May 19, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (45 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (31 Across, 45 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

May 19, 2021 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. This is the way the world began, per 51-Across	7
2A	8. Track makers	6
3A	14. Refuge	8
4A	15. Form a scab, say	6
5A	16. At an ungodly hour	15
6A	18. Words before a date	4
7A	19. Just below C level?	5
8A	20. OPEC unit: Abbr.	3
9A	21. Develop wrinkles, say	3
10A	24. Literature Nobelist who penned 71-Across	7
11A	26. Question from one who's lost	8
12A	31. Small battery type	3
13A	32. Away	3
14A	33. Salon brand with 100% vegan products	5
15A	35. Throngs	4
16A	39. Tomorrow's cash flow assessed today	15
17A	43. Boris Godunov, for one	4
18A	44. World capital NE of Vientiane	5
19A	45. ___ lab	3
20A	46. "Yadda, yadda, yadda"	3
21A	49. Fictional N.Y.C. locale on children's TV	8
22A	51. Physics Nobelist who co-discovered cosmic microwave background radiation, confirming 1-Across	7
23A	55. ___-mo	3
24A	56. Home of the Rosa Parks Museum: Abbr.	3
25A	57. Fishing net	5
26A	60. E.P.A. targets since the '70s	4
27A	64. Classic film series that anticipated the invention of hoverboards	15
28A	68. Mosey	6
29A	69. Spots for hoops	8
30A	70. Conical construction	6
31A	71. "This is the way the world ends," per 24-Across	7

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. This is the way the world began, per 51-Across"

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: BIGBANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Track makers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a step in walking or running
• Words that mean the same thing: stride, trample, step
• 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: TREADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Refuge"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: SAFEAREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Form a scab, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: HEALUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. At an ungodly hour"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: PASTONESBEDTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Words before a date"

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: ASOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Just below C level?"

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: DPLUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. OPEC unit: 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 any of various units of capacity
• Words that mean the same thing: barrel
• 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: BBL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Develop wrinkles, say"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: long time, geezerhood, old age
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. Literature Nobelist who penned 71-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: TSELIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Question from one who's lost"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: WHEREAMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "31. Small battery type"

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 aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
• Words that mean the same thing: abdominal aortic aneurysm
• 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: AAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "32. Away"

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 (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
• Words that mean the same thing: come out, KO'd, proscribed
• The opposite would be: safe
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "33. Salon brand with 100% vegan products"

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: AVEDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Throngs"

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 disorderly crowd of people
• Words that mean the same thing: pack, mob, gang
• 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: MOBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "39. Tomorrow's cash flow assessed today"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: NETPRESENTVALUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "43. Boris Godunov, for one"

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 a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: czar, tzar
• 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: TSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "44. World capital NE of Vientiane"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital city of vietnam; located in north vietnam
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Vietnam
• 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: HANOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "45. ___ lab"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid
• 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: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "46. "Yadda, yadda, yadda""

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: ETC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "49. Fictional N.Y.C. locale on children's TV"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: SESAMEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "51. Physics Nobelist who co-discovered cosmic microwave background radiation, confirming 1-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.

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: PENZIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "55. ___-mo"

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: SLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "56. Home of the Rosa Parks Museum: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• 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: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "57. Fishing net"

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 long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
• Words that mean the same thing: spiller, trotline, dragnet
• 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: TRAWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "60. E.P.A. targets since the '70s"

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: PCBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "64. Classic film series that anticipated the invention of hoverboards"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.

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: BACKTOTHEFUTURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "68. Mosey"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
• Words that mean the same thing: amble, perambulation, saunter
• 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: STROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "69. Spots for hoops"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear
• Words that mean the same thing: earlobe, ear lobe
• 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: EARLOBES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "70. Conical construction"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native american tent; usually of conical shape
• Words that mean the same thing: tipi, tepee
• 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: TEEPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "71. "This is the way the world ends," per 24-Across"

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 complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
• Words that mean the same thing: whine, pule, mewl
• 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: WHIMPER

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - May 19, 2021 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. What do ewe say?	4
2D	2. "In that case ..."	4
3D	3. Make good progress	6
4D	4. Chinese dumpling	3
5D	5. Man's nickname that omits "-old"	3
6D	6. It's a must	4
7D	7. [OMG!]	4
8D	8. "This land," in "This Land Is Your Land"	6
9D	9. It's west of Yemen	6
10D	10. "Dig in!"	3
11D	11. "It was my evil twin!" is not a convincing one	5
12D	12. ___ octopus, creature so named for its large, earlike fins	5
13D	13. Like C-O-L-O-U-R or M-E-T-R-E	5
14D	14. Spot for a soothing scrub	3
15D	17. All-consonant diner order	3
16D	22. Reverse, e.g.	4
17D	23. Rain gutter locale	4
18D	25. Dalai ___	4
19D	26. "I ___ bite"	4
20D	27. Shades	4
21D	28. James played by Beyoncé in a 2008 biopic	4
22D	29. Gym shorts material	4
23D	30. Notions	5
24D	34. Actress Hathaway	4
25D	36. Ye ___ Shoppe	4
26D	37. Supply at a barbecue	4
27D	38. Airline assignment	4
28D	40. Head of a country, informally	4
29D	41. Chuck	4
30D	42. Container for nitroglycerin, say	4
31D	47. Dot in "i" or "j"	6
32D	48. King of music	6
33D	50. Hairstyle popularized by the Beatles	6
34D	51. ___ Blue Ribbon	5
35D	52. Bring joy to	5
36D	53. Shiny button material	5
37D	54. Day after 66-Down: Abbr.	3
38D	58. "That was close!"	4
39D	59. Two-time Emmy winner Remini	4
40D	61. 27, to 3	4
41D	62. Family member, in rural dialect	4
42D	63. French possessive	3
43D	65. Keystone ___ (character in slapstick comedy)	3
44D	66. Day before 54-Down: Abbr.	3
45D	67. Einstein's German birthplace	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. What do ewe say?"

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 south african term for `boss'
• Words that mean the same thing: baa, blate, bleat
• 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: BAAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "In that case ...""

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: IFSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Make good progress"

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: GETFAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Chinese dumpling"

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: BAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Man's nickname that omits "-old""

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: ARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. It's a must"

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 a condition requiring relief
• Words that mean the same thing: penury, pauperism, pauperization
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. [OMG!]"

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 short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
• Words that mean the same thing: pant, heave, puff
• 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: GASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "This land," in "This Land Is Your Land""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: THEUSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. It's west of Yemen"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: REDSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Dig in!""

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: eat up, deplete, use up
• 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: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "It was my evil twin!" is not a convincing one"

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 (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
• Words that mean the same thing: exculpation, excuse, self-justification
• 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: ALIBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. ___ octopus, creature so named for its large, earlike fins"

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: DUMBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Like C-O-L-O-U-R or M-E-T-R-E"

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 hardy wheat grown mostly in europe for livestock feed
• Words that mean the same thing: Triticum aestivum spelta, spell, Triticum spelta
• The opposite would be: unspell
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Spot for a soothing scrub"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: resort hotel, watering place, watering hole
• 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: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "17. All-consonant diner order"

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 sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
• Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
• 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: BLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Reverse, e.g."

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 a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
• Words that mean the same thing: cogwheel, gearing, geartrain
• 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: GEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Rain gutter locale"

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: EAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Dalai ___"

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 a tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Lama
• 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: LAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. "I ___ bite""

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 established custom
• Words that mean the same thing: habit
• 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: WONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Shades"

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 the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
• Words that mean the same thing: imbue, hue, chromaticity
• 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: HUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. James played by Beyoncé in a 2008 biopic"

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: ETTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Gym shorts material"

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 the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles
• Words that mean the same thing: interlocking, ensnarl, meshing
• The opposite would be: disengage
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. Notions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Words that mean the same thing: thought, musical theme, estimation
• 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: IDEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Actress Hathaway"

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 queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
• 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: ANNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Ye ___ Shoppe"

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: OLDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Supply at a barbecue"

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 the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: bum, bottom, posterior
• 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: BUNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Airline assignment"

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 a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
• Words that mean the same thing: bum, bottom, place
• 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: SEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Head of a country, informally"

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

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: PREZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Chuck"

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 the act of flipping a coin
• Words that mean the same thing: chuck, sky, convulse
• 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: TOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Container for nitroglycerin, say"

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 a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
• Words that mean the same thing: ampul, ampule, ampoule
• 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: VIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Dot in "i" or "j""

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: smidgin, iota, smidgeon
• 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: TITTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. King of music"

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

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: CAROLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Hairstyle popularized by the Beatles"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: MOPTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. ___ Blue Ribbon"

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: PABST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Bring joy to"

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 fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
• Words that mean the same thing: pick up, lift up, intoxicate
• The opposite would be: depress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Shiny button material"

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 iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
• Words that mean the same thing: mother-of-pearl
• 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: NACRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Day after 66-Down: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Words that mean the same thing: sit, sit down, ride
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. "That was close!""

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: WHEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Two-time Emmy winner Remini"

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: LEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. 27, to 3"

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 a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
• Words that mean the same thing: block, dice, regular hexahedron
• 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: CUBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "62. Family member, in rural dialect"

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: BRER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "63. French possessive"

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 a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite)
• Words that mean the same thing: mho, south, s
• 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: SES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "65. Keystone ___ (character in slapstick comedy)"

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: KOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 44 Down: "66. Day before 54-Down: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
• Words that mean the same thing: Friday
• 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: FRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 45 Down: "67. Einstein's German birthplace"

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: ULM

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	67.1%
Short Answer	14	18.4%
Abbreviation	4	5.3%
Geography	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	45
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 20, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Wednesday, August 20, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

1A: "1. Tycoon"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
• Similar words include: top executive, power, mogul
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BARON

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2A: "6. "Famously friendly" pooch, per the American Kennel Club"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
• Similar words include: laboratory, science laboratory, research lab
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LAB

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3A: "9. Mystery author Josephine"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TEY

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4A: "12. Moody hip-hop subgenre"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EMORAP

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5A: "14. Electronic setting on a floor model"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEMOMODE

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6A: "16. Switch to a newsperson on the scene, say"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GOLIVE

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7A: "17. Common sushi go-with"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MISOSOUP

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8A: "18. Hair goop"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GEL

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9A: "19. Marijuana component, for short"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that psychoactive substance present in marijuana
• Similar words include: tetrahydrocannabinol
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THC

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10A: "21. Like many a coffee order"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic on the western coast of africa on the gulf of guinea; formerly under french control
• Similar words include: Togolese Republic
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOGO

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11A: "22. Only U.S. prez born in Kentucky"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABE

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12A: "23. Letters for a sellout"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SRO

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13A: "24. Whistle blower"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
• Similar words include: referee
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REF

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14A: "25. "I had something come up," maybe"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a trivial lie
• Similar words include: taradiddle, tale, story
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FIB

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15A: "28. Square root"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
• Similar words include: stem, chemical group, ultra
• Opposite of: cauline

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RADICAL

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16A: "30. 2003 Will Ferrell film"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Similar words include: extremely low frequency, pixie, brownie
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELF

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17A: "31. Org. that prohibits Magic 8 Balls and baseball bats"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TSA

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18A: "32. Custom in Japanese food service"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOTIPS

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19A: "34. Went letter by letter, to Brits"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hardy wheat grown mostly in europe for livestock feed
• Similar words include: spell out, Triticum aestivum spelta, Triticum spelta
• Opposite of: unspell

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPELT

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20A: "36. Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated here"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an epigrammatic japanese verse form of three short lines
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAIKU

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21A: "39. Item seen rolling through this puzzle"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
• Similar words include: kick the bucket, fail, go bad
• Opposite of: be born

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DIE

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22A: "40. Fixes, as a piano"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
• Similar words include: strain, air, line
• Opposite of: untune

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TUNES

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23A: "41. Freddy Krueger's locale: Abbr."

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELMST

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24A: "42. Evolutionary "missing link""

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APEMAN

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25A: "44. U.F.C. fighting style"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MMA

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26A: "45. Mole, e.g."

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

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: descry, espy, undercover agent
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPY

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27A: "47. Slobbery smooch"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOGKISS

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28A: "51. First receptionist on "The Office""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PAM

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29A: "52. Delivers, as a baby"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Similar words include: feature, get, throw
• Opposite of: abstain, lack

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAS

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30A: "53. Before, poetically"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERE

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31A: "54. T. rex fossil named after its discoverer"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
• Similar words include: process, action, Eugene Sue
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SUE

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32A: "55. Distinctive feature of the durian fruit"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Similar words include: olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ODOR

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33A: "57. The Big Apple's ___ Drive"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that 32nd president of the united states; elected four times; instituted new deal to counter the great depression and led country during world war ii (1882-1945)
• Similar words include: President Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roosevelt
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FDR

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34A: "58. Singer DiFranco"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that black tropical american cuckoo
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANI

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35A: "59. Frenemy of Betty in comics"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any plant of the genus veronica
• Similar words include: speedwell
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VERONICA

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36A: "62. Classic Asimov collection"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IROBOT

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37A: "65. Boosted"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that contribute to the progress or growth of
• Similar words include: upgrade, promote, encourage
• Opposite of: demote

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PROMOTED

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38A: "66. Five Nations tribe"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on greek tragedies (circa 4 bc - 65 ad)
• Similar words include: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SENECA

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39A: "67. ___ Marino"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAN

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40A: "68. Patty melt bread"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
• Similar words include: rye whiskey, rye whisky, Secale cereale
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RYE

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41A: "69. Start of many emoticons"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
• Similar words include: Costa Rican colon, El Salvadoran colon, Aspinwall
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: COLON

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Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1D: "1. Change seeker"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a pauper who lives by begging
• Similar words include: pauperise, mendicant, pauperize
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEGGAR

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2D: "2. Shape-shifting organism"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
• Similar words include: ameba
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMOEBA

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3D: "3. Like some oats"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move by turning over or rotating
• Similar words include: ramble, vagabond, undulate
• Opposite of: unwind

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROLLED

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4D: "4. "... ___ quit!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ORI

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5D: "5. Sat ___ (GPS, to Brits)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NAV

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6D: "6. Perishable bit of apparel"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Similar words include: chaplet, wreath, garland
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEI

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7D: "7. Dutch bier"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMSTEL

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8D: "8. Expel with jeers"

11 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOOOFFSTAGE

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9D: "9. More than one would like"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOOOFTEN

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10D: "10. Collegiate domain?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EDU

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11D: "11. "Uh-huh""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YEP

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12D: "13. Scabbers, to Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter books"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PETRAT

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13D: "14. Hip-hop's Run-___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DMC

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14D: "15. Flavoring in some fast food, for short"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that white crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in chinese cooking
• Similar words include: monosodium glutamate
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MSG

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15D: "20. January and November have the most federal ones"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
• Similar words include: vacation, holiday
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: HOLIDAYS

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16D: "23. "No lie!""

11 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: SCOUTSHONOR

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17D: "24. Adjusted the rankings of, as a tournament"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that seed again or anew
• Similar words include: reseed
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RESEEDED

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18D: "26. Michigan's ___ Royale National Park"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Think of something that a small island
• Similar words include: islet
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ISLE

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19D: "27. Cave dwellers"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
• Similar words include: dotty, crackers, loco
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BATS

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20D: "29. Tats (up)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
• Similar words include: ink
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: INKS

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21D: "33. What every "O" in this grid represents"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that a disease of poultry
• Similar words include: mop up, radar target, whip
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PIP

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22D: "35. The Ramones' genre"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an aggressive and violent young criminal
• Similar words include: bum, toughie, strong-armer
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PUNK

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23D: "36. Material in some eco-friendly clothing"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a plant fiber
• Similar words include: cannabis, hangman's halter, hempen necktie
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HEMP

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24D: "37. Liberal arts college in Michigan"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ALMA

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25D: "38. Remark accompanied by a facepalm"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: IMAMORON

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26D: "43. Actor Lamorne of Fox's "New Girl""

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states suffragist in wyoming (1814-1902)
• Similar words include: Esther Morris, William Morris, Gouverneur Morris
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MORRIS

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27D: "46. Sameness"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
• Similar words include: mirror symmetry, space-reflection symmetry, parity bit
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PARITY

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28D: "48. Writer Allende"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ISABEL

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29D: "49. Gas brand that sponsors NASCAR"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SUNOCO

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30D: "50. Wheat-based meat alternative"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SEITAN

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31D: "56. Benedictine's title"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DOM

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32D: "57. It's all the rage"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
• Similar words include: rage, furore, cult
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: FAD

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33D: "59. Air Force Two passengers, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: VPS

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34D: "60. "Fearless" or "1989," for Taylor Swift"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Similar words include: earned run average, geological era, epoch
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ERA

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35D: "61. Middling grade"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CEE

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36D: "63. Lead-in to center or room"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: REC

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37D: "64. Musician Yoko"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Similar words include: Yoko Ono
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ONO

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

41 Across Clues

37 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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