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Sunday, October 12, 2025

All NYT Across Clues October 12, 2025 - 57 Horizontal Answers with Hints

NYT Across Today October 12, 2025: Complete Horizontal Clues Walkthrough

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 57 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for October 12, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Sunday, October 12, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date October 12, 2025
Day of Week Sunday
Total Across Clues 57 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Medium

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 57 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. Common sight near the entrance of a mall
2 Across 4. Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"?
3 Across 10. Gives some heat, say
4 Across 14. Cry of frustration
5 Across 18. Like
6 Across 19. Blew out
7 Across 21. Sound from a horn
8 Across 22. Bull in a Chihuahua shop
9 Across 23. Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.]
10 Across 25. Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short
11 Across 27. Angler's lure
12 Across 28. Words on a juice carton
13 Across 30. What many monks and yogis are
14 Across 34. "Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief
15 Across 35. Director Rob
16 Across 36. Lampshade-shaped candy piece
17 Across 37. Rock band?
18 Across 40. Tidbits
19 Across 41. Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.]
20 Across 45. Faint
21 Across 47. "Please. It's my ___"
22 Across 48. Letter opener?
23 Across 54. Young girl in Scotland
24 Across 57. Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g.
25 Across 58. Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day
26 Across 59. Word with straw or exit
27 Across 60. Writer Silverstein
28 Across 62. Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say
29 Across 63. Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle
30 Across 71. Song in a book of songs
31 Across 72. Chance
32 Across 73. Biohazard regulator, in brief
33 Across 74. Platoon or battalion
34 Across 75. "The Facts of Life" girl
35 Across 78. Aerodynamic quality
36 Across 83. Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.]
37 Across 87. Plug, as water
38 Across 88. Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif.
39 Across 89. Observe the expected formalities
40 Across 92. Nays
41 Across 96. Job requirements for top research positions, in brief
42 Across 97. Facility
43 Across 98. Leveled
44 Across 99. Put on
45 Across 101. Buddhist riddles
46 Across 105. Split something equally [24 in.]
47 Across 110. Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!)
48 Across 111. Lamborghinis, to some
49 Across 112. Waving the white flag, so to speak
50 Across 116. Citrus drinks
51 Across 117. Rock's Nirvana, for one
52 Across 118. When mating typically occurs
53 Across 119. Org. that collaborates with MADD
54 Across 120. Quirky sort
55 Across 121. John, across the pond
56 Across 122. "Uh, your point is ...?"
57 Across 123. Sweets

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. Common sight near the entrance of a mall"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'P'
  • Similar words: represent, map out
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MAP

2 Across: "4. Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: B____G
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BADDOG

3 Across: "10. Gives some heat, say"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A__S
  • Similar words: munition, blazonry
  • Opposite of: disarm
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: weapons considered collectively
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ARMS

4 Across: "14. Cry of frustration"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

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

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ARGH

5 Across: "18. Like"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALA

6 Across: "19. Blew out"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: E_____D
  • Similar words: emanate, expire
  • Opposite of: inhale
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: expel air
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EXHALED

7 Across: "21. Sound from a horn"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: B__P
  • Similar words: toot, claxon
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BEEP

8 Across: "22. Bull in a Chihuahua shop"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: T__O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TORO

9 Across: "23. Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.]"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: M_________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MINEALLMINE

10 Across: "25. Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: B_______S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BARISAXES

11 Across: "27. Angler's lure"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: B__T
  • Similar words: razz, rag
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: anything that serves as an enticement
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BAIT

12 Across: "28. Words on a juice carton"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 18 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 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOTFROMCONCENTRATE

13 Across: "30. What many monks and yogis are"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A______S
  • Similar words: ascetic, abstainer
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASCETICS

14 Across: "34. "Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ETS

15 Across: "35. Director Rob"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: R____R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer REINER

16 Across: "36. Lampshade-shaped candy piece"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: R__O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ROLO

17 Across: "37. Rock band?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: S__M
  • Similar words: crease, line
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SEAM

18 Across: "40. Tidbits"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: M_____S
  • Similar words: bite, bit
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a small quantity of anything
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MORSELS

19 Across: "41. Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.]"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: F_________S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FENNELBULBS

20 Across: "45. Faint"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: S___N
  • Similar words: deliquium, syncope
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SWOON

21 Across: "47. "Please. It's my ___""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: T___T
  • Similar words: kickshaw, process
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: something considered choice to eat
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TREAT

22 Across: "48. Letter opener?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 18 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: T________________N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TOWHOMITMAYCONCERN

23 Across: "54. Young girl in Scotland"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

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

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WEELASSIE

24 Across: "57. Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: R___S
  • Similar words: rite, religious rite
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RITES

25 Across: "58. Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: A__Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AHOY

26 Across: "59. Word with straw or exit"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: P__L
  • Similar words: canvas, opinion poll
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer POLL

27 Across: "60. Writer Silverstein"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: S__L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SHEL

28 Across: "62. Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: W__Y
  • Similar words: foxy, sly
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: marked by skill in deception
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WILY

29 Across: "63. Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 19 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: M_________________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MEASURETWICECUTONCE

30 Across: "71. Song in a book of songs"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: H__N
  • Similar words: anthem
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HYMN

31 Across: "72. Chance"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: R__K
  • Similar words: jeopardy, take a chance
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RISK

32 Across: "73. Biohazard regulator, in brief"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: O__A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OSHA

33 Across: "74. Platoon or battalion"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: U__T
  • Similar words: whole, building block
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer UNIT

34 Across: "75. "The Facts of Life" girl"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: B___R
  • Similar words: Tony Blair
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BLAIR

35 Across: "78. Aerodynamic quality"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S_______S
  • Similar words: silkiness
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SLEEKNESS

36 Across: "83. Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.]"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 14 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: G____________I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GALILEOGALILEI

37 Across: "87. Plug, as water"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: D___P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DAMUP

38 Across: "88. Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: I___L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer INTEL

39 Across: "89. Observe the expected formalities"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 15 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: S_____________Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer STANDONCEREMONY

40 Across: "92. Nays"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: N_____S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 40

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOVOTES

41 Across: "96. Job requirements for top research positions, in brief"

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: PhD, Ph.D.
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 41

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PHDS

42 Across: "97. Facility"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: E__E
  • Similar words: still, relaxation
  • Opposite of: difficulty
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
  • This is Across clue number 42

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EASE

43 Across: "98. Leveled"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: E____D
  • Similar words: even, flush
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: make level or straight
  • This is Across clue number 43

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EVENED

44 Across: "99. Put on"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
  • Similar words: tote up, add together
  • Opposite of: take away
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 44

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ADD

45 Across: "101. Buddhist riddles"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'Z' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: Z______S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 45

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ZENKOANS

46 Across: "105. Split something equally [24 in.]"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 14 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: W____________Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 46

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WENTFIFTYFIFTY

47 Across: "110. Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: F__A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 47

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FLEA

48 Across: "111. Lamborghinis, to some"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: D_______S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 48

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DREAMCARS

49 Across: "112. Waving the white flag, so to speak"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 15 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: C_____________T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 49

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CONCEDINGDEFEAT

50 Across: "116. Citrus drinks"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A__S
  • Similar words: ade, fruit drink
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
  • This is Across clue number 50

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ADES

51 Across: "117. Rock's Nirvana, for one"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: T__O
  • Similar words: leash, trine
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
  • This is Across clue number 51

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TRIO

52 Across: "118. When mating typically occurs"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: E_____E
  • Similar words: end game
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the final stages of an extended process of negotiation
  • This is Across clue number 52

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ENDGAME

53 Across: "119. Org. that collaborates with MADD"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 53

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PTA

54 Across: "120. Quirky sort"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: D__K
  • Similar words: jerk
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a dull stupid fatuous person
  • This is Across clue number 54

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DORK

55 Across: "121. John, across the pond"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: S__N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 55

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SEAN

56 Across: "122. "Uh, your point is ...?""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: Y____O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 56

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer YEAHSO

57 Across: "123. Sweets"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'N'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 57

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HON

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 57 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.

About This Page: We provide comprehensive Across clues solutions and hints for the NYT Crossword to help you improve your solving skills. This site is not affiliated with The New York Times.

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October 12, 2025 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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Across Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Common sight near the entrance of a mall 3
2A 4. Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"? 6
3A 10. Gives some heat, say 4
4A 14. Cry of frustration 4
5A 18. Like 3
6A 19. Blew out 7
7A 21. Sound from a horn 4
8A 22. Bull in a Chihuahua shop 4
9A 23. Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.] 11
10A 25. Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short 9
11A 27. Angler's lure 4
12A 28. Words on a juice carton 18
13A 30. What many monks and yogis are 8
14A 34. "Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief 3
15A 35. Director Rob 6
16A 36. Lampshade-shaped candy piece 4
17A 37. Rock band? 4
18A 40. Tidbits 7
19A 41. Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.] 11
20A 45. Faint 5
21A 47. "Please. It's my ___" 5
22A 48. Letter opener? 18
23A 54. Young girl in Scotland 9
24A 57. Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g. 5
25A 58. Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day 4
26A 59. Word with straw or exit 4
27A 60. Writer Silverstein 4
28A 62. Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say 4
29A 63. Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle 19
30A 71. Song in a book of songs 4
31A 72. Chance 4
32A 73. Biohazard regulator, in brief 4
33A 74. Platoon or battalion 4
34A 75. "The Facts of Life" girl 5
35A 78. Aerodynamic quality 9
36A 83. Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.] 14
37A 87. Plug, as water 5
38A 88. Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif. 5
39A 89. Observe the expected formalities 15
40A 92. Nays 7
41A 96. Job requirements for top research positions, in brief 4
42A 97. Facility 4
43A 98. Leveled 6
44A 99. Put on 3
45A 101. Buddhist riddles 8
46A 105. Split something equally [24 in.] 14
47A 110. Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!) 4
48A 111. Lamborghinis, to some 9
49A 112. Waving the white flag, so to speak 15
50A 116. Citrus drinks 4
51A 117. Rock's Nirvana, for one 4
52A 118. When mating typically occurs 7
53A 119. Org. that collaborates with MADD 3
54A 120. Quirky sort 4
55A 121. John, across the pond 4
56A 122. "Uh, your point is ...?" 6
57A 123. Sweets 3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Common sight near the entrance of a mall"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
  • Similar words include: function, mapping, map out
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MAP

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2A: "4. Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"?"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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3A: "10. Gives some heat, say"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that weapons considered collectively
  • Similar words include: limb, gird, coat of arms
  • Opposite of: disarm
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Answer: ARMS

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4A: "14. Cry of frustration"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ARGH

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5A: "18. Like"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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6A: "19. Blew out"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that give out (breath or an odor)
  • Similar words include: expire, give forth, emanate
  • Opposite of: inhale
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Answer: EXHALED

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7A: "21. Sound from a horn"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
  • Similar words include: blare, toot, claxon
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BEEP

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8A: "22. Bull in a Chihuahua shop"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: TORO

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9A: "23. Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.]"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: MINEALLMINE

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10A: "25. Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: BARISAXES

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11A: "27. Angler's lure"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that anything that serves as an enticement
  • Similar words include: tease, come-on, lure
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BAIT

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12A: "28. Words on a juice carton"

18 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________________
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Answer: NOTFROMCONCENTRATE

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13A: "30. What many monks and yogis are"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  • Similar words include: abstainer, ascetic
  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: ASCETICS

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14A: "34. "Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETS

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15A: "35. Director Rob"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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16A: "36. Lampshade-shaped candy piece"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROLO

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17A: "37. Rock band?"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
  • Similar words include: bed, crinkle, line
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEAM

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18A: "40. Tidbits"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small quantity of anything
  • Similar words include: bite, bit, morsel
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MORSELS

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19A: "41. Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.]"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
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Answer: FENNELBULBS

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20A: "45. Faint"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
  • Similar words include: pass out, conk, deliquium
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SWOON

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21A: "47. "Please. It's my ___""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something considered choice to eat
  • Similar words include: goody, care for, handle
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TREAT

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22A: "48. Letter opener?"

18 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________________
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Answer: TOWHOMITMAYCONCERN

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23A: "54. Young girl in Scotland"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: WEELASSIE

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24A: "57. Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
  • Similar words include: ritual, religious rite, rite
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: RITES

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25A: "58. Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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26A: "59. Word with straw or exit"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
  • Similar words include: pollard, poll parrot, public opinion poll
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: POLL

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27A: "60. Writer Silverstein"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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28A: "62. Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by skill in deception
  • Similar words include: guileful, crafty, slick
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: WILY

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29A: "63. Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle"

19 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________________
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Answer: MEASURETWICECUTONCE

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30A: "71. Song in a book of songs"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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31A: "72. Chance"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
  • Similar words include: put on the line, adventure, risk of infection
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RISK

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32A: "73. Biohazard regulator, in brief"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
  • Similar words include: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OSHA

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33A: "74. Platoon or battalion"

4 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: social unit, building block, unit of measurement
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: UNIT

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34A: "75. "The Facts of Life" girl"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that british statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
  • Similar words include: Tony Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BLAIR

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35A: "78. Aerodynamic quality"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored
  • Similar words include: silkiness
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SLEEKNESS

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36A: "83. Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.]"

14 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GALILEOGALILEI

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37A: "87. Plug, as water"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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38A: "88. Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif."

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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39A: "89. Observe the expected formalities"

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STANDONCEREMONY

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40A: "92. Nays"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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41A: "96. Job requirements for top research positions, in brief"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
  • Similar words include: PhD, Ph.D.
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PHDS

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42A: "97. Facility"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
  • Similar words include: still, allay, comfort
  • Opposite of: difficulty
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EASE

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43A: "98. Leveled"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that make level or straight
  • Similar words include: flush, even out, even
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EVENED

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44A: "99. Put on"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
  • Similar words include: tot up, minimal brain damage, bring
  • Opposite of: take away, subtract
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ADD

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45A: "101. Buddhist riddles"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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46A: "105. Split something equally [24 in.]"

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WENTFIFTYFIFTY

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47A: "110. Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!)"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FLEA

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48A: "111. Lamborghinis, to some"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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49A: "112. Waving the white flag, so to speak"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CONCEDINGDEFEAT

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50A: "116. Citrus drinks"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
  • Similar words include: fruit drink, ade
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ADES

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51A: "117. Rock's Nirvana, for one"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
  • Similar words include: three, threesome, III
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TRIO

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52A: "118. When mating typically occurs"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the final stages of an extended process of negotiation
  • Similar words include: end game
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ENDGAME

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53A: "119. Org. that collaborates with MADD"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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54A: "120. Quirky sort"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a dull stupid fatuous person
  • Similar words include: jerk
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DORK

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55A: "121. John, across the pond"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAN

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56A: "122. "Uh, your point is ...?""

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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57A: "123. Sweets"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Green or black African menace 5
2D 2. Spider-Man, for one 5
3D 3. Freak out 5
4D 4. Good name for an apiarist? 3
5D 5. Rocker ___ Rose 3
6D 6. UPS competitor 3
7D 7. Sends to Hades 5
8D 8. Mishmash 4
9D 9. Bloke 4
10D 10. Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father" 5
11D 11. Chews (out) 5
12D 12. Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally 4
13D 13. Postdebate areas 9
14D 14. Some old game consoles 6
15D 15. ___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist" 6
16D 16. Fairy tale sibling 6
17D 17. Doofuses, north of the border 6
18D 20. Absolutely, in slang 3
19D 24. Never-ending 7
20D 26. CPR pressure points 6
21D 29. Cycle at night? 3
22D 31. Core-strengthening Pilates exercises 7
23D 32. Badly 3
24D 33. It's covered in kernels 3
25D 37. ___ gin fizz 4
26D 38. "Charlotte's Web" author's inits. 3
27D 39. Wood found in restaurant furniture 3
28D 40. Speck 4
29D 41. Online shorthand meaning "Victory!" 3
30D 42. Afore 3
31D 43. Previously known as 3
32D 44. Of help 5
33D 45. "Turn that frown upside down!" 5
34D 46. Clever sort 3
35D 49. Big name in vacuum cleaners 5
36D 50. [It's time for bed!] 4
37D 51. Sharply dressed 4
38D 52. Part 4
39D 53. The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards 3
40D 55. Pittance 3
41D 56. Camera type, for short 3
42D 60. Barista's flourish 5
43D 61. ___ Eminence 3
44D 63. Mouthy bird? 4
45D 64. Name found in "whole milk" 4
46D 65. Prefix with matter 4
47D 66. One of many in the book of Job 5
48D 67. Actor Firth 5
49D 68. Employ 3
50D 69. Hot French beverage 3
51D 70. "Resolute" item in the Oval Office 7
52D 71. Hold dear, perhaps 3
53D 75. Men who marry later in life 9
54D 76. Rafts 4
55D 77. Ripen 3
56D 78. Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels 4
57D 79. Recite 7
58D 80. Moody music genre 3
59D 81. Light up? 3
60D 82. Worker with a handler 3
61D 84. Easy-listening radio category 6
62D 85. "More or less" 3
63D 86. Business name abbr. 3
64D 90. Poor grade 3
65D 91. Took off 3
66D 92. Man who might be installing a baby gate 6
67D 93. Gild the lily, with "it" 6
68D 94. Facade 6
69D 95. Not distracted at work 6
70D 96. Email attachment type 3
71D 99. Body parts examined for arrhythmia 5
72D 100. Big name in vacuum cleaners 5
73D 101. Company that owns Words With Friends 5
74D 102. A, in Ashkelon 5
75D 103. "Totally cool!" 5
76D 104. Old Scratch 5
77D 106. Chow 4
78D 107. Pretty cool stuff 3
79D 108. Big Apple's bravest, in brief 4
80D 109. Something a beach lifeguard monitors 4
81D 113. Cry of frustration 3
82D 114. Insta chats 3
83D 115. Fair-hiring inits. 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Green or black African menace"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that arboreal snake of central and southern africa whose bite is often fatal
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MAMBA

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2D: "2. Spider-Man, for one"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a name that has been assumed temporarily
  • Similar words include: assumed name, a.k.a., false name
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALIAS

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3D: "3. Freak out"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  • Similar words include: affright, terror, scare
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PANIC

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4D: "4. Good name for an apiarist?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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5D: "5. Rocker ___ Rose"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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6D: "6. UPS competitor"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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7D: "7. Sends to Hades"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something of little value
  • Similar words include: curse, damn, imprecate
  • Opposite of: bless
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DAMNS

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8D: "8. Mishmash"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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9D: "9. Bloke"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
  • Similar words include: lad, chap, feller
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GENT

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10D: "10. Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the superior of an abbey of monks
  • Similar words include: archimandrite
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ABBOT

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11D: "11. Chews (out)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large quantity of written matter
  • Similar words include: ream
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REAMS

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12D: "12. Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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13D: "13. Postdebate areas"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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14D: "14. Some old game consoles"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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15D: "15. ___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist""

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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16D: "16. Fairy tale sibling"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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17D: "17. Doofuses, north of the border"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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18D: "20. Absolutely, in slang"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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19D: "24. Never-ending"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that continuing forever or indefinitely
  • Similar words include: unending, ageless, eonian
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ETERNAL

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20D: "26. CPR pressure points"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a genus of sterninae
  • Similar words include: sternum, genus Sterna, breastbone
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STERNA

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21D: "29. Cycle at night?"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
  • Similar words include: rapid eye movement sleep, rapid eye movement, paradoxical sleep
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REM

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22D: "31. Core-strengthening Pilates exercises"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: TOETAPS

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23D: "32. Badly"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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  • Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
  • Similar words include: complaint, inauspicious, ailment
  • Opposite of: well
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Answer: ILL

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24D: "33. It's covered in kernels"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that nut of any of several trees of the genus corylus
  • Similar words include: hazelnut, filbert, Larus marinus
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: COB

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25D: "37. ___ gin fizz"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that wild plum of northeastern united states having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
  • Similar words include: Prunus alleghaniensis, Alleghany plum, Prunus spinosa
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SLOE

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26D: "38. "Charlotte's Web" author's inits."

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: EBW

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27D: "39. Wood found in restaurant furniture"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
  • Similar words include: ash tree
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ASH

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28D: "40. Speck"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
  • Similar words include: particle, molecule, speck
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: MOTE

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29D: "41. Online shorthand meaning "Victory!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: FTW

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30D: "42. Afore"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ERE

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31D: "43. Previously known as"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: NEE

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32D: "44. Of help"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that being of use or service
  • Similar words include: useful
  • Opposite of: useless
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Answer: UTILE

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33D: "45. "Turn that frown upside down!""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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  • Think of something that a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
  • Similar words include: grin, smiling, grinning
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SMILE

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34D: "46. Clever sort"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  • Similar words include: brain, brainpower, wittiness
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: WIT

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35D: "49. Big name in vacuum cleaners"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ORECK

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36D: "50. [It's time for bed!]"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
  • Similar words include: yaw, yawning, oscitance
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: YAWN

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37D: "51. Sharply dressed"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that elegance by virtue of being fashionable
  • Similar words include: swank, modishness, smartness
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: CHIC

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38D: "52. Part"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
  • Similar words include: function, part, use
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROLE

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39D: "53. The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: NYY

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40D: "55. Pittance"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a former french coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOU

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41D: "56. Camera type, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SLR

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42D: "60. Barista's flourish"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the shape of something rotating rapidly
  • Similar words include: purl, twirl, whirlpool
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SWIRL

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43D: "61. ___ Eminence"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: HIS

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44D: "63. Mouthy bird?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tropical asian starlings
  • Similar words include: minah, mina, mynah bird
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: MYNA

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45D: "64. Name found in "whole milk""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: EMIL

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46D: "65. Prefix with matter"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
  • Opposite of: pro
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ANTI

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47D: "66. One of many in the book of Job"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of testing something
  • Similar words include: trial run, tribulation, visitation
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TRIAL

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48D: "67. Actor Firth"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: COLIN

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49D: "68. Employ"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of using
  • Similar words include: utilization, utilisation, economic consumption
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: USE

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50D: "69. Hot French beverage"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: THE

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51D: "70. "Resolute" item in the Oval Office"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: OAKDESK

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52D: "71. Hold dear, perhaps"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a tight or amorous embrace
  • Similar words include: clinch, squeeze, bosom
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: HUG

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53D: "75. Men who marry later in life"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states anthropologist (1887-1948)
  • Similar words include: Ruth Fulton, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: BENEDICTS

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54D: "76. Rafts"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large number or amount
  • Similar words include: stacks, set, caboodle
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: LOTS

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55D: "77. Ripen"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that how long something has existed
  • Similar words include: eld, years, geezerhood
  • Opposite of: rejuvenate
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Answer: AGE

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56D: "78. Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
  • Similar words include: sea, ocean
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: SEAS

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57D: "79. Recite"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: NAMEOFF

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58D: "80. Moody music genre"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: EMO

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59D: "81. Light up?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
  • Similar words include: Sunday, sunbathe, solarize
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SUN

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60D: "82. Worker with a handler"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
  • Similar words include: stag, espy, descry
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SPY

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61D: "84. Easy-listening radio category"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: LITEFM

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62D: "85. "More or less""

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ISH

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63D: "86. Business name abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: LTD

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64D: "90. Poor grade"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: DEE

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65D: "91. Took off"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
  • Similar words include: work, ladder, melt
  • Opposite of: malfunction, idle
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Answer: RAN

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66D: "92. Man who might be installing a baby gate"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: NEWDAD

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67D: "93. Gild the lily, with "it""

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that do something to an excessive degree
  • Similar words include: exaggerate
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: OVERDO

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68D: "94. Facade"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
  • Similar words include: veneering, facing
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: VENEER

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69D: "95. Not distracted at work"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: ONTASK

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70D: "96. Email attachment type"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: PDF

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71D: "99. Body parts examined for arrhythmia"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
  • Similar words include: atrium
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ATRIA

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72D: "100. Big name in vacuum cleaners"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: DYSON

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73D: "101. Company that owns Words With Friends"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ZYNGA

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74D: "102. A, in Ashkelon"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the 1st letter of the hebrew alphabet
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ALEPH

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75D: "103. "Totally cool!""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: NEATO

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76D: "104. Old Scratch"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (judeo-christian and islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of god; tempter of mankind; master of hell
  • Similar words include: the Tempter, Beelzebub, Lucifer
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SATAN

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77D: "106. Chow"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an agenda of things to do
  • Similar words include: come, transportation, do
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: FARE

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78D: "107. Pretty cool stuff"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
  • Similar words include: chalk, glass, chicken feed
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ICE

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79D: "108. Big Apple's bravest, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: FDNY

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80D: "109. Something a beach lifeguard monitors"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
  • Similar words include: surge, lunar time period
  • Opposite of: ebb
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Answer: TIDE

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81D: "113. Cry of frustration"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: GAH

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82D: "114. Insta chats"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
  • Similar words include: decimeter, dm, diabetes mellitus
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: DMS

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83D: "115. Fair-hiring inits."

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: EEO

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83 Down Clues
140 Total Clues

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