XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 04, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 04 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (37)
Clue #1: 1. Going ___
Clue #2: 5. Clarifying words
Clue #3: 11. Student's concern, in brief
Word Help: Synonyms: grade_point_average, GPA
Clue #4: 14. Girl in Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"
Clue #5: 15. Use a Sharpie on, perhaps
Word Help: Synonyms: rewriter, redactor, frame
Clue #6: 16. Undefeated boxer Laila
Word Help: Synonyms: Muhammad_Ali, Ali, Cassius_Marcellus_Clay
Clue #7: 17. Platinum-selling singer who co-starred in the films "Moonlight" and "Hidden Figures"
Clue #8: 19. Family transport
Word Help: Synonyms: avant-garde, vanguard, caravan
Clue #9: 20. Certain chain movie theaters
Clue #10: 21. Egyptian snake
Word Help: Synonyms: Vipera_aspis, asp, Egyptian_cobra
Clue #11: 22. Proof (or disproof) of paternity
Clue #12: 24. Corkscrew-shaped pasta
Clue #13: 26. Lion's home
Word Help: Synonyms: Motor_City, Detroit, Motown
Clue #14: 27. "Creature" that might "attack" a small child
Clue #15: 31. Shed tears
Word Help: Synonyms: breathlessness, shortness_of_breath, whoreson
Clue #16: 34. Like snow leopards and giant pandas
Word Help: Synonyms: Asian, Asiatic
Clue #17: 35. King of Norway and Sweden from 1844 to 1859
Clue #18: 36. Only known warm-blooded fish
Word Help: Synonyms: opah, Lampris_regius, moonfish
Clue #19: 38. Not much
Clue #20: 40. Like fine wine and cheese
Word Help: Synonyms: get_on, senior, of_age
Antonyms: young, rejuvenate
Antonyms: young, rejuvenate
Clue #21: 41. The aughts, e.g.
Word Help: Synonyms: decade, decennium, ten
Clue #22: 44. "Für ___" (Beethoven dedication)
Clue #23: 47. Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality," e.g.
Word Help: Synonyms: ode
Clue #24: 48. Homing devices?
Clue #25: 51. Done without much care, informally
Clue #26: 52. Something not to quit, they say
Clue #27: 56. Excels at school
Clue #28: 57. Year in Rio
Word Help: Synonyms: Revolutionary_Organization_of_Socialist_Muslims, Fatah_Revolutionary_Council, ANO
Clue #29: 59. Cool, in slang
Word Help: Synonyms: dope_up, locoweed, pot
Clue #30: 60. Bit of light
Word Help: Synonyms: irradiate, beam_of_light, ray
Clue #31: 61. What to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across
Clue #32: 64. Experiencing little to no amorous attraction, informally
Clue #33: 65. List ender
Clue #34: 66. Kind of sax
Word Help: Synonyms: tenor, strain, tenor_voice
Clue #35: 67. A/C measure
Word Help: Synonyms: British_thermal_unit, BTU, B.Th.U.
Clue #36: 68. "Not so!," e.g.
Word Help: Synonyms: disaffirmation, abnegation, defence
Antonyms: prosecution
Antonyms: prosecution
Clue #37: 69. Line up, in a way
Word Help: Synonyms: sync, synchronize, synchronise
Antonyms: desynchronise, desynchronize
Antonyms: desynchronise, desynchronize
Across Clues and Answers (37)
Clue #1: 1. Unforgettable place?
Word Help: Synonyms: Alamo
Clue #2: 2. Bit of color
Word Help: Synonyms: tint, tinge, tinct
Clue #3: 3. Seals the deal, informally
Clue #4: 4. Business card abbr.
Clue #5: 5. "Chic" modifier
Clue #6: 6. Rope fiber
Word Help: Synonyms: hemp, hangman's_halter, hempen_necktie
Clue #7: 7. Fuss
Word Help: Synonyms: fuss, flurry, stir
Clue #8: 8. Partners often work in this
Word Help: Synonyms: tandem, tandem_bicycle, in_tandem
Clue #9: 9. "Oh yeah? Watch me!"
Clue #10: 10. The "S" of T.S. Eliot
Clue #11: 11. Tried something new, perhaps
Clue #12: 12. Drunk out of one's mind
Word Help: Synonyms: smashed, besotted, poultice
Clue #13: 13. Is not, informally
Clue #14: 14. Cracked, as a door
Word Help: Synonyms: ajar
Clue #15: 18. Pastor's flock
Clue #16: 23. Puccini opera
Clue #17: 25. Actress Vardalos
Clue #18: 26. North American peak named by the Koyukon Athabascans
Word Help: Synonyms: Mt._McKinley, Mount_McKinley, Denali
Clue #19: 28. Rio maker
Clue #20: 29. Gets darker, say
Clue #21: 30. Carousel, e.g.
Word Help: Synonyms: mount, rag, depend_upon
Antonyms: walk
Antonyms: walk
Clue #22: 31. Drink with a straw
Word Help: Synonyms: washing_soda, pop, soda
Clue #23: 32. Kind of surgery
Clue #24: 33. Remark that may immediately follow an insult or a compliment
Clue #25: 37. They might be decked in December
Word Help: Synonyms: hallway, mansion, manse
Clue #26: 39. Morse bit
Word Help: Synonyms: dot, dit
Clue #27: 42. Maligned
Word Help: Synonyms: besmirch, smear, calumniate
Clue #28: 43. Send off
Word Help: Synonyms: emanate, exhale, give_forth
Clue #29: 45. Twin city in the Bible
Word Help: Synonyms: sodom, Sodom
Clue #30: 46. Notable time period
Word Help: Synonyms: ERA, epoch, era
Clue #31: 49. Resident of Japan's third-largest city
Clue #32: 50. Host of the 2000 Olympics
Word Help: Synonyms: Sydney
Clue #33: 53. Two-syllable woman's name that becomes a one-syllable woman's name if you drop the last letter
Clue #34: 54. Film portmanteau, informally
Clue #35: 55. "Divine medicine," per the Greek physician Paracelsus
Word Help: Synonyms: beer
Clue #36: 56. Snatch
Word Help: Synonyms: seize, take_hold_of, catch
Clue #37: 57. Actress Shawkat of "Arrested Development"
Clue #38: 58. Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson
Clue #39: 62. Certain Ivy Leaguer
Clue #40: 63. Tense parts of sports matches, for short
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- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
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Across Clues and Answers (43)
Clue #1: 1. 2022 Jordan Peele horror/sci-fi film
Clue #2: 5. San ___ Bay (estuary near San Francisco)
Clue #3: 10. Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist
Word Help: Synonyms: Cassius_Marcellus_Clay, Ali, Cassius_Clay
Clue #4: 13. Coin toss call
Word Help: Synonyms: rear_end, rump, tush
Antonyms: head
Antonyms: head
Clue #5: 14. Supply
Word Help: Synonyms: fit_out, equip, fit
Clue #6: 15. Generals and such
Word Help: Synonyms: boldness, plaque, organisation
Clue #7: 16. Quickly put (together)
Word Help: Synonyms: slap, smack, slapdash
Clue #8: 17. Tres + tres + tres
Clue #9: 18. Single ___ (tourney type)
Clue #10: 19. Clarifying words
Word Help: Synonyms: Asvina, Asin
Clue #11: 20. Kierkegaard, for one
Word Help: Synonyms: Dane
Clue #12: 21. Cattle steerers
Word Help: Synonyms: nudge, spur, egg_on
Clue #13: 22. Worn-down part
Word Help: Synonyms: substance, essence, marrow
Clue #14: 24. Fail to understand
Clue #15: 26. Section of a curriculum
Word Help: Synonyms: unit_of_measurement, unit, whole
Clue #16: 28. Broadway star Hagen
Word Help: Synonyms: genus_Uta, Uta
Clue #17: 30. Musical pitch interval
Word Help: Synonyms: halftone_engraving, photoengraving, halftone
Clue #18: 34. Mayo to mayo, say
Word Help: Synonyms: Black_September, Fatah_Revolutionary_Council, Abu_Nidal_Organization
Clue #19: 35. Writer honored by Oz Park in Chicago
Word Help: Synonyms: Baum, Frank_Baum, Lyman_Frank_Brown
Clue #20: 37. "My Neighbor ___," 1988 Hayao Miyazaki film
Clue #21: 38. One not getting enough sleep in Apr., perhaps
Word Help: Synonyms: certified_public_accountant, CPA
Clue #22: 39. "Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle
Clue #23: 41. Prefix with meter
Word Help: Synonyms: Otho, Odo, Odo_of_Lagery
Clue #24: 42. As a ___
Word Help: Synonyms: issue, resolution, upshot
Clue #25: 44. Prefix with phobia
Clue #26: 45. "I'm Just ___" (2023 Oscar-nominated song)
Word Help: Synonyms: sight, ken, cognizance
Clue #27: 46. Halting speakers?
Word Help: Synonyms: sentinel, lookout_man, spotter
Clue #28: 48. "Inside Politics" airer
Clue #29: 49. Field
Word Help: Synonyms: surface_area, sphere, arena
Clue #30: 50. Like many flowers and prizes
Word Help: Synonyms: yearly, yearbook, one-year
Antonyms: biennial
Antonyms: biennial
Clue #31: 52. Down in the dumps
Word Help: Synonyms: sorry, deplorable, distressing
Antonyms: glad
Antonyms: glad
Clue #32: 54. Tasty pastry spread
Word Help: Synonyms: ice, icing_the_puck, icing
Clue #33: 57. Main ingredient in the Japanese liqueur umeshu
Word Help: Synonyms: plumb, clean, plum
Clue #34: 59. Hats, informally
Word Help: Synonyms: eyelid, hat, chapeau
Clue #35: 62. Nice chunk of dough
Word Help: Synonyms: one_thousand, thousand, grand
Clue #36: 63. Garden tool
Word Help: Synonyms: jigaboo, coon, nigger
Clue #37: 64. Kind of arch that resembles the shape of a Hershey's Kiss
Word Help: Synonyms: ogee, cyma_reversa
Clue #38: 65. Qualifying races
Word Help: Synonyms: heating_system, passion, stir_up
Antonyms: anestrus, coldness
Antonyms: anestrus, coldness
Clue #39: 66. This might come in a saucer
Word Help: Synonyms: unknown, alien, alienate
Antonyms: acquaintance, citizen
Antonyms: acquaintance, citizen
Clue #40: 67. Side to take into consideration
Word Help: Synonyms: facet, aspect
Clue #41: 68. Actress Goth of 2022's "X"
Clue #42: 69. Supervises
Word Help: Synonyms: run, tend, incline
Clue #43: 70. Mustang feature, once
Across Clues and Answers (43)
Clue #1: 1. Org. with probes
Word Help: Synonyms: NASA, National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration
Clue #2: 2. Muddies, as water
Word Help: Synonyms: churn, moil, rile
Clue #3: 3. Ascetic breakfast selection
Clue #4: 4. Channel for watching college games
Clue #5: 5. Turn topsy-turvy
Word Help: Synonyms: upend
Clue #6: 6. One doing some deep-sea exploration
Word Help: Synonyms: oceanaut, aquanaut, skin-diver
Clue #7: 7. "Muy ___!"
Clue #8: 8. Resides a long time ago?
Clue #9: 9. Be down in the dumps
Word Help: Synonyms: mope, moon_around, moon_about
Clue #10: 10. Singer Guthrie
Clue #11: 11. Crisscross pattern
Word Help: Synonyms: tartan, plaid
Clue #12: 12. Credos
Word Help: Synonyms: doctrine, philosophical_system, ism
Clue #13: 15. Lacking, with "of"
Word Help: Synonyms: grieving, lovelorn, mourning
Clue #14: 21. Bike and Bike+, e.g.
Clue #15: 23. Like a witch's cauldron
Word Help: Synonyms: belch, frothy, foaming
Clue #16: 25. God honored by gladiatorial fights
Word Help: Synonyms: Saturn
Clue #17: 26. Mother-of-pearl
Word Help: Synonyms: nacre, mother-of-pearl
Clue #18: 27. How to sign a check
Clue #19: 29. Draw tight
Word Help: Synonyms: firm, tauten
Clue #20: 31. Criticized
Clue #21: 32. Primate, for humans
Word Help: Synonyms: regulate, parliamentary_law, Holy_Order
Antonyms: disorderliness, disorder
Antonyms: disorderliness, disorder
Clue #22: 33. Who "can get in the way of what I'm feelin'," in an Alicia Keys hit
Clue #23: 36. Letters on an N.Y.C. fare card
Clue #24: 40. Obstructed, as an opening
Word Help: Synonyms: sorbed, obstruct, jam
Antonyms: free
Antonyms: free
Clue #25: 43. God who begat the Titans
Word Help: Synonyms: Ouranos, Uranus
Clue #26: 47. Lissome
Word Help: Synonyms: svelte, supple, lissom
Clue #27: 51. Author ___-René Lesage
Clue #28: 53. Overhead
Word Help: Synonyms: aloft
Clue #29: 54. Thing on a docket
Word Help: Synonyms: detail, point, token
Clue #30: 55. Something a waiter may pull out
Word Help: Synonyms: chairperson, chair, moderate
Clue #31: 56. I, to Socrates
Word Help: Synonyms: scintilla, whit, smidge
Clue #32: 58. Sharp set?
Word Help: Synonyms: hands, workforce, manpower
Clue #33: 60. Interior design
Word Help: Synonyms: interior_decoration, decor
Clue #34: 61. Permeate
Word Help: Synonyms: seep, ooze
Clue #35: 63. Fill fully
Word Help: Synonyms: sate, fill, replete
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
Related Search Terms
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