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Sunday, December 28, 2025

Across Clues NYT December 28, 2025 - Today's Complete Horizontal Solutions

Across Clues NYT December 28, 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 December 28, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Sunday, December 28, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date December 28, 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. Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer
2 Across 6. S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s
3 Across 12. Baths in Bath
4 Across 16. Comedian Notaro
5 Across 19. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
6 Across 20. One sporting an article of apparel
7 Across 21. Sign in a theater
8 Across 22. Droll
9 Across 23. Rock of Ages
10 Across 25. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
11 Across 27. Prop for a proposal
12 Across 28. College credit hours
13 Across 29. Far from fore
14 Across 31. Starting section
15 Across 32. Fab Four drummer
16 Across 34. "I can handle that for you"
17 Across 36. Swallow something hook, line and sinker
18 Across 38. Subject of some modern maps
19 Across 41. Boots out
20 Across 43. Ending with Butler or Bard
21 Across 44. A Class Act
22 Across 47. A Strange Loop
23 Across 50. Played a part
24 Across 51. Baldwin of "30 Rock"
25 Across 53. Ran in the rain, perhaps
26 Across 54. Brig pair
27 Across 55. New Mexico skiing locale
28 Across 56. Full legislative assembly
29 Across 58. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth
30 Across 60. Shapiro of public radio
31 Across 61. Buds
32 Across 62. Chips go-with
33 Across 64. Straight up
34 Across 67. A Little Night Music
35 Across 69. Rent
36 Across 70. A Chorus Line
37 Across 72. Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth
38 Across 73. Personal histories
39 Across 74. Automatons, informally
40 Across 75. Cell letters
41 Across 76. "___ down the hatches!"
42 Across 78. Nursery rhyme couple
43 Across 80. Cribbage markers
44 Across 81. Sine's reciprocal, in trig
45 Across 84. Bit of power
46 Across 86. Japanese noodle
47 Across 87. Wave to, say
48 Across 88. The Producers
49 Across 91. Into the Woods
50 Across 93. ___ Lingus
51 Across 94. Intertwine
52 Across 95. Halloween haul
53 Across 96. In tears
54 Across 99. Eschew the high road, say
55 Across 101. ___ Dame
56 Across 104. Repeatedly hit hard
57 Across 105. Dollop
58 Across 106. Pop group
59 Across 109. Sitar great Shankar
60 Across 111. The Wiz
61 Across 113. Mean Girls
62 Across 116. Chess pieces
63 Across 117. Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End"
64 Across 118. File often installed with computer programs
65 Across 119. Do penance
66 Across 120. Apply
67 Across 121. Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be
68 Across 122. Became aware of
69 Across 123. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker

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. Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: P___H
  • Similar words: Sylvia Plath
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: United States writer and poet (1932-1963)
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PLATH

2 Across: "6. S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s"

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
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SDCARD

3 Across: "12. Baths in Bath"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: L__S
  • Similar words: lav, lavatory
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LAVS

4 Across: "16. Comedian Notaro"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'G'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TIG

5 Across: "19. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

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

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AISHA

6 Across: "20. One sporting an article of apparel"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

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

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WEARER

7 Across: "21. Sign in a theater"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: E__T
  • Similar words: kick the bucket, croak
  • Opposite of: be born
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an opening that permits escape or release
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EXIT

8 Across: "22. Droll"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'Y'
  • Similar words: ironic, dry
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: humorously sarcastic or mocking
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WRY

9 Across: "23. Rock of Ages"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 12 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 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ROSETTASTONE

10 Across: "25. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

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

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NEPOTISM

11 Across: "27. Prop for a proposal"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'K' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: K__E
  • Similar words: genu, knee joint
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer KNEE

12 Across: "28. College credit hours"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: U___S
  • Similar words: social unit, building block
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer UNITS

13 Across: "29. Far from fore"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Similar words: astern, abaft
  • Opposite of: fore
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: (nautical
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AFT

14 Across: "31. Starting section"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: P___A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PARTA

15 Across: "32. Fab Four drummer"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: S___R
  • Similar words: Richard Starkey, Starkey
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940)
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer STARR

16 Across: "34. "I can handle that for you""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 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 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LETME

17 Across: "36. Swallow something hook, line and sinker"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: E_____P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EATITUP

18 Across: "38. Subject of some modern maps"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: G____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GENOME

19 Across: "41. Boots out"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: E____S
  • Similar words: release, squeeze out
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: put out or expel from a place
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EJECTS

20 Across: "43. Ending with Butler or Bard"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'U'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EDU

21 Across: "44. A Class Act"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: F_______P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FIELDTRIP

22 Across: "47. A Strange Loop"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: M_________P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MOBIUSSTRIP

23 Across: "50. Played a part"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: A___D
  • Similar words: pretend, move
  • Opposite of: refrain
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: perform an action
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ACTED

24 Across: "51. Baldwin of "30 Rock""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'C'
  • Word pattern: A__C
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALEC

25 Across: "53. Ran in the rain, perhaps"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: B__D
  • Similar words: shed blood, phlebotomise
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: lose blood from one's body
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BLED

26 Across: "54. Brig pair"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: M___S
  • Similar words: mast
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a vertical spar for supporting sails
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MASTS

27 Across: "55. New Mexico skiing locale"

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: Tao, Taoist
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TAOS

28 Across: "56. Full legislative assembly"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

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

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PLENUM

29 Across: "58. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: E____S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EREBUS

30 Across: "60. Shapiro of public radio"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'I'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ARI

31 Across: "61. Buds"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: P__S
  • Similar words: brother, chum up
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PALS

32 Across: "62. Chips go-with"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: S___A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SALSA

33 Across: "64. Straight up"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: E___T
  • Similar words: raise, set up
  • Opposite of: level
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: construct
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ERECT

34 Across: "67. A Little Night Music"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: L_____Y
  • Similar words: cradlesong, berceuse
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LULLABY

35 Across: "69. Rent"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: S___T
  • Similar words: disconnected, schism
  • Opposite of: unite
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SPLIT

36 Across: "70. A Chorus Line"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: R_____N
  • Similar words: abstain, chorus
  • Opposite of: consume
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer REFRAIN

37 Across: "72. Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S___S
  • Similar words: seal, sealskin
  • Opposite of: unseal
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SEALS

38 Across: "73. Personal histories"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: P___S
  • Similar words: past tense, past times
  • Opposite of: future
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the time that has elapsed
  • This is Across clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PASTS

39 Across: "74. Automatons, informally"

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
  • Similar words: bot
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BOTS

40 Across: "75. Cell letters"

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 40

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RNA

41 Across: "76. "___ down the hatches!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: B____N
  • Similar words: secure, batten down
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 41

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BATTEN

42 Across: "78. Nursery rhyme couple"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S____S
  • Similar words: brisling, Clupea sprattus
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 42

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SPRATS

43 Across: "80. Cribbage markers"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: P__S
  • Similar words: stick, rowlock
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
  • This is Across clue number 43

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PEGS

44 Across: "81. Sine's reciprocal, in trig"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'C'
  • Word pattern: C___C
  • Similar words: cosecant
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 44

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer COSEC

45 Across: "84. Bit of power"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: W__T
  • Similar words: W, James Watt
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 45

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WATT

46 Across: "86. Japanese noodle"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: S__A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 46

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SOBA

47 Across: "87. Wave to, say"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: G___T
  • Similar words: recognise, recognize
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: express greetings upon meeting someone
  • This is Across clue number 47

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GREET

48 Across: "88. The Producers"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: P_________T
  • Similar words: working class, labor
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 48

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PROLETARIAT

49 Across: "91. Into the Woods"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: O_______Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life
  • This is Across clue number 49

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OUTDOORSY

50 Across: "93. ___ Lingus"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 50

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AER

51 Across: "94. Intertwine"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: E____E
  • Similar words: interlace, intertwine
  • Opposite of: untwine
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: spin
  • This is Across clue number 51

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ENLACE

52 Across: "95. Halloween haul"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T____S
  • Similar words: process, treat
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: something considered choice to eat
  • This is Across clue number 52

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TREATS

53 Across: "96. In tears"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: S_____G
  • Similar words: sob
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: convulsive gasp made while weeping
  • This is Across clue number 53

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SOBBING

54 Across: "99. Eschew the high road, say"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'W'
  • Word pattern: G___W
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 54

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GOLOW

55 Across: "101. ___ Dame"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: N___E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 55

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOTRE

56 Across: "104. Repeatedly hit hard"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: P___D
  • Similar words: lbf., Irish punt
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: 16 ounces avoirdupois
  • This is Across clue number 56

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer POUND

57 Across: "105. Dollop"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'B'
  • Similar words: seafarer, tar
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a man who serves as a sailor
  • This is Across clue number 57

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GOB

58 Across: "106. Pop group"

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: Cola, genus Cola
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts
  • This is Across clue number 58

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer COLAS

59 Across: "109. Sitar great Shankar"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: R__I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 59

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RAVI

60 Across: "111. The Wiz"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: E______N
  • Similar words: mastermind, brainiac
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 60

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EINSTEIN

61 Across: "113. Mean Girls"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 12 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 61

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AVERAGEJANES

62 Across: "116. Chess pieces"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'N'
  • Similar words: humans, man
  • Opposite of: civilian
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the force of workers available
  • This is Across clue number 62

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MEN

63 Across: "117. Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

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

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ERMA

64 Across: "118. File often installed with computer programs"

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 64

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer README

65 Across: "119. Do penance"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: A___E
  • Similar words: abye, repent
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: make amends for
  • This is Across clue number 65

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ATONE

66 Across: "120. Apply"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: habit, consumption
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the act of using
  • This is Across clue number 66

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer USE

67 Across: "121. Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: L__T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 67

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LSAT

68 Across: "122. Became aware of"

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: sense, feel
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: perceive by a physical sensation
  • This is Across clue number 68

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SENSED

69 Across: "123. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: Y___E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 69

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer YENTE

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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December 28, 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. Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer 5
2A 6. S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s 6
3A 12. Baths in Bath 4
4A 16. Comedian Notaro 3
5A 19. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" 5
6A 20. One sporting an article of apparel 6
7A 21. Sign in a theater 4
8A 22. Droll 3
9A 23. Rock of Ages 12
10A 25. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 8
11A 27. Prop for a proposal 4
12A 28. College credit hours 5
13A 29. Far from fore 3
14A 31. Starting section 5
15A 32. Fab Four drummer 5
16A 34. "I can handle that for you" 5
17A 36. Swallow something hook, line and sinker 7
18A 38. Subject of some modern maps 6
19A 41. Boots out 6
20A 43. Ending with Butler or Bard 3
21A 44. A Class Act 9
22A 47. A Strange Loop 11
23A 50. Played a part 5
24A 51. Baldwin of "30 Rock" 4
25A 53. Ran in the rain, perhaps 4
26A 54. Brig pair 5
27A 55. New Mexico skiing locale 4
28A 56. Full legislative assembly 6
29A 58. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth 6
30A 60. Shapiro of public radio 3
31A 61. Buds 4
32A 62. Chips go-with 5
33A 64. Straight up 5
34A 67. A Little Night Music 7
35A 69. Rent 5
36A 70. A Chorus Line 7
37A 72. Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth 5
38A 73. Personal histories 5
39A 74. Automatons, informally 4
40A 75. Cell letters 3
41A 76. "___ down the hatches!" 6
42A 78. Nursery rhyme couple 6
43A 80. Cribbage markers 4
44A 81. Sine's reciprocal, in trig 5
45A 84. Bit of power 4
46A 86. Japanese noodle 4
47A 87. Wave to, say 5
48A 88. The Producers 11
49A 91. Into the Woods 9
50A 93. ___ Lingus 3
51A 94. Intertwine 6
52A 95. Halloween haul 6
53A 96. In tears 7
54A 99. Eschew the high road, say 5
55A 101. ___ Dame 5
56A 104. Repeatedly hit hard 5
57A 105. Dollop 3
58A 106. Pop group 5
59A 109. Sitar great Shankar 4
60A 111. The Wiz 8
61A 113. Mean Girls 12
62A 116. Chess pieces 3
63A 117. Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End" 4
64A 118. File often installed with computer programs 6
65A 119. Do penance 5
66A 120. Apply 3
67A 121. Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be 4
68A 122. Became aware of 6
69A 123. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker 5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states writer and poet (1932-1963)
  • Similar words include: Sylvia Plath
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: PLATH

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2A: "6. S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: SDCARD

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3A: "12. Baths in Bath"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  • Similar words include: toilet, can, john
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: LAVS

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4A: "16. Comedian Notaro"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIG

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5A: "19. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: AISHA

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6A: "20. One sporting an article of apparel"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: WEARER

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7A: "21. Sign in a theater"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an opening that permits escape or release
  • Similar words include: issue, go, way out
  • Opposite of: enter, be born
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Answer: EXIT

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8A: "22. Droll"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that humorously sarcastic or mocking
  • Similar words include: dry, ironic, ironical
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: WRY

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9A: "23. Rock of Ages"

12 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____________
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Answer: ROSETTASTONE

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10A: "25. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NEPOTISM

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11A: "27. Prop for a proposal"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
  • Similar words include: stifle, articulatio genus, human knee
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KNEE

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12A: "28. College credit hours"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
  • Similar words include: unit, social unit, unit of measurement
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: UNITS

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13A: "29. Far from fore"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
  • Similar words include: abaft, astern
  • Opposite of: fore
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Answer: AFT

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14A: "31. Starting section"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: PARTA

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15A: "32. Fab Four drummer"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that rock star and drummer for the beatles (born in 1940)
  • Similar words include: Starkey, Richard Starkey, Ringo Starr
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: STARR

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16A: "34. "I can handle that for you""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: LETME

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17A: "36. Swallow something hook, line and sinker"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: EATITUP

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18A: "38. Subject of some modern maps"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full dna sequence of an organism
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: GENOME

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19A: "41. Boots out"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that put out or expel from a place
  • Similar words include: chuck out, eject, turn out
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EJECTS

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20A: "43. Ending with Butler or Bard"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: EDU

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21A: "44. A Class Act"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: FIELDTRIP

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22A: "47. A Strange Loop"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: MOBIUSSTRIP

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23A: "50. Played a part"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
  • Similar words include: represent, act, dissemble
  • Opposite of: refrain
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ACTED

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24A: "51. Baldwin of "30 Rock""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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25A: "53. Ran in the rain, perhaps"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that lose blood from one's body
  • Similar words include: shed blood, phlebotomise, run
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BLED

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26A: "54. Brig pair"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a vertical spar for supporting sails
  • Similar words include: mast
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MASTS

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27A: "55. New Mexico skiing locale"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the pueblo people living in northern new mexico
  • Similar words include: Taoist, Tao
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: TAOS

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28A: "56. Full legislative assembly"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: PLENUM

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29A: "58. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of chaos; brother of nox; father of aether and day
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EREBUS

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30A: "60. Shapiro of public radio"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ARI

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31A: "61. Buds"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
  • Similar words include: pal, pal up, buddy
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PALS

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32A: "62. Chips go-with"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SALSA

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33A: "64. Straight up"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that construct, build, or erect
  • Similar words include: tumid, upright, put up
  • Opposite of: unerect, level
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ERECT

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34A: "67. A Little Night Music"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
  • Similar words include: berceuse, cradlesong
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LULLABY

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35A: "69. Rent"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
  • Similar words include: carve up, burst, schism
  • Opposite of: unite
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SPLIT

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36A: "70. A Chorus Line"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
  • Similar words include: abstain, desist, chorus
  • Opposite of: consume, act
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REFRAIN

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37A: "72. Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
  • Similar words include: Navy SEAL, SEAL, seal of approval
  • Opposite of: unseal
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEALS

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38A: "73. Personal histories"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the time that has elapsed
  • Similar words include: yesteryear, past, past tense
  • Opposite of: future
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PASTS

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39A: "74. Automatons, informally"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
  • Similar words include: bot
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BOTS

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40A: "75. Cell letters"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
  • Similar words include: ribonucleic acid
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RNA

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41A: "76. "___ down the hatches!""

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
  • Similar words include: secure, batting, batten down
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BATTEN

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42A: "78. Nursery rhyme couple"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that small fatty european fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
  • Similar words include: Clupea sprattus, brisling, sprat
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SPRATS

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43A: "80. Cribbage markers"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
  • Similar words include: thole, nail, nail down
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PEGS

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44A: "81. Sine's reciprocal, in trig"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
  • Similar words include: cosecant
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: COSEC

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45A: "84. Bit of power"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
  • Similar words include: W, James Watt
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WATT

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46A: "86. Japanese noodle"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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47A: "87. Wave to, say"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that express greetings upon meeting someone
  • Similar words include: recognize, recognise
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GREET

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48A: "88. The Producers"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
  • Similar words include: labour, working class, labor
  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PROLETARIAT

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49A: "91. Into the Woods"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OUTDOORSY

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50A: "93. ___ Lingus"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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51A: "94. Intertwine"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that spin,wind, or twist together
  • Similar words include: entwine, interlace, twine
  • Opposite of: untwine
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ENLACE

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52A: "95. Halloween haul"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something considered choice to eat
  • Similar words include: treat, process, handle
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TREATS

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53A: "96. In tears"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that convulsive gasp made while weeping
  • Similar words include: sob
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SOBBING

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54A: "99. Eschew the high road, say"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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55A: "101. ___ Dame"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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56A: "104. Repeatedly hit hard"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that 16 ounces avoirdupois
  • Similar words include: ram, Ezra Loomis Pound, Ezra Pound
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: POUND

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57A: "105. Dollop"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a man who serves as a sailor
  • Similar words include: yap, maw, cakehole
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GOB

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58A: "106. Pop group"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that large genus of african trees bearing kola nuts
  • Similar words include: Cola, dope, genus Cola
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: COLAS

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59A: "109. Sitar great Shankar"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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60A: "111. The Wiz"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that physicist born in germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)
  • Similar words include: brain, brainiac, genius
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EINSTEIN

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61A: "113. Mean Girls"

12 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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62A: "116. Chess pieces"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the force of workers available
  • Similar words include: world, valet de chambre, mankind
  • Opposite of: woman, civilian
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MEN

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63A: "117. Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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64A: "118. File often installed with computer programs"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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65A: "119. Do penance"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that make amends for
  • Similar words include: aby, expiate, repent
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ATONE

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66A: "120. Apply"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of using
  • Similar words include: use of goods and services, role, economic consumption
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: USE

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67A: "121. Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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68A: "122. Became aware of"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
  • Similar words include: smell, perceived, sense
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SENSED

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69A: "123. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Playground area, often 4
2D 2. Fearsome felines 5
3D 3. Plus 5
4D 4. "One of These Nights" band 9
5D 5. Makeshift tip collector 3
6D 6. Epitome of graceful beauty 4
7D 7. Arnaz of "I Love Lucy" 4
8D 8. Certain stock holder 9
9D 9. Came about 5
10D 10. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars" 3
11D 11. Gig of a lifetime 8
12D 12. Advanced 4
13D 13. Guitar, slangily 3
14D 14. Front-of-the-line credential 7
15D 15. Cousin of a mink 5
16D 16. Cheep trills? 8
17D 17. Dodger's comeuppance 8
18D 18. Indoor recess locale 3
19D 24. Super-excited, in slang 5
20D 26. One "T" of TNT 3
21D 30. Least hale 8
22D 33. Foxx of 1970s TV 4
23D 35. Judge pro ___ 3
24D 36. Piano pupil's practice piece 5
25D 37. Short boxers, e.g. 4
26D 39. How some medicines are taken 6
27D 40. Apt name for a distance runner? 5
28D 42. Oldsmobile Cutlass model 5
29D 44. Like 45-Down's flaw 5
30D 45. Mythical figure undone by hubris 6
31D 46. Prima ballerina 6
32D 48. Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speak 6
33D 49. Police weapon 5
34D 52. Transition points 5
35D 56. Blue Ribbon brand 5
36D 57. Ice cream parlor offerings 5
37D 59. Borscht base 5
38D 61. Classic theater name 6
39D 63. Struggles with sibilant sounds 5
40D 65. Law, but not order 6
41D 66. Hints 6
42D 68. Word with record or union 5
43D 69. World capital near the Andean foothills 8
44D 70. Give a twist 6
45D 71. Downright mean 5
46D 73. Bit of wisdom 5
47D 74. Founder of the Mughal Empire 5
48D 77. String-plucking sound 5
49D 79. Sources in etymology 9
50D 80. Prone 9
51D 81. Some summers, in brief 4
52D 82. Black-and-white desserts 8
53D 83. Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campus 8
54D 85. Shell filling stations 8
55D 87. Basic programming command 4
56D 89. Chicken pieces 7
57D 90. Part of AT&T: Abbr. 3
58D 92. Ballet or bourrée, in Bourgogne 5
59D 97. Do a diner job 3
60D 98. Gathering of moles 5
61D 100. Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" 5
62D 102. Continued interminably 5
63D 103. Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g. 5
64D 105. Buzzing nuisance 4
65D 107. Glitzy fabric 4
66D 108. Like some cheese 4
67D 110. "Gotcha" 4
68D 111. Blue-necked bird 3
69D 112. "___ Believer" 3
70D 114. Flock formation 3
71D 115. Blue-winged bird 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Playground area, often"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
  • Similar words include: parkland, ballpark, common
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PARK

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2D: "2. Fearsome felines"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that large gregarious predatory feline of africa and india having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
  • Similar words include: Lion, Leo the Lion, king of beasts
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LIONS

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3D: "3. Plus"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a useful or valuable quality
  • Similar words include: plus
  • Opposite of: liability
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Answer: ASSET

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4D: "4. "One of These Nights" band"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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5D: "5. Makeshift tip collector"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
  • Similar words include: chapeau, lid
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HAT

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6D: "6. Epitome of graceful beauty"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
  • Similar words include: verify, roll, affirm
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SWAN

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7D: "7. Arnaz of "I Love Lucy""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: DESI

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8D: "8. Certain stock holder"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: CATTLEPEN

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9D: "9. Came about"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that come into existence; take on form or shape
  • Similar words include: go up, get up, stand up
  • Opposite of: turn in, go to bed
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Answer: AROSE

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10D: "10. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars""

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: REN

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11D: "11. Gig of a lifetime"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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12D: "12. Advanced"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a period of 40 weekdays from ash wednesday to holy saturday
  • Similar words include: contribute, lend, bestow
  • Opposite of: borrow
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LENT

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13D: "13. Guitar, slangily"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
  • Similar words include: ax
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: AXE

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14D: "14. Front-of-the-line credential"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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15D: "15. Cousin of a mink"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STOAT

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16D: "16. Cheep trills?"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a series of chirps
  • Similar words include: chitter, chirrup, twitter
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TWITTERS

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17D: "17. Dodger's comeuppance"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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18D: "18. Indoor recess locale"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
  • Similar words include: gymnasium
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GYM

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19D: "24. Super-excited, in slang"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TURNT

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20D: "26. One "T" of TNT"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TRI

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21D: "30. Least hale"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  • Similar words include: rickety, debile, faint
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FEEBLEST

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22D: "33. Foxx of 1970s TV"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: REDD

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23D: "35. Judge pro ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TEM

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24D: "36. Piano pupil's practice piece"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ETUDE

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25D: "37. Short boxers, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
  • Similar words include: pup, whelp, puppy
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PUPS

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26D: "39. How some medicines are taken"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; by_mouth
  • Similar words include: by word of mouth
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ORALLY

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27D: "40. Apt name for a distance runner?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
  • Similar words include: international mile, mil, mile
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MILES

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28D: "42. Oldsmobile Cutlass model"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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29D: "44. Like 45-Down's flaw"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that bringing death
  • Similar words include: fateful, calamitous, disastrous
  • Opposite of: nonfatal
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FATAL

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30D: "45. Mythical figure undone by hubris"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) son of daedalus; while escaping from crete with his father (using the wings daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the aegean and drowned
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ICARUS

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31D: "46. Prima ballerina"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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32D: "48. Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speak"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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33D: "49. Police weapon"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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34D: "52. Transition points"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a gothic arch)
  • Similar words include: cusp, leaflet
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CUSPS

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35D: "56. Blue Ribbon brand"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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36D: "57. Ice cream parlor offerings"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a milkshake made with malt powder
  • Similar words include: malted, malt liquor, malt
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MALTS

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37D: "59. Borscht base"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that biennial eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
  • Similar words include: Beta vulgaris, beetroot, common beet
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BEETS

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38D: "61. Classic theater name"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large and stately mansion
  • Similar words include: castle
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PALACE

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39D: "63. Struggles with sibilant sounds"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
  • Similar words include: lisp, list-processing language, LISP
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LISPS

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40D: "65. Law, but not order"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the particular occupation for which you are trained
  • Similar words include: calling, life history, vocation
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CAREER

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41D: "66. Hints"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a slight but appreciable amount
  • Similar words include: hint, undertone, colour
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TINGES

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42D: "68. Word with record or union"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a brief description given for purposes of identification
  • Similar words include: judge, mark, recording label
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LABEL

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43D: "69. World capital near the Andean foothills"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that city in the northern dominican republic
  • Similar words include: Gran Santiago, capital of Chile, Santiago de Chile
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SANTIAGO

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44D: "70. Give a twist"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that turn on or around an axis or a center
  • Similar words include: revolve, splay, go around
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ROTATE

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45D: "71. Downright mean"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; - ezra pound
  • Similar words include: smutty, awful, tight
  • Opposite of: nice
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NASTY

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46D: "73. Bit of wisdom"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
  • Similar words include: bead, bone, drop
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PEARL

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47D: "74. Founder of the Mughal Empire"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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48D: "77. String-plucking sound"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
  • Similar words include: nasal twang
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TWANG

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49D: "79. Sources in etymology"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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50D: "80. Prone"

9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that get into a prostrate position, as in submission
  • Similar words include: flat, prone, bow down
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PROSTRATE

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51D: "81. Some summers, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
  • Similar words include: CPA, certified public accountant
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CPAS

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52D: "82. Black-and-white desserts"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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53D: "83. Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campus"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a university in paris; intellectual center of france
  • Similar words include: University of Paris, Paris University
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SORBONNE

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54D: "85. Shell filling stations"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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55D: "87. Basic programming command"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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56D: "89. Chicken pieces"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something that can be used as an official medium of payment
  • Similar words include: pinnace, ship's boat, legal tender
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TENDERS

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57D: "90. Part of AT&T: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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58D: "92. Ballet or bourrée, in Bourgogne"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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59D: "97. Do a diner job"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
  • Similar words include: jalopy, coach, passenger vehicle
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BUS

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60D: "98. Gathering of moles"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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61D: "100. Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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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62D: "102. Continued interminably"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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63D: "103. Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g."

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something that happens at a given place and time
  • Similar words include: result, issue, upshot
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EVENT

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64D: "105. Buzzing nuisance"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GNAT

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65D: "107. Glitzy fabric"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who doesn't understand what is going on
  • Similar words include: halting, square, crippled
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LAME

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66D: "108. Like some cheese"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that people who are old collectively
  • Similar words include: get on, cured, senesce
  • Opposite of: young, rejuvenate
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AGED

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67D: "110. "Gotcha""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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68D: "111. Blue-necked bird"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
  • Similar words include: Emu novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit, Dromaius novaehollandiae
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EMU

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69D: "112. "___ Believer""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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70D: "114. Flock formation"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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71D: "115. Blue-winged bird"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with britain and served as the first chief justice of the united states supreme court (1745-1829)
  • Similar words include: John Jay
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JAY

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69 Across Clues
71 Down Clues
140 Total Clues

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