December 02, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, December 02, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle December 02, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. 1962 #1 hit that the BBC once deemed "too morbid" to play	11
2A	12. Supplements supplier	3
3A	15. First person plural?	11
4A	16. Friend of Lumpy the Heffalump	3
5A	17. Highest bar?	11
6A	18. Directional suffix	3
7A	19. Frosty the Snowman's nose, for one	6
8A	20. Like Chicago, geographically	7
9A	22. Meatless food brand	4
10A	23. Where some vets were based	3
11A	25. They may be mild or minced	5
12A	26. First indication	5
13A	29. Makes out in England	5
14A	30. Comment made with eyes closed, perhaps	10
15A	34. Quench	4
16A	36. Shorthand at a coffee shop	3
17A	37. Talks smack about	7
18A	39. What may come as a relief?	3
19A	40. Does something accidentally, perhaps	4
20A	42. "Don't tell me what happens yet!"	10
21A	44. Silly ones	5
22A	46. Actress Smith of "Why Did I Get Married?"	5
23A	47. Daredevil's helmet attachment, maybe	5
24A	48. Windows portal	3
25A	49. Genre for Blackpink or Red Velvet	4
26A	53. Steak option for a pescatarian	7
27A	55. Lasting forever, once	6
28A	57. Comfy bit of footwear	3
29A	58. Inclination to prioritize new events over historical ones	11
30A	61. Monogram of 1964's Nobel Peace laureate	3
31A	62. What a camera emoji in an Instagram caption often signifies	11
32A	63. Things people pay not to see	3
33A	64. They know what you're thinking	11

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. 1962 #1 hit that the BBC once deemed "too morbid" to play"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MONSTERMASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "12. Supplements supplier"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. First person plural?"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDITORIALWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Friend of Lumpy the Heffalump"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Highest bar?"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIFETIMEBAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Directional suffix"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of europe and greenland
• Words that mean the same thing: Haliatus albicilla, European sea eagle, gray sea eagle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Frosty the Snowman's nose, for one"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
• Words that mean the same thing: clit, push, release
• The opposite would be: unbutton
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUTTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Like Chicago, geographically"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that in or toward the northern parts of a state
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPSTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Meatless food brand"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Where some vets were based"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. They may be mild or minced"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
• Words that mean the same thing: swearing, cuss, curse word
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. First indication"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the beginning or early stages
• Words that mean the same thing: attack, onrush, onslaught
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Makes out in England"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: snog, osculate, buss
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Comment made with eyes closed, perhaps"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICANTWATCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Quench"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fill to satisfaction
• Words that mean the same thing: fill, replete, satiate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Shorthand at a coffee shop"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Talks smack about"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HATESON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. What may come as a relief?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
• Words that mean the same thing: function, single-valued function, map out
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Does something accidentally, perhaps"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: err, stray, slip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. "Don't tell me what happens yet!""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSPOILERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Silly ones"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
• Words that mean the same thing: jackass, cuckoo, zany
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOOFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Actress Smith of "Why Did I Get Married?""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TASHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Daredevil's helmet attachment, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOPRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Windows portal"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Genre for Blackpink or Red Velvet"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KPOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Steak option for a pescatarian"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHITUNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Lasting forever, once"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETERNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Comfy bit of footwear"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Inclination to prioritize new events over historical ones"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RECENCYBIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Monogram of 1964's Nobel Peace laureate"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MLK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. What a camera emoji in an Instagram caption often signifies"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHOTOCREDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Things people pay not to see"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a public promotion of some product or service
• Words that mean the same thing: advertizement, advert, ad
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. They know what you're thinking"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINDREADERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword December 02, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Toast opening?	5
2D	2. Sense of loathing	5
3D	3. "Swell!"	5
4D	4. University in central Florida	7
5D	5. Completely, after "in"	4
6D	6. Actress Moriarty of "The Boys"	4
7D	7. Something salted at a Mexican restaurant	3
8D	8. Engineer/astronaut Jemison	3
9D	9. Something that's dropped after it's finished	5
10D	10. Cashless deal	4
11D	11. Creator of TV's "Fraggle Rock"	6
12D	12. Unlikely comment from a sore loser	9
13D	13. Guiding light	9
14D	14. Markers used in zigzag drills	5
15D	21. County with 17 of New Mexico's 25 highest peaks	4
16D	23. "Swell!"	5
17D	24. Validates, with "to"	7
18D	27. Last in a series	3
19D	28. Septet in a carol	5
20D	29. Waves away	5
21D	30. Word with cap or cream	3
22D	31. Place to deliver the goods	9
23D	32. Ones long in the tooth?	9
24D	33. First network to broadcast a live session of the House of Representatives	5
25D	35. Short records, for short	3
26D	38. Medical research org.	3
27D	41. Arrange	4
28D	43. Locale for many a sunken boat	7
29D	45. Early happy hour start time	6
30D	47. Delta follows it	5
31D	48. Georgia city with the Tubman Museum	5
32D	50. ___ parade	5
33D	51. [We're broadcasting! Don't interrupt!]	5
34D	52. Exterminators' targets	5
35D	54. Soft drink brand that sounds like a type of sock	4
36D	55. "___ homo"	4
37D	56. Banks who coined the term "smizing"	4
38D	59. Flight abbr.	3
39D	60. Negative connector	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Toast opening?"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dame Nellie Melba, Helen Porter Mitchell
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MELBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Sense of loathing"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: detestation, abomination, loathing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODIUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Swell!""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: corking, dandy, great
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIFTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. University in central Florida"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hat made of felt with a creased crown
• Words that mean the same thing: fedora, trilby, felt hat
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STETSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Completely, after "in""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Actress Moriarty of "The Boys""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Something salted at a Mexican restaurant"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
• Words that mean the same thing: lip, brim, flange
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Engineer/astronaut Jemison"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Something that's dropped after it's finished"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
• Words that mean the same thing: record album
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALBUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Cashless deal"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an equal exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: barter, switch, swop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Creator of TV's "Fraggle Rock""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jim Henson
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HENSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Unlikely comment from a sore loser"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GREATGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Guiding light"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NORTHSTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Markers used in zigzag drills"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any cone-shaped artifact
• Words that mean the same thing: goldbrick, nobble, retinal cone
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. County with 17 of New Mexico's 25 highest peaks"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the pueblo people living in northern new mexico
• Words that mean the same thing: Tao, Taoist
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. "Swell!""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Validates, with "to""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
• Words that mean the same thing: attest, take the stand, manifest
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Last in a series"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Words that mean the same thing: n-th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Septet in a carol"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
• Words that mean the same thing: avow, swan, assert
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Waves away"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that drive away by crying `shoo!'
• Words that mean the same thing: shoo away, shoo off, shoo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Word with cap or cream"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: frappe, ice rink, ice-skating rink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Place to deliver the goods"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARGOHOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Ones long in the tooth?"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFROPICKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. First network to broadcast a live session of the House of Representatives"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CSPAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Short records, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Medical research org."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency in the department of health and human services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Institutes of Health
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Arrange"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
• Words that mean the same thing: screen out, kind, sieve
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Locale for many a sunken boat"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAKEBED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Early happy hour start time"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOURPM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Delta follows it"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the 3rd letter of the greek alphabet
• Words that mean the same thing: da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAMMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Georgia city with the Tubman Museum"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in central georgia to the southeast of atlanta
• Words that mean the same thing: maconnais
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MACON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. ___ parade"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
• Words that mean the same thing: pridefulness, congratulate, plume
• The opposite would be: humility
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. [We're broadcasting! Don't interrupt!]"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Exterminators' targets"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
• Words that mean the same thing: pest, plague, pestis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Soft drink brand that sounds like a type of sock"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. "___ homo""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Banks who coined the term "smizing""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Flight abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
• Words that mean the same thing: explosive trace detection
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. Negative connector"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	63.9%
Short Answer	16	22.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.2%
Food & Drink	2	2.8%
History	2	2.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

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Last Updated: September 05, 2025 at 07:38 PM

January 17, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Wednesday, January 17, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 17, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1A: "1. Baltimore chops"

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: hitting, bump off, tally
• Opposite of: miss

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HITS

2A: "5. Addis ___, Ethiopian capital"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ABABA

3A: "10. "Get lost, Morris!""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
• Similar words include: break away, fly the coop, scarper
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SCAT

4A: "14. Jacob's twin"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) the eldest son of isaac who would have inherited the covenant that god made with abraham and that abraham passed on to isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother jacob for a mess of pottage
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESAU

5A: "15. Seat in a bay window"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that joyful religious song celebrating the birth of christ
• Similar words include: Christmas carol
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAROL

6A: "16. Corn bread"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
• Similar words include: cornpone
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PONE

7A: "17. Goodyear orchestra?"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RUBBERBAND

8A: "19. Wreck"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
• Similar words include: ruination, break, wrecking
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RUIN

9A: "20. Tough trip"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TREK

10A: "21. Throw one's ___ the ring (run)"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HATINTO

11A: "23. A dry Burgundy"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a city in central georgia to the southeast of atlanta
• Similar words include: maconnais
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MACON

12A: "26. Gone by"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that gone by; or in the past
• Similar words include: agone
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AGO

13A: "28. Do over, as a roof"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RETAR

14A: "29. Gives someone a lift"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
• Similar words include: lift up, uplift, pick up
• Opposite of: depress

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELATES

15A: "31. Unchaste"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that combined with extraneous elements
• Similar words include: unclean
• Opposite of: clean, pure

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IMPURE

16A: "33. Finally"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ATLAST

17A: "34. Type of crocodile"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern africa into the mediterranean; the nile river valley in egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
• Similar words include: Nile River
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NILE

18A: "35. "Treasure Island" auth."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RLS

19A: "38. Entertainer Carter"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NELL

20A: "39. Evangelist McPherson"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AIMEE

21A: "41. Scrap"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quarrel about petty points
• Similar words include: tiff, ptyalize, applaud
• Opposite of: boo

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPAT

22A: "42. Cycle starter"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TRI

23A: "43. Fashion item"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very short skirt
• Similar words include: miniskirt
• Opposite of: midi

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MINI

24A: "44. Brightest star in Aquila"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that double star 15.7 light years from earth; the brightest star in the aquila constellation
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALTAIR

25A: "46. Of a nerve"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of or relating to the nervous system
• Similar words include: neuronic, nervous, neuronal
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NEURAL

26A: "48. ___ del Fuego"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TIERRA

27A: "49. Set off"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• Similar words include: get down, get, start
• Opposite of: end

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEGAN

28A: "51. Actor Gulager"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CLU

29A: "53. Blair of "Marty""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BETSY

30A: "54. Coat, in a way"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cover or coat with a crust
• Similar words include: incrust, beset
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENCRUST

31A: "56. Blind, in falconry"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEEL

32A: "58. "Woe is me!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Similar words include: ala, unfortunately, unluckily
• Opposite of: fortunately, luckily

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALAS

33A: "59. Lofty Wright Brothers?"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person of great ability and ambition
• Similar words include: highflier, highflyer
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HIGHFLIERS

34A: "64. Labor leader Conboy: 1870-1928"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SARA

35A: "65. Place for a VCR"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TVSET

36A: "66. First name in daredeviltry"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EVEL

37A: "67. Antimacassar"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
• Similar words include: neaten, goodish, clean up
• Opposite of: untidy

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TIDY

38A: "68. Machine parts"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
• Similar words include: power train, cogwheel, gear mechanism
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GEARS

39A: "69. Risqué"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
• Similar words include: aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal
• Opposite of: unsexy, anaphrodisiac

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEXY

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1D: "1. "Rings on ___ fingers ... ""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: HER

2D: "2. Inst. at Ames"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ISU

3D: "3. Check"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bill in a restaurant
• Similar words include: pill, yellow journalism, tabloid
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TAB

4D: "4. Accountant's partial sum"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sum of part of a group of numbers
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SUBTOTAL

5D: "5. Seaport in Israel"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ACRE

6D: "6. Rum cake"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BABKA

7D: "7. Heavenly Altar"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a constellation in the southern hemisphere near telescopium and norma
• Similar words include: genus Ara
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARA

8D: "8. Geniality"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
• Similar words include: amiability, geniality, affability
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BONHOMIE

9D: "9. Star in "The Four Seasons""

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALDA

10D: "10. More agile"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that moving quickly and lightly
• Similar words include: spry, agile, nimble
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPRIER

11D: "11. Role for Geiger?"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
• Similar words include: vis-a-vis, opposite number, similitude
• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: COUNTERPART

12D: "12. Writer Loos"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANITA

13D: "13. Drift"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the adult male singing voice above baritone
• Similar words include: tenor voice, strain
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TENOR

14D: "18. Birds of merit?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of europe and greenland
• Similar words include: Haliatus albicilla, white-tailed sea eagle, gray sea eagle
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ERNES

15D: "22. "___ Love," Porter song"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Similar words include: dependable, reliable, truthful
• Opposite of: untruthful, false

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TRUE

16D: "23. Intended"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that mean or intend to express or convey
• Similar words include: have in mind, think, signify
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MEANT

17D: "24. Modify"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
• Similar words include: neuter, interpolate, castrate
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALTER

18D: "25. Hilarious Mister Bell?"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CALLINGCARD

19D: "27. Whitney's factory?"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
• Similar words include: bar, taproom, saloon
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GINMILL

20D: "30. Flight member"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
• Similar words include: step
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STAIR

21D: "32. Kilt feature"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
• Similar words include: plicate, ruffle, plait
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PLEAT

22D: "36. Retreats"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
• Similar words include: lair, den
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LAIRS

23D: "37. Ramble"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
• Similar words include: rove, ramble, roll
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STRAY

24D: "40. Still"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
• Similar words include: dormant, passive, static
• Opposite of: operational, active

Click to reveal answer

Answer: INACTIVE

25D: "41. Rainbow trouts, informally"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STEELIES

26D: "43. Lambda followers"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MUNU

27D: "45. Cause for a suit"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIBEL

28D: "47. Soho scuttlebutt"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EARSAY

29D: "49. Ron Perlman title role"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Similar words include: savage, creature, animate being
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEAST

30D: "50. Zhou ___ of China"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENLAI

31D: "52. Courtroom doorkeeper"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that irish prelate who deduced from the bible that creation occurred in the year 4004 bc (1581-1656)
• Similar words include: James Usher, James Ussher, Ussher
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: USHER

32D: "55. Lack, in brief"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SHTG

33D: "57. Frog's cousins"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
• Similar words include: eft
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EFTS

34D: "60. Org. started by J. Low"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a central management agency that sets federal policy for federal procurement and real property management and information resources management
• Similar words include: General Services Administration
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GSA

35D: "61. December 24, e.g."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Similar words include: eventide, even, evening
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EVE

36D: "62. "Oedipus ___," Sophocles play"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
• Similar words include: male monarch, king
• Opposite of: female monarch, queen

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REX

37D: "63. Nickname for Stallone"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that marked by skill in deception
• Similar words include: slick, tricksy, dodgy
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SLY

Puzzle Stats

39 Across

37 Down

76 Total

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