 82. Clothes for a doze, in brief 3
44A 85. Native of the Delaware Valley 6
45A 87. Pursuers of utopian goals 9
46A 89. Coffees that aren't single-origin 6
47A 92. Self-admiring sort 6
48A 94. Major Ukrainian seaport 5
49A 95. Sisterly 7
50A 97. Sneaky plot 4
51A 98. Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia 5
52A 101. Ear-related prefix 3
53A 102. Not fully open 4
54A 104. Hybrid pastry 6
55A 106. P, to Pericles 3
56A 109. Injection associated with a certain toxin 9
57A 112. Annoyances for ticket holders 11
58A 114. Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably 8
59A 115. Brown songbirds 5
60A 116. Tale-telling brothers 6
61A 117. Turned up 8
62A 118. "Strike up the band!" 5
63A 119. Neighbor of a Saudi 6
64A 120. Nickname for Rachel 3
65A 121. Verbally expresses disdain 4
66A 122. Warning signs 5
67A 123. Tightly packed 5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Huge success"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a vigorous blow
  • Similar words include: bang up, blast, smashingly
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMASH

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2A: "6. Seal, say"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the temporal end; the concluding time
  • Similar words include: near, nigh, secretive
  • Opposite of: far, distant
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Answer: CLOSE

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3A: "11. From the beginning"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that again but in a new or different way
  • Similar words include: afresh
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANEW

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4A: "15. ___ sequencing (lab technique)"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
  • Similar words include: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: DNA

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5A: "18. Lively Bohemian dances"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that music performed for dancing the polka
  • Similar words include: polka
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: POLKAS

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6A: "20. Alternative to a tissue, informally"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
  • Similar words include: hankie, hankey, handkerchief
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: HANKY

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7A: "21. Bit in a hippie's necklace"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: LOVEBEAD

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8A: "23. Poker declaration"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: IRAISE

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9A: "24. Remove, as a ribbon"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that undo the ties of
  • Similar words include: unbrace, loosen, undo
  • Opposite of: tie
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Answer: UNTIE

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10A: "25. Share confidences with"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: OPENUPTO

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11A: "26. Business traveler's convenience"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: COMPANYCARD

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12A: "28. Divisions on a map"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a politically organized body of people under a single government
  • Similar words include: rural area, res publica, body politic
  • Opposite of: urban area
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Answer: COUNTRIES

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13A: "29. Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENO

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14A: "30. Second volume"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: BOOKII

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15A: "31. 😂😂😂"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROFL

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16A: "32. Broadband inits."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
  • Similar words include: digital subscriber line
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: DSL

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17A: "33. Fights back tears?"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something of little value
  • Similar words include: damn, shucks, tinker's dam
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: DARNS

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18A: "34. Michelle Obama, to Princeton"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
  • Similar words include: ammonium alum, ammonia alum, graduate
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALUM

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19A: "36. Indulge (in)"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have some of the qualities or attributes of something
  • Similar words include: share, partake in, touch
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: PARTAKE

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20A: "40. National Arab American Heritage Month"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
  • Similar words include: Apr
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: APRIL

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21A: "43. Place to hang at home?"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
  • Similar words include: cupboard, W.C., loo
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CLOSET

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22A: "45. Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the""

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
  • Similar words include: organisation, organization, system of rules
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SYSTEM

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23A: "46. Have an ominous presence"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: LOOMLARGE

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24A: "50. Sound of a joke going over one's head"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
  • Similar words include: hiss, swoosh, woosh
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WHOOSH

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25A: "52. Giant Middle-earth creature"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ENT

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26A: "53. Arched recess"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
  • Similar words include: apsis
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: APSE

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27A: "54. Person I truly am"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: REALME

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28A: "56. "Hey!" from on high"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: UPHERE

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29A: "59. Word with pack or rug"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
  • Similar words include: scum bag, rotter, blabber
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: RAT

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30A: "60. Senior, informally"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an elderly person
  • Similar words include: golden ager, senior citizen, old person
  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: OLDSTER

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31A: "61. Org. that confiscates liquids"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
  • Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TSA

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32A: "62. Knocked out of the park"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that succeed at easily
  • Similar words include: ace, sweep through, breeze through
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ACED

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33A: "65. Pop culture hit about dystopian technology"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: MRROBOTO

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34A: "67. Former parent of NBC"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: RCA

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35A: "69. Eliminators of some teams"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any final competition to determine a championship
  • Similar words include: playoff
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PLAYOFFS

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36A: "72. Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TAKI

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37A: "73. In the vein of"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ALA

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38A: "75. Smallish batteries"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: AACELLS

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39A: "77. Rapper ___ Milli"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: FLO

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40A: "78. Get involved"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STEPIN

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41A: "80. Perceptive"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  • Similar words include: scheming, conniving, sharp
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SHREWD

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42A: "81. Hawaiian shindig"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an elaborate hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment)
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LUAU

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43A: "82. Clothes for a doze, in brief"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PJS

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44A: "85. Native of the Delaware Valley"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LENAPE

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45A: "87. Pursuers of utopian goals"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
  • Similar words include: idealist, dreamer
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: IDEALISTS

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46A: "89. Coffees that aren't single-origin"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an occurrence of thorough mixing
  • Similar words include: portmanteau, combine, go
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BLENDS

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47A: "92. Self-admiring sort"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a conceited and self-centered person
  • Similar words include: egocentric, swellhead, egotist
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EGOIST

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48A: "94. Major Ukrainian seaport"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a port city of south central ukraine on an arm of the black sea
  • Similar words include: Odessa
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ODESA

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49A: "95. Sisterly"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that like or characteristic of or befitting a sister
  • Similar words include: sisterly, sisterlike
  • Opposite of: brotherly
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SORORAL

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50A: "97. Sneaky plot"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
  • Similar words include: artifice
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RUSE

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51A: "98. Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to mecca
  • Similar words include: hadji, haji, hajji
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HAJIS

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52A: "101. Ear-related prefix"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
  • Similar words include: Otoe
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OTO

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53A: "102. Not fully open"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that slightly open
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: AJAR

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54A: "104. Hybrid pastry"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CRONUT

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55A: "106. P, to Pericles"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RHO

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56A: "109. Injection associated with a certain toxin"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANTIVENOM

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57A: "112. Annoyances for ticket holders"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: TRAINDELAYS

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58A: "114. Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GAYMECCA

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59A: "115. Brown songbirds"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
  • Similar words include: Sir Christopher Wren, wren, Wren
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: WRENS

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60A: "116. Tale-telling brothers"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the younger of the two grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)
  • Similar words include: Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GRIMMS

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61A: "117. Turned up"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
  • Similar words include: look, appear, come along
  • Opposite of: disappear
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: APPEARED

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62A: "118. "Strike up the band!""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HITIT

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63A: "119. Neighbor of a Saudi"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a native or inhabitant of yemen
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: YEMENI

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64A: "120. Nickname for Rachel"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RAE

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65A: "121. Verbally expresses disdain"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
  • Similar words include: tsk, tut-tut, tut
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TUTS

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66A: "122. Warning signs"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sign of something about to happen
  • Similar words include: prodigy, betoken, bode
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OMENS

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67A: "123. Tightly packed"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
  • Similar words include: thick, dim, impenetrable
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DENSE

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Food enlivener 5
2D 2. Hardly a genius 5
3D 3. Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside it 5
4D 4. Spotify button 4
5D 5. Loves, loves, loves the occasion 8
6D 6. Hurls 6
7D 7. Feature of a Hawaiian house 5
8D 8. Being prosecuted 7
9D 9. Go downhill fast, say 4
10D 10. ___ candy 3
11D 11. Chilly 5
12D 12. Orange juice preference 6
13D 13. With no one ahead or behind 4
14D 14. Lost all liquid resources 7
15D 15. Remove hair from 8
16D 16. Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria" 4
17D 17. Clamors 4
18D 19. Mexicali mister 5
19D 22. Ruptures 6
20D 27. Over there, poetically 3
21D 28. Openly reveal one's sexuality 7
22D 31. Process for would-be Greeks 4
23D 33. It's over a quarter of a quarter 4
24D 35. Features of the names of many Apple products 11
25D 37. N.Y.C. stadium eponym 4
26D 38. Doll of a guy? 3
27D 39. Vitals checker, in brief 3
28D 40. Interrupter of dreams, maybe 5
29D 41. Genre for Keith Haring 6
30D 42. Political platforms? 6
31D 43. Saxon's foe 4
32D 44. Competitive athlete's goal, perhaps 8
33D 47. Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant" 4
34D 48. Bureaucratic barriers 7
35D 49. Fuel source 8
36D 51. "Care to dance?" 7
37D 55. Sea, to Seurat 3
38D 57. They may be caught in the summer 4
39D 58. Prefix with sphere 3
40D 60. Tribute in the Tribune, say 4
41D 63. Flow out 6
42D 64. Keys above C's 6
43D 66. Blesses 3
44D 68. "That feels ama-a-azing!" 3
45D 70. Alan with six Emmys 4
46D 71. Composer who led the U.S. Marine Band 5
47D 74. Canniest, for instance 7
48D 76. Artist's feedback session, informally 4
49D 79. Olaf's creator in "Frozen" 4
50D 81. Tops 4
51D 82. Channel supported by pledge drives 3
52D 83. "Jenny From the Block" singer, to fans 3
53D 84. Immune cell variation 8
54D 86. Flow (out) 4
55D 88. Hung around idly 8
56D 90. "Sorry, I'm unavailable!" 6
57D 91. Tried to convey 7
58D 93. Hide 7
59D 96. Surgical instrument 6
60D 98. Lifts with a pulley 6
61D 99. "Dear ___" (greeting in an old advice column) 3
62D 100. Overly fault-finding 5
63D 103. "The Grapes of Wrath" family 5
64D 105. Entered quickly 5
65D 106. Food traditionally eaten with chopsticks 5
66D 107. Songs on Sundays 5
67D 108. Actor Davis who delivered Malcolm X's eulogy 5
68D 109. Gelatinous thickener 4
69D 110. ___ Valley 4
70D 111. Shade lighter than cappuccino 4
71D 112. Decorative auto upgrade 4
72D 113. Mojito garnish 4
73D 115. 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station in Iowa 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Food enlivener"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
  • Similar words include: zest, spicery, spice up
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SPICE

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2D: "2. Hardly a genius"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person of subnormal intelligence
  • Similar words include: retard, half-wit, changeling
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MORON

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3D: "3. Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside it"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a siege and massacre at a mission in san antonio in 1836; mexican forces under santa anna besieged and massacred american rebels who were fighting to make texas independent of mexico
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALAMO

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4D: "4. Spotify button"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a gait in which steps and hops alternate
  • Similar words include: hop, decamp, vamoose
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SKIP

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5D: "5. Loves, loves, loves the occasion"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HASABALL

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6D: "6. Hurls"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that informal terms for a meal
  • Similar words include: sick, chow, disgorge
  • Opposite of: keep down
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CHUCKS

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7D: "7. Feature of a Hawaiian house"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
  • Similar words include: Lanai Island
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LANAI

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8D: "8. Being prosecuted"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ONTRIAL

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9D: "9. Go downhill fast, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
  • Similar words include: slide, slue, shoe
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SKID

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10D: "10. ___ candy"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the organ of sight
  • Similar words include: optic, centre, center
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EYE

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11D: "11. Chilly"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that remote in manner
  • Similar words include: distant, upstage
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALOOF

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12D: "12. Orange juice preference"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NOPULP

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13D: "13. With no one ahead or behind"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
  • Similar words include: yet, still, eve
  • Opposite of: odd, uneven
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EVEN

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14D: "14. Lost all liquid resources"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WENTDRY

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15D: "15. Remove hair from"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that remove body hair
  • Similar words include: epilate
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DEPILATE

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16D: "16. Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NATE

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17D: "17. Clamors"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a rapid active commotion
  • Similar words include: hustle, bustle, ado
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ADOS

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18D: "19. Mexicali mister"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the english `mr' or `sir'
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SENOR

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19D: "22. Ruptures"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of exploding or bursting
  • Similar words include: outburst, salvo, erupt
  • Opposite of: implode
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BURSTS

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20D: "27. Over there, poetically"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
  • Similar words include: yonder
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: YON

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21D: "28. Openly reveal one's sexuality"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: COMEOUT

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22D: "31. Process for would-be Greeks"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
  • Similar words include: belt along, rushing, festinate
  • Opposite of: delay, linger
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RUSH

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23D: "33. It's over a quarter of a quarter"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a united states coin worth one tenth of a dollar
  • Similar words include: dime bag
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DIME

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24D: "35. Features of the names of many Apple products"

11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LOWERCASEIS

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25D: "37. N.Y.C. stadium eponym"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
  • Similar words include: Arthur Robert Ashe, Arthur Ashe
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASHE

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26D: "38. Doll of a guy?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
  • Similar words include: cognizance, sight
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KEN

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27D: "39. Vitals checker, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EMT

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28D: "40. Interrupter of dreams, maybe"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fear resulting from the awareness of danger
  • Similar words include: warning device, alarm clock, warning signal
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALARM

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29D: "41. Genre for Keith Haring"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: POPART

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30D: "42. Political platforms?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
  • Similar words include: soapbox, pulpit, rostrum
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ROSTRA

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31D: "43. Saxon's foe"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of a european people who once occupied britain and spain and gaul prior to roman times
  • Similar words include: Kelt
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CELT

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32D: "44. Competitive athlete's goal, perhaps"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TOPSPEED

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33D: "47. Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARLO

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34D: "48. Bureaucratic barriers"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REDTAPE

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35D: "49. Fuel source"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
  • Similar words include: gasolene, petrol, gas
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GASOLINE

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36D: "51. "Care to dance?""

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SHALLWE

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37D: "55. Sea, to Seurat"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
  • Similar words include: 1000, thousand, one thousand
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MER

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38D: "57. They may be caught in the summer"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a column of light (as from a beacon)
  • Similar words include: irradiation, ray of light, radiate
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RAYS

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39D: "58. Prefix with sphere"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ECO

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40D: "60. Tribute in the Tribune, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
  • Similar words include: obituary, necrology
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OBIT

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41D: "63. Flow out"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that flow or spill forth
  • Similar words include: flow out, pour out
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EFFUSE

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42D: "64. Keys above C's"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DFLATS

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43D: "66. Blesses"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state in south central united states
  • Similar words include: okay, O.K., okeh
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OKS

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44D: "68. "That feels ama-a-azing!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
  • Similar words include: ooh
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AAH

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45D: "70. Alan with six Emmys"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALDA

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46D: "71. Composer who led the U.S. Marine Band"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a united states bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932)
  • Similar words include: March King, John Philip Sousa
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SOUSA

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47D: "74. Canniest, for instance"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
  • Similar words include: anagrammatize, anagrammatise
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANAGRAM

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48D: "76. Artist's feedback session, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CRIT

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49D: "79. Olaf's creator in "Frozen""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ELSA

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50D: "81. Tops"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
  • Similar words include: hat, lid, palpebra
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LIDS

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51D: "82. Channel supported by pledge drives"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a solution containing a phosphate buffer
  • Similar words include: pebibyte, petabyte, petabit
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PBS

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52D: "83. "Jenny From the Block" singer, to fans"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JLO

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53D: "84. Immune cell variation"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEROTYPE

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54D: "86. Flow (out)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause to run
  • Similar words include: pullulate, stream, pelt
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: POUR

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55D: "88. Hung around idly"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Similar words include: lollygag, footle, mill around
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LOITERED

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56D: "90. "Sorry, I'm unavailable!""

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NOTIME

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57D: "91. Tried to convey"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DROVEAT

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58D: "93. Hide"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
  • Similar words include: release
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SECRETE

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59D: "96. Surgical instrument"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an acutely pointed gothic arch, like a lance
  • Similar words include: lancet arch, lance
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LANCET

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60D: "98. Lifts with a pulley"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
  • Similar words include: wind, hoist, lift
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HOISTS

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61D: "99. "Dear ___" (greeting in an old advice column)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANN

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62D: "100. Overly fault-finding"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JUDGY

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63D: "103. "The Grapes of Wrath" family"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JOADS

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64D: "105. Entered quickly"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RANIN

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65D: "106. Food traditionally eaten with chopsticks"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RAMEN

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66D: "107. Songs on Sundays"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a song of praise (to god or to a saint or to a nation)
  • Similar words include: hymn, anthem
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HYMNS

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67D: "108. Actor Davis who delivered Malcolm X's eulogy"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OSSIE

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68D: "109. Gelatinous thickener"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
  • Similar words include: nutrient agar, agar-agar
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AGAR

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69D: "110. ___ Valley"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east asia
  • Similar words include: pe-tsai, celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NAPA

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70D: "111. Shade lighter than cappuccino"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a very light brown
  • Similar words include: beige
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ECRU

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71D: "112. Decorative auto upgrade"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state of arrangement or appearance
  • Similar words include: clean-cut, crop, trimming
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TRIM

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72D: "113. Mojito garnish"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  • Similar words include: calcium hydrate, linden tree, calx
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LIME

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73D: "115. 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station in Iowa"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a united nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
  • Similar words include: World Health Organization
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WHO

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67 Across Clues
73 Down Clues
140 Total Clues

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