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Sunday, September 21, 2025

Sunday NYT Across Solutions September 21, 2025 - Every Horizontal Clue Decoded with Hints

Across Clues NYT September 21, 2025 - Today's Complete Horizontal Solutions

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 69 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 September 21, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Sunday, September 21, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date September 21, 2025
Day of Week Sunday
Total Across Clues 69 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Medium

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 69 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. Vineyard measure
2 Across 5. Does acid
3 Across 10. Tree with doubly serrated leaves
4 Across 13. [Hey!]
5 Across 17. Locations in the game Clue
6 Across 19. Grand duke of Luxembourg beginning in 2000
7 Across 20. Heart of the matter
8 Across 22. Palindromic Italian number
9 Across 23. Traditional form of Japanese drama
10 Across 25. Pro ___
11 Across 26. Key spot?
12 Across 27. Entered on tiptoe
13 Across 28. "Love, ___" (2014 rom-com starring Lily Collins)
14 Across 30. Far from conscious
15 Across 32. Kicked off, as a business
16 Across 34. 2012 Disney film set inside an arcade
17 Across 36. Had
18 Across 37. Turns off
19 Across 38. Lace protector
20 Across 41. "You may ___"
21 Across 43. The "me" of "Despicable Me"
22 Across 44. Bonds
23 Across 48. "About Us" pieces
24 Across 49. Holds dear
25 Across 51. Small square
26 Across 52. Longtime employer of Rachel Maddow
27 Across 53. Self-love
28 Across 54. Phases, to Taylor Swift
29 Across 55. Game with Indigenous origins
30 Across 58. ___ Fighters ("Everlong" band)
31 Across 59. Festive outdoor lighting options
32 Across 62. Classic drinking "sport"
33 Across 63. "Sorry, maybe next time"
34 Across 65. "The Last Supper," e.g.
35 Across 66. Third-largest land animal
36 Across 68. Pokémon enthusiast's collection
37 Across 69. Puck's king
38 Across 71. Muscle firmness
39 Across 72. Place to perfect a recipe
40 Across 76. Swanson on "Parks and Recreation"
41 Across 77. Game typically played in the dark
42 Across 80. Muchas horas
43 Across 81. "Was ___ blame?"
44 Across 82. Bad spirit
45 Across 84. D.C. pro
46 Across 85. Fight the urge
47 Across 87. It gets bucks from Broncos
48 Across 88. Does a farm job
49 Across 89. ___ Island (Georgia resort destination)
50 Across 90. Reform Party founder
51 Across 91. Feasts
52 Across 92. Like emailed files
53 Across 95. "The Silence of the Lambs" villain
54 Across 98. Certain rescue pet
55 Across 101. Gleeful feeling
56 Across 104. Miniaturized Amazon smart speaker
57 Across 105. Big jerks
58 Across 107. Remove, as a coupon
59 Across 109. Dangerous additive in old paint
60 Across 110. Whopping
61 Across 112. Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle
62 Across 114. Croft of video games
63 Across 115. ___ homo
64 Across 116. Some slushies
65 Across 117. Perform horribly
66 Across 118. TV host Cohen
67 Across 119. Joke around
68 Across 120. "No man is an island" writer
69 Across 121. Slumps

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. Vineyard measure"

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: Akko, Akka
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ACRE

2 Across: "5. Does acid"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T___S
  • Similar words: set off, spark off
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TRIPS

3 Across: "10. Tree with doubly serrated leaves"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'M'
  • Similar words: elmwood, elm tree
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ELM

4 Across: "13. [Hey!]"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

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

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PSST

5 Across: "17. Locations in the game Clue"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: R___S
  • Similar words: room, board
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ROOMS

6 Across: "19. Grand duke of Luxembourg beginning in 2000"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: H___I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HENRI

7 Across: "20. Heart of the matter"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: M__T
  • Similar words: heart and soul, centre
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MEAT

8 Across: "22. Palindromic Italian number"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 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 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OTTO

9 Across: "23. Traditional form of Japanese drama"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 13 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'K' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: K___________R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer KABUKITHEATER

10 Across: "25. Pro ___"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: B__O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BONO

11 Across: "26. Key spot?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: D__R
  • Similar words: threshold, room access
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DOOR

12 Across: "27. Entered on tiptoe"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 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 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer STOLEIN

13 Across: "28. "Love, ___" (2014 rom-com starring Lily Collins)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 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 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ROSIE

14 Across: "30. Far from conscious"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: I_____A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer INACOMA

15 Across: "32. Kicked off, as a business"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: S_______P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer STARTEDUP

16 Across: "34. 2012 Disney film set inside an arcade"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 12 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: W__________H
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WRECKITRALPH

17 Across: "36. Had"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: T____D
  • Similar words: try out, sample
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: have flavor; taste of something
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TASTED

18 Across: "37. Turns off"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: D______S
  • Similar words: revolt, churn up
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: strong feelings of dislike
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DISGUSTS

19 Across: "38. Lace protector"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A___T
  • Similar words: aiguilette, aiglet
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AGLET

20 Across: "41. "You may ___""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: B___N
  • Similar words: set about, start
  • Opposite of: end
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BEGIN

21 Across: "43. The "me" of "Despicable Me""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'U'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GRU

22 Across: "44. Bonds"

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: tie-in, bond
  • Opposite of: disconnect
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TIES

23 Across: "48. "About Us" pieces"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: B__S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BIOS

24 Across: "49. Holds dear"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A____S
  • Similar words: adore
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: love intensely
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ADORES

25 Across: "51. Small square"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: nonpareil, ace
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ONE

26 Across: "52. Longtime employer of Rachel Maddow"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'C'
  • Word pattern: M___C
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MSNBC

27 Across: "53. Self-love"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'O'
  • Similar words: egotism, self
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EGO

28 Across: "54. Phases, to Taylor Swift"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: E__S
  • Similar words: ERA, era
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ERAS

29 Across: "55. Game with Indigenous origins"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 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 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LACROSSE

30 Across: "58. ___ Fighters ("Everlong" band)"

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 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FOO

31 Across: "59. Festive outdoor lighting options"

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 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TIKITORCHES

32 Across: "62. Classic drinking "sport""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: P__G
  • Similar words: niff
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an unpleasant smell
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PONG

33 Across: "63. "Sorry, maybe next time""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: W____T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WECANT

34 Across: "65. "The Last Supper," e.g."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: M___L
  • Similar words: wall painting
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a painting that is applied to a wall surface
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MURAL

35 Across: "66. Third-largest land animal"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: H___O
  • Similar words: river horse, hippopotamus
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HIPPO

36 Across: "68. Pokémon enthusiast's collection"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: C___S
  • Similar words: visiting card, scorecard
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a game played with playing cards
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CARDS

37 Across: "69. Puck's king"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: O____N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OBERON

38 Across: "71. Muscle firmness"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: T__E
  • Similar words: whole tone, tonicity
  • Opposite of: atonicity
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the quality of a person's voice
  • This is Across clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TONE

39 Across: "72. Place to perfect a recipe"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: T_________N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TESTKITCHEN

40 Across: "76. Swanson on "Parks and Recreation""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'N'
  • Similar words: Daffo, Bokkos
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
  • This is Across clue number 40

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RON

41 Across: "77. Game typically played in the dark"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: L______G
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 41

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LASERTAG

42 Across: "80. Muchas horas"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: D__S
  • Similar words: DIA, Diaz
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 42

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DIAS

43 Across: "81. "Was ___ blame?""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

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

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ITO

44 Across: "82. Bad spirit"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: G___L
  • Similar words: body snatcher, graverobber
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 44

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GHOUL

45 Across: "84. D.C. pro"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'T'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 45

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NAT

46 Across: "85. Fight the urge"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: R____T
  • Similar words: hold out, dissent
  • Opposite of: surrender
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: elude
  • This is Across clue number 46

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RESIST

47 Across: "87. It gets bucks from Broncos"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: F__D
  • Similar words: Henry Ford II, Gerald Ford
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: United States film maker (1896-1973)
  • This is Across clue number 47

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FORD

48 Across: "88. Does a farm job"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S__S
  • Similar words: sow, sow in
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an adult female hog
  • This is Across clue number 48

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SOWS

49 Across: "89. ___ Island (Georgia resort destination)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'A'
  • Similar words: ocean
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 49

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SEA

50 Across: "90. Reform Party founder"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: P___T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 50

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PEROT

51 Across: "91. Feasts"

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: dine, din
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: have supper; eat dinner
  • This is Across clue number 51

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DINES

52 Across: "92. Like emailed files"

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: confiscate, connected
  • Opposite of: detached
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: cause to be attached
  • This is Across clue number 52

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ATTACHED

53 Across: "95. "The Silence of the Lambs" villain"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: L____R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 53

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LECTER

54 Across: "98. Certain rescue pet"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 12 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: F__________N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 54

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FOSTERKITTEN

55 Across: "101. Gleeful feeling"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: G_______S
  • Similar words: vertigo, lightheadedness
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an impulsive scatterbrained manner
  • This is Across clue number 55

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GIDDINESS

56 Across: "104. Miniaturized Amazon smart speaker"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: E_____T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 56

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ECHODOT

57 Across: "105. Big jerks"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A___S
  • Similar words: derriere, arse
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • This is Across clue number 57

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASSES

58 Across: "107. Remove, as a coupon"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 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 58

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CLIPOUT

59 Across: "109. Dangerous additive in old paint"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: L__D
  • Similar words: head, leave
  • Opposite of: follow
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an advantage held by a competitor in a race
  • This is Across clue number 59

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LEAD

60 Across: "110. Whopping"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'V' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: V__T
  • Similar words: immense, huge
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 60

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer VAST

61 Across: "112. Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'K' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: K_________S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 61

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer KITKATMINIS

62 Across: "114. Croft of video games"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: L__A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 62

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LARA

63 Across: "115. ___ homo"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: E__E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 63

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ECCE

64 Across: "116. Some slushies"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: I___S
  • Similar words: ice, frost
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: decorate with frosting
  • This is Across clue number 64

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ICEES

65 Across: "117. Perform horribly"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: S___K
  • Similar words: stench, mephitis
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
  • This is Across clue number 65

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer STINK

66 Across: "118. TV host Cohen"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: A__Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 66

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ANDY

67 Across: "119. Joke around"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'K' and ends with 'D'
  • Similar words: Kyd, fry
  • Opposite of: parent
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a young person of either sex
  • This is Across clue number 67

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer KID

68 Across: "120. "No man is an island" writer"

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: John Donne
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 68

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DONNE

69 Across: "121. Slumps"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S__S
  • Similar words: swag, droop
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a shape that sags
  • This is Across clue number 69

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SAGS

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 69 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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September 21, 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. Vineyard measure 4
2A 5. Does acid 5
3A 10. Tree with doubly serrated leaves 3
4A 13. [Hey!] 4
5A 17. Locations in the game Clue 5
6A 19. Grand duke of Luxembourg beginning in 2000 5
7A 20. Heart of the matter 4
8A 22. Palindromic Italian number 4
9A 23. Traditional form of Japanese drama 13
10A 25. Pro ___ 4
11A 26. Key spot? 4
12A 27. Entered on tiptoe 7
13A 28. "Love, ___" (2014 rom-com starring Lily Collins) 5
14A 30. Far from conscious 7
15A 32. Kicked off, as a business 9
16A 34. 2012 Disney film set inside an arcade 12
17A 36. Had 6
18A 37. Turns off 8
19A 38. Lace protector 5
20A 41. "You may ___" 5
21A 43. The "me" of "Despicable Me" 3
22A 44. Bonds 4
23A 48. "About Us" pieces 4
24A 49. Holds dear 6
25A 51. Small square 3
26A 52. Longtime employer of Rachel Maddow 5
27A 53. Self-love 3
28A 54. Phases, to Taylor Swift 4
29A 55. Game with Indigenous origins 8
30A 58. ___ Fighters ("Everlong" band) 3
31A 59. Festive outdoor lighting options 11
32A 62. Classic drinking "sport" 4
33A 63. "Sorry, maybe next time" 6
34A 65. "The Last Supper," e.g. 5
35A 66. Third-largest land animal 5
36A 68. Pokémon enthusiast's collection 5
37A 69. Puck's king 6
38A 71. Muscle firmness 4
39A 72. Place to perfect a recipe 11
40A 76. Swanson on "Parks and Recreation" 3
41A 77. Game typically played in the dark 8
42A 80. Muchas horas 4
43A 81. "Was ___ blame?" 3
44A 82. Bad spirit 5
45A 84. D.C. pro 3
46A 85. Fight the urge 6
47A 87. It gets bucks from Broncos 4
48A 88. Does a farm job 4
49A 89. ___ Island (Georgia resort destination) 3
50A 90. Reform Party founder 5
51A 91. Feasts 5
52A 92. Like emailed files 8
53A 95. "The Silence of the Lambs" villain 6
54A 98. Certain rescue pet 12
55A 101. Gleeful feeling 9
56A 104. Miniaturized Amazon smart speaker 7
57A 105. Big jerks 5
58A 107. Remove, as a coupon 7
59A 109. Dangerous additive in old paint 4
60A 110. Whopping 4
61A 112. Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle 11
62A 114. Croft of video games 4
63A 115. ___ homo 4
64A 116. Some slushies 5
65A 117. Perform horribly 5
66A 118. TV host Cohen 4
67A 119. Joke around 3
68A 120. "No man is an island" writer 5
69A 121. Slumps 4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Vineyard measure"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
  • Similar words include: Akka, Accho, Akko
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ACRE

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2A: "5. Does acid"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
  • Similar words include: activate, get off, trigger off
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TRIPS

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3A: "10. Tree with doubly serrated leaves"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
  • Similar words include: elmwood, elm tree
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ELM

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4A: "13. [Hey!]"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: PSST

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5A: "17. Locations in the game Clue"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
  • Similar words include: way, room, elbow room
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ROOMS

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6A: "19. Grand duke of Luxembourg beginning in 2000"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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7A: "20. Heart of the matter"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
  • Similar words include: substance, nub, sum
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MEAT

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8A: "22. Palindromic Italian number"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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9A: "23. Traditional form of Japanese drama"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________
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Answer: KABUKITHEATER

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10A: "25. Pro ___"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: BONO

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11A: "26. Key spot?"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
  • Similar words include: threshold, doorway, room access
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DOOR

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12A: "27. Entered on tiptoe"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: STOLEIN

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13A: "28. "Love, ___" (2014 rom-com starring Lily Collins)"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROSIE

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14A: "30. Far from conscious"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: INACOMA

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15A: "32. Kicked off, as a business"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: STARTEDUP

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16A: "34. 2012 Disney film set inside an arcade"

12 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____________
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Answer: WRECKITRALPH

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17A: "36. Had"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have flavor; taste of something
  • Similar words include: smack, taste, savour
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TASTED

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18A: "37. Turns off"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that strong feelings of dislike
  • Similar words include: churn up, revolt, nauseate
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DISGUSTS

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19A: "38. Lace protector"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon
  • Similar words include: aiglet, aiguilette
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AGLET

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20A: "41. "You may ___""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that israeli statesman (born in russia) who (as prime minister of israel) negotiated a peace treaty with anwar sadat (then the president of egypt) (1913-1992)
  • Similar words include: start, Menachem Begin, start out
  • Opposite of: end
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BEGIN

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21A: "43. The "me" of "Despicable Me""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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22A: "44. Bonds"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
  • Similar words include: standoff, railroad tie, draw
  • Opposite of: disconnect, untie
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TIES

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23A: "48. "About Us" pieces"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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24A: "49. Holds dear"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that love intensely
  • Similar words include: adore
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ADORES

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25A: "51. Small square"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • Similar words include: unrivaled, one and only, single
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ONE

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26A: "52. Longtime employer of Rachel Maddow"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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27A: "53. Self-love"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
  • Similar words include: self, egotism, self-importance
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EGO

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28A: "54. Phases, to Taylor Swift"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Similar words include: era, geological era, ERA
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ERAS

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29A: "55. Game with Indigenous origins"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a game invented by american indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LACROSSE

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30A: "58. ___ Fighters ("Everlong" band)"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: FOO

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31A: "59. Festive outdoor lighting options"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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32A: "62. Classic drinking "sport""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an unpleasant smell
  • Similar words include: niff
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PONG

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33A: "63. "Sorry, maybe next time""

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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34A: "65. "The Last Supper," e.g."

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a painting that is applied to a wall surface
  • Similar words include: wall painting
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MURAL

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35A: "66. Third-largest land animal"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an ancient numidian town in northwestern africa adjoining present-day annaba in northeastern algeria
  • Similar words include: river horse, Hippo Regius, hippopotamus
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HIPPO

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36A: "68. Pokémon enthusiast's collection"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a game played with playing cards
  • Similar words include: circuit card, wit, scorecard
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CARDS

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37A: "69. Puck's king"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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38A: "71. Muscle firmness"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the quality of a person's voice
  • Similar words include: musical note, tint, feel
  • Opposite of: atonicity
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TONE

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39A: "72. Place to perfect a recipe"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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40A: "76. Swanson on "Parks and Recreation""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
  • Similar words include: Bokkos, Daffo
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RON

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41A: "77. Game typically played in the dark"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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42A: "80. Muchas horas"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first european to get round the cape of good hope (thus establishing a sea route from the atlantic to asia) (1450-1500)
  • Similar words include: Bartholomeu Diaz, Defense Intelligence Agency, Bartholomeu Dias
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DIAS

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43A: "81. "Was ___ blame?""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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44A: "82. Bad spirit"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
  • Similar words include: graverobber, body snatcher
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GHOUL

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45A: "84. D.C. pro"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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46A: "85. Fight the urge"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that elude, especially in a baffling way
  • Similar words include: balk, stand, fend
  • Opposite of: lend oneself, surrender
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RESIST

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47A: "87. It gets bucks from Broncos"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states film maker (1896-1973)
  • Similar words include: President Ford, John Ford, fording
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FORD

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48A: "88. Does a farm job"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an adult female hog
  • Similar words include: sow in, seed, sow
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SOWS

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49A: "89. ___ Island (Georgia resort destination)"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
  • Similar words include: ocean
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEA

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50A: "90. Reform Party founder"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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51A: "91. Feasts"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have supper; eat dinner
  • Similar words include: boom, dine, din
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DINES

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52A: "92. Like emailed files"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause to be attached
  • Similar words include: sequester, tie, bind
  • Opposite of: detached, detach
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ATTACHED

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53A: "95. "The Silence of the Lambs" villain"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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54A: "98. Certain rescue pet"

12 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FOSTERKITTEN

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55A: "101. Gleeful feeling"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an impulsive scatterbrained manner
  • Similar words include: dizziness, lightheadedness, vertigo
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GIDDINESS

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56A: "104. Miniaturized Amazon smart speaker"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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57A: "105. Big jerks"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • Similar words include: screw, seat, rear
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASSES

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58A: "107. Remove, as a coupon"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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59A: "109. Dangerous additive in old paint"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an advantage held by a competitor in a race
  • Similar words include: chair, leave, lede
  • Opposite of: deficit, follow
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LEAD

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60A: "110. Whopping"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - w.r.inge
  • Similar words include: Brobdingnagian, immense, huge
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: VAST

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61A: "112. Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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62A: "114. Croft of video games"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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63A: "115. ___ homo"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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64A: "116. Some slushies"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that decorate with frosting
  • Similar words include: frost, ice
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ICEES

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65A: "117. Perform horribly"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
  • Similar words include: reek, mephitis, stench
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STINK

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66A: "118. TV host Cohen"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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67A: "119. Joke around"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a young person of either sex
  • Similar words include: small fry, kidskin, youngster
  • Opposite of: parent
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KID

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68A: "120. "No man is an island" writer"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that english clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
  • Similar words include: John Donne
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DONNE

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69A: "121. Slumps"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a shape that sags
  • Similar words include: droop, swag, sag
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SAGS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Holiest locales in synagogues, traditionally 4
2D 2. Applications of polish 5
3D 3. Tik-Tok in the Oz books, for one 5
4D 4. Models after 8
5D 5. 1995 Sandra Bullock cyberthriller 6
6D 6. "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen 3
7D 7. Uninvited guest 8
8D 8. Doings before surgery, informally 5
9D 9. Dubbed ones 4
10D 10. They might be glowing 6
11D 11. Astrological lion 3
12D 12. Filing services? 9
13D 13. Programs hosted by SoundCloud 8
14D 14. Happy hour perch 5
15D 15. Make a big step, perhaps 5
16D 16. Rabbi's reading 5
17D 18. Regular at a park with half-pipes, informally 8
18D 21. Breaded, fried Japanese pork cutlet 8
19D 24. Big successes 4
20D 29. Victor's cry 4
21D 31. Creative pursuit 3
22D 33. Oscar-winning Ariana of "West Side Story" 6
23D 35. December drink 6
24D 37. Gone missing 11
25D 38. Assist illegally 4
26D 39. 1958 romantic comedy that won Best Picture 4
27D 40. "I made it big time!" 11
28D 42. Many a skin-care product 3
29D 45. Hip 9
30D 46. Black, in verse 4
31D 47. St. Andrews resident 4
32D 49. Esoteric knowledge 6
33D 50. Roald who wrote "Matilda" 4
34D 51. "… actually, let's go to plan B" 5
35D 52. Members of the mongoose family 8
36D 54. Jazz composer Garner 6
37D 56. Swipe 3
38D 57. Go after, as mosquitoes 6
39D 60. Graham Greene's "___ Man in Havana" 3
40D 61. One way to sell stock 5
41D 64. Public health agcy. 3
42D 67. Bank acct. entry 3
43D 68. Several CBS dramas 4
44D 69. United Way and UNICEF, in brief 4
45D 70. ___-chic (dressing style) 4
46D 71. It incited a famous 18th-century "party" 6
47D 73. Cleaned up, in a way 6
48D 74. To be, in Nice 4
49D 75. Dozes (off) 4
50D 78. Ambush 11
51D 79. Neighbor of Lux. 3
52D 83. Gannett-owned newspaper 8
53D 86. "Here's the thing ..." 8
54D 87. Campground gathering spots 8
55D 89. Worked hard (for) 6
56D 90. Farm enclosures 4
57D 91. Jeans 6
58D 93. ___ Talks 3
59D 94. Intense, as an argument 6
60D 96. Music protector, of a sort 6
61D 97. Slope 4
62D 98. Guy 5
63D 99. What the "dalai" of "Dalai Lama" translates to 5
64D 100. Broken piece of pottery 5
65D 101. Insurer with a green mascot 5
66D 102. Justice Sotomayor 5
67D 103. Seeking justice, in a way 5
68D 106. Leave tire marks, say 4
69D 108. Expressions of disapproval 4
70D 111. B.S. part: Abbr. 3
71D 113. Barbie's beau 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Holiest locales in synagogues, traditionally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
  • Similar words include: ark, Ark of the Covenant, Ark
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARKS

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2D: "2. Applications of polish"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
  • Similar words include: pelage, coat, surface
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: COATS

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3D: "3. Tik-Tok in the Oz books, for one"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mechanism that can move automatically
  • Similar words include: automaton, golem
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ROBOT

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4D: "4. Models after"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  • Similar words include: emulate
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: EMULATES

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5D: "5. 1995 Sandra Bullock cyberthriller"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: THENET

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6D: "6. "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: REA

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7D: "7. Uninvited guest"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
  • Similar words include: interloper, trespasser
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: INTRUDER

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8D: "8. Doings before surgery, informally"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: PREOP

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9D: "9. Dubbed ones"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that term of address for a man
  • Similar words include: sir, Sir
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SIRS

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10D: "10. They might be glowing"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
  • Similar words include: coal, ember
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: EMBERS

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11D: "11. Astrological lion"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
  • Similar words include: Leo the Lion, Lion
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: LEO

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12D: "12. Filing services?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that professional care for the hands and fingernails
  • Similar words include: manicure
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: MANICURES

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13D: "13. Programs hosted by SoundCloud"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
  • Similar words include: podcast
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: PODCASTS

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14D: "14. Happy hour perch"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a simple seat without a back or arms
  • Similar words include: crap, take a crap, BM
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: STOOL

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15D: "15. Make a big step, perhaps"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
  • Similar words include: stamp, stump
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: STOMP

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16D: "16. Rabbi's reading"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
  • Similar words include: Laws, Pentateuch
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TORAH

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17D: "18. Regular at a park with half-pipes, informally"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: SKATERAT

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18D: "21. Breaded, fried Japanese pork cutlet"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: TONKATSU

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19D: "24. Big successes"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
  • Similar words include: off, run into, remove
  • Opposite of: miss
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Answer: HITS

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20D: "29. Victor's cry"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: IWIN

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21D: "31. Creative pursuit"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
  • Similar words include: artistry, graphics, nontextual matter
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ART

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22D: "33. Oscar-winning Ariana of "West Side Story""

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: DEBOSE

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23D: "35. December drink"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: EGGNOG

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24D: "37. Gone missing"

11 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that get lost, as without warning or explanation
  • Similar words include: vanish, evaporate, disappear
  • Opposite of: appear
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Answer: DISAPPEARED

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25D: "38. Assist illegally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABET

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26D: "39. 1958 romantic comedy that won Best Picture"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: GIGI

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27D: "40. "I made it big time!""

11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: LOOKATMENOW

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28D: "42. Many a skin-care product"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
  • Similar words include: gelatin, mousse, colloidal gel
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: GEL

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29D: "45. Hip"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: INFASHION

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30D: "46. Black, in verse"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of a very dark black
  • Similar words include: ebony
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: EBON

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31D: "47. St. Andrews resident"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a native or inhabitant of scotland
  • Similar words include: Scotsman, Scotchman
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SCOT

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32D: "49. Esoteric knowledge"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that information known only to a special group
  • Similar words include: arcanum, secret
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: ARCANA

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33D: "50. Roald who wrote "Matilda""

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
  • Similar words include: red gram, Cajanus cajan, dhal
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: DAHL

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34D: "51. "… actually, let's go to plan B""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORNOT

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35D: "52. Members of the mongoose family"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mongoose-like viverrine of south africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes
  • Similar words include: mierkat, meerkat
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: MEERKATS

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36D: "54. Jazz composer Garner"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: ERROLL

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37D: "56. Swipe"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
  • Similar words include: fuzz, bull, glom
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: COP

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38D: "57. Go after, as mosquitoes"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SWATAT

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39D: "60. Graham Greene's "___ Man in Havana""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: OUR

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40D: "61. One way to sell stock"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
  • Similar words include: suddenly, unretentive, little
  • Opposite of: long, retentive
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Answer: SHORT

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41D: "64. Public health agcy."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a federal agency in the department of health and human services; located in atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
  • Similar words include: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CDC

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42D: "67. Bank acct. entry"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: INT

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43D: "68. Several CBS dramas"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the canadian government
  • Similar words include: Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: CSIS

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44D: "69. United Way and UNICEF, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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45D: "70. ___-chic (dressing style)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: BOHO

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46D: "71. It incited a famous 18th-century "party""

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: TEAACT

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47D: "73. Cleaned up, in a way"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
  • Similar words include: edit out, delete, emended
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EDITED

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48D: "74. To be, in Nice"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ETRE

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49D: "75. Dozes (off)"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sign of assent or salutation or command
  • Similar words include: nod
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NODS

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50D: "78. Ambush"

11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: SNEAKATTACK

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51D: "79. Neighbor of Lux."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: GER

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52D: "83. Gannett-owned newspaper"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: USATODAY

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53D: "86. "Here's the thing ...""

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: SOLISTEN

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54D: "87. Campground gathering spots"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: FIREPITS

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55D: "89. Worked hard (for)"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that attempt by employing effort
  • Similar words include: reach, strive, endeavour
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STROVE

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56D: "90. Farm enclosures"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
  • Similar words include: penitentiary, playpen, write
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PENS

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57D: "91. Jeans"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
  • Similar words include: jean, blue jean, denim
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DENIMS

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58D: "93. ___ Talks"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
  • Similar words include: Teddy boy
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TED

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59D: "94. Intense, as an argument"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that make hot or hotter
  • Similar words include: het up, stir up, heat up
  • Opposite of: cool
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Answer: HEATED

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60D: "96. Music protector, of a sort"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: CDCASE

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61D: "97. Slope"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
  • Similar words include: disceptation, slant, cant
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TILT

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62D: "98. Guy"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a boy or man
  • Similar words include: gent, chap, cuss
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FELLA

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63D: "99. What the "dalai" of "Dalai Lama" translates to"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
  • Similar words include: sea
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OCEAN

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64D: "100. Broken piece of pottery"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  • Similar words include: fragment, sherd
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SHARD

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65D: "101. Insurer with a green mascot"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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66D: "102. Justice Sotomayor"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SONIA

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67D: "103. Seeking justice, in a way"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
  • Similar words include: process, action, sue
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SUING

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68D: "106. Leave tire marks, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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: brake shoe, slide, slip
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SKID

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69D: "108. Expressions of disapproval"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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70D: "111. B.S. part: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SCI

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71D: "113. Barbie's beau"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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71 Down Clues
140 Total Clues

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