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Sunday, December 14, 2025

Down Clues NYT December 14, 2025 - Today's Complete Vertical Solutions

NYT Crossword Down December 14, 2025: All 70 Vertical Answers & Strategic Tips

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 70 Down clues. We have all the vertical answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Down Clues

NYT Down clues solutions for December 14, 2025
NYT Down Clues - Sunday, December 14, 2025
Down Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date December 14, 2025
Day of Week Sunday
Total Down Clues 70 clues
Direction Vertical (Top to Bottom)
Difficulty Medium

All Down Clues - Complete List

Here are all 70 Down clues for today's puzzle. These go vertically from top to bottom.

Complete Down Clues List
Number Clue
1 Down 1. Surveyed, with "out"
2 Down 2. Early track star Jim
3 Down 3. Resident of Honolulu, e.g.
4 Down 4. Touchless payment tech
5 Down 5. Internet ___
6 Down 6. Cheat on, in a way
7 Down 7. Surgery sites, in brief
8 Down 8. Video game character with an endless appetite
9 Down 9. Be in a chat room but not chat
10 Down 10. Soldiers with long arms
11 Down 11. Alternative to the euro, in brief
12 Down 12. Relinquish
13 Down 13. Director DuVernay
14 Down 14. Turns back the clock, maybe?
15 Down 15. Opposite of volunteer
16 Down 16. Parts of many robots in robot-sumo
17 Down 19. Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang
18 Down 20. "Gaspard de la Nuit" composer
19 Down 22. Addresses angrily
20 Down 23. Variety of violet
21 Down 26. Urban safety hazard
22 Down 30. Australia's largest carnivorous mammal
23 Down 32. Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994)
24 Down 33. Dissimilar
25 Down 35. Part of a legendary boast
26 Down 36. Skips all the ceremony?
27 Down 38. The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?"
28 Down 40. What might be made while clasping one's hands
29 Down 42. Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years
30 Down 44. Ballpark figure
31 Down 45. Kind of tea
32 Down 46. Sierra automaker
33 Down 47. Shylock's security
34 Down 48. Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times"
35 Down 50. Non-premium option in a rideshare app
36 Down 51. Gaming mogul Gabe
37 Down 52. Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond
38 Down 53. Put into piles, perhaps
39 Down 54. Swear
40 Down 57. Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief
41 Down 61. Did some school reporting?
42 Down 63. Exceptionally hard timber
43 Down 65. Amy Winehouse, e.g.
44 Down 66. Thumbprint alternative on iPhones
45 Down 68. Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe
46 Down 70. Particularly particular
47 Down 72. Cafeterias
48 Down 75. Like many indie films
49 Down 76. Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad"
50 Down 78. He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie"
51 Down 79. Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo
52 Down 82. Where high schoolers work on their numbers?
53 Down 84. Starship's medical facility
54 Down 85. Ren faire prop akin to a halberd
55 Down 86. "Sign me up!"
56 Down 87. Hair-care item associated with Black culture
57 Down 89. Like YouTube offerings
58 Down 91. Commences
59 Down 92. Rough drafts?
60 Down 93. Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here"
61 Down 94. Like lowercase i's and j's
62 Down 95. Sci-fi sequel of 1986
63 Down 96. Like soft rolls
64 Down 102. Wordless entertainment
65 Down 104. Other, to Octavio
66 Down 106. Brief announcements from a pilot
67 Down 107. ___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce)
68 Down 109. Like hell!
69 Down 110. Play a part, or part of a play
70 Down 111. Part of N.Y.E.

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Down Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Down clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Down Solutions:

1 Down: "1. Surveyed, with "out""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: S____D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SCOPED

2 Down: "2. Early track star Jim"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: T____E
  • Similar words: Jim Thorpe
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953)
  • This is Down clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer THORPE

3 Down: "3. Resident of Honolulu, e.g."

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: O____N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer OAHUAN

4 Down: "4. Touchless payment tech"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: R__D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer RFID

5 Down: "5. Internet ___"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: M__E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer MEME

6 Down: "6. Cheat on, in a way"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: T_____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer TWOTIME

7 Down: "7. Surgery sites, in brief"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
  • Similar words: OR, Oregon
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
  • This is Down clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ORS

8 Down: "8. Video game character with an endless appetite"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: P____N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PACMAN

9 Down: "9. Be in a chat room but not chat"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: L__K
  • Similar words: tarry, footle
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: lie in wait
  • This is Down clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer LURK

10 Down: "10. Soldiers with long arms"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: S______N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SPEARMEN

11 Down: "11. Alternative to the euro, in brief"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'D'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer USD

12 Down: "12. Relinquish"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: C__E
  • Similar words: concede, deliver
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer CEDE

13 Down: "13. Director DuVernay"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer AVA

14 Down: "14. Turns back the clock, maybe?"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: R_____S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer REWINDS

15 Down: "15. Opposite of volunteer"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: D_____E
  • Similar words: conscript, inductee
  • Opposite of: volunteer
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: someone who is drafted into military service
  • This is Down clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer DRAFTEE

16 Down: "16. Parts of many robots in robot-sumo"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S_____S
  • Similar words: detector, sensing element
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SENSORS

17 Down: "19. Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: P___T
  • Similar words: rouge, key
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PAINT

18 Down: "20. "Gaspard de la Nuit" composer"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: R___L
  • Similar words: ladder, Maurice Ravel
  • Opposite of: unknot
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
  • This is Down clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer RAVEL

19 Down: "22. Addresses angrily"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: S______T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SNARLSAT

20 Down: "23. Variety of violet"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: P___Y
  • Similar words: sissy, pantywaist
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PANSY

21 Down: "26. Urban safety hazard"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: F______P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer FIRETRAP

22 Down: "30. Australia's largest carnivorous mammal"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: D___O
  • Similar words: warragal, warrigal
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia
  • This is Down clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer DINGO

23 Down: "32. Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994)"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: H___D
  • Similar words: hate, detested
  • Opposite of: love
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
  • This is Down clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer HATED

24 Down: "33. Dissimilar"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: U_____E
  • Similar words: dissimilar
  • Opposite of: alike
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: not alike or similar
  • This is Down clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer UNALIKE

25 Down: "35. Part of a legendary boast"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'V' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: V__I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer VENI

26 Down: "36. Skips all the ceremony?"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: E____S
  • Similar words: elope, run off
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: run away secretly with one's beloved
  • This is Down clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ELOPES

27 Down: "38. The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: A__L
  • Similar words: Niels Abel
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
  • This is Down clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ABEL

28 Down: "40. What might be made while clasping one's hands"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: P__A
  • Similar words: supplication
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a humble request for help from someone in authority
  • This is Down clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PLEA

29 Down: "42. Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: E____A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ELISHA

30 Down: "44. Ballpark figure"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: O__S
  • Similar words: out, come out
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer OUTS

31 Down: "45. Kind of tea"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: A___M
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: state in northeastern India
  • This is Down clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ASSAM

32 Down: "46. Sierra automaker"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'C'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer GMC

33 Down: "47. Shylock's security"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: F___H
  • Similar words: pulp, anatomy
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer FLESH

34 Down: "48. Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: H___O
  • Similar words: hi, how-do-you-do
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an expression of greeting
  • This is Down clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer HELLO

35 Down: "50. Non-premium option in a rideshare app"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'X'
  • Word pattern: U___X
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer UBERX

36 Down: "51. Gaming mogul Gabe"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: N____L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer NEWELL

37 Down: "52. Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: E___Y
  • Similar words: foe, opposition
  • Opposite of: friend
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an opposing military force
  • This is Down clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ENEMY

38 Down: "53. Put into piles, perhaps"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: S__T
  • Similar words: variety, classify
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SORT

39 Down: "54. Swear"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'W'
  • Word pattern: A__W
  • Similar words: affirm, avouch
  • Opposite of: disavow
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  • This is Down clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer AVOW

40 Down: "57. Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: R___T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 40

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer RVLOT

41 Down: "61. Did some school reporting?"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: T_____D
  • Similar words: talk, tittle-tattle
  • Opposite of: keep quiet
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  • This is Down clue number 41

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer TATTLED

42 Down: "63. Exceptionally hard timber"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: I______D
  • Similar words: ironwood tree, iron tree
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 42

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer IRONWOOD

43 Down: "65. Amy Winehouse, e.g."

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: A__O
  • Similar words: contralto, countertenor
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
  • This is Down clue number 43

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ALTO

44 Down: "66. Thumbprint alternative on iPhones"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: F____D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 44

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer FACEID

45 Down: "68. Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
  • Similar words: unsure, timid
  • Opposite of: confident
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a quick throw
  • This is Down clue number 45

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SHY

46 Down: "70. Particularly particular"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: A__L
  • Similar words: anal retentive
  • Opposite of: oral
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: of or related to the anus
  • This is Down clue number 46

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ANAL

47 Down: "72. Cafeterias"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: C______S
  • Similar words: mobile canteen, canteen
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
  • This is Down clue number 47

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer CANTEENS

48 Down: "75. Like many indie films"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: A__Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: showily imitative of art or artists
  • This is Down clue number 48

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ARTY

49 Down: "76. Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T___S
  • Similar words: adolescent, teenager
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
  • This is Down clue number 49

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer TEENS

50 Down: "78. He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: E___E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 50

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ERNIE

51 Down: "79. Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: T__A
  • Similar words: tapa bark, tappa
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 51

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer TAPA

52 Down: "82. Where high schoolers work on their numbers?"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'B'
  • Word pattern: G______B
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 52

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer GLEECLUB

53 Down: "84. Starship's medical facility"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: S_____Y
  • Similar words: sick berth
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 53

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SICKBAY

54 Down: "85. Ren faire prop akin to a halberd"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: P_____E
  • Similar words: poleax
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 54

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer POLEAXE

55 Down: "86. "Sign me up!""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: I_____N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 55

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer IWANTIN

56 Down: "87. Hair-care item associated with Black culture"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: D___G
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 56

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer DURAG

57 Down: "89. Like YouTube offerings"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: O_____O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 57

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ONVIDEO

58 Down: "91. Commences"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: O___S
  • Similar words: unfold, spread
  • Opposite of: close
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
  • This is Down clue number 58

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer OPENS

59 Down: "92. Rough drafts?"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: G___S
  • Similar words: gale
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 59

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer GALES

60 Down: "93. Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: A____N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 60

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ALDRIN

61 Down: "94. Like lowercase i's and j's"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: D____D
  • Similar words: dust, dashed
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
  • This is Down clue number 61

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer DOTTED

62 Down: "95. Sci-fi sequel of 1986"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A____S
  • Similar words: stranger, outlander
  • Opposite of: acquaintance
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 62

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ALIENS

63 Down: "96. Like soft rolls"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: Y____Y
  • Similar words: yeastlike, zesty
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: of or resembling or containing yeast
  • This is Down clue number 63

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer YEASTY

64 Down: "102. Wordless entertainment"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: M__E
  • Similar words: dumb show, mimer
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 64

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer MIME

65 Down: "104. Other, to Octavio"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: O__A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 65

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer OTRA

66 Down: "106. Brief announcements from a pilot"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: E__S
  • Similar words: ETA, eta
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 66

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ETAS

67 Down: "107. ___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce)"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'U'
  • Word pattern: R__U
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 67

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer RAGU

68 Down: "109. Like hell!"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'T'
  • Similar words: spicy, live
  • Opposite of: cold
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 68

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer HOT

69 Down: "110. Play a part, or part of a play"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Similar words: do, roleplay
  • Opposite of: refrain
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 69

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ACT

70 Down: "111. Part of N.Y.E."

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: eventide, evening
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 70

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer EVE

Expert Strategies for Solving Down Clues

Master the vertical clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Down Clues?

  • Down clues often reveal key letters for intersecting words
  • Vertical patterns can unlock difficult sections
  • Many prefixes and suffixes run vertically
  • Down answers often help solve Across clues

Down Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Down entries
  2. Prefixes and suffixes: Common word parts often run vertically
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Down
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear vertically

Time-Saving Down Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Down first Get a mental map of the vertical flow
Fill short Down words 3-4 letter words are often prefixes or connectors
Use crossing letters Across letters help confirm Down answers
Look for themes Related Down answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Down Clues

What are Down clues in crossword puzzles?

Down clues are the vertical entries in a crossword puzzle that read from top to bottom. They're numbered and correspond to specific columns in the grid.

Should I solve Down or Across clues first?

Many solvers alternate between Down and Across clues to build momentum. Down clues can help unlock difficult sections by providing key intersecting letters. The best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Down clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 70 Down clues.

Are Down clues easier than Across clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Down clues often contain helpful prefixes, suffixes, and word parts that can be easier to guess.

How do Down clues interact with Across clues?

Down and Across clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

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December 14, 2025 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns 5
2A 6. Something fun to take out for a spin 3
3A 9. Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short 3
4A 12. Parts of a hand 5
5A 17. Irritate 5
6A 18. Recaps 7
7A 20. Paul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston's Freedom Trail 6
8A 21. False alarm announcement? 13
9A 23. Jedi-in-training 7
10A 24. Sensible 7
11A 25. TV host Brzezinski 4
12A 26. #1 choice, in slang 4
13A 27. "No ___, ands or buts!" 3
14A 28. Pollution-fighting org. 3
15A 29. "Game of Thrones" actor Gillen 5
16A 31. River that borders the Black Forest 5
17A 33. "Render ___ Caesar ..." 4
18A 34. Major coin producer 10
19A 37. Viking I or II 10
20A 39. Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space 5
21A 40. Nickname for Mark's unsevered best friend in "Severance" 5
22A 41. They turn red litmus paper blue 5
23A 42. First chimpanzee to orbit Earth 4
24A 43. Football blocker? 7
25A 46. Hair-raising stuff 3
26A 47. Remodel and resell some real estate 10
27A 49. Marching band tempo setters 9
28A 54. Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" 3
29A 55. Season to enjoy une glace 3
30A 56. Ruler before 1917 4
31A 58. "Black-ish" airer 3
32A 59. It's a numbers game 4
33A 60. Clothing for SWAT teams 5
34A 62. "The Simpsons" character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles 4
35A 64. Puff piece? 4
36A 66. Like the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys 5
37A 67. Plant watcher, for short 4
38A 68. Camera type, in brief 3
39A 69. Site of some Santa sightings 4
40A 71. Longtime record label of Elvis Presley 3
41A 73. 911 responder 3
42A 74. "Hilarious!" 9
43A 77. "I mean, kind of ..." 10
44A 80. "Don't give up!" 3
45A 81. ¬ or ~, in logic 7
46A 83. Beat poet ___ Cassady 4
47A 84. Like some milk, idiomatically 5
48A 87. ___ on the past 5
49A 88. Indication of bad service 5
50A 90. "Much obliged" 10
51A 92. Crossed the International Date Line from east to west, or west to east (depending on how you look at it) 10
52A 97. Bundled up 4
53A 98. Articles are written in this 5
54A 99. Brand name for naproxen 5
55A 100. ___ Miss 3
56A 101. Doll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors 3
57A 102. Drink known also as "honey wine" 4
58A 103. Frosty 4
59A 105. Subject of Newton's first law 7
60A 108. Enjoying a soak 7
61A 110. 1980 horror film starring William Hurt ... or what the shaded squares contain? 13
62A 112. Fundamental rules of math 6
63A 113. Loopy writing 7
64A 114. Star pitcher? 5
65A 115. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker 5
66A 116. Letters for an unscheduled event 3
67A 117. Prefix with natal 3
68A 118. Like a bubble bath 5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
  • Similar words include: ramp, force, surprise
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STORM

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2A: "6. Something fun to take out for a spin"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the upper part of anything
  • Similar words include: cover, pass, tiptop
  • Opposite of: bottom
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TOP

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3A: "9. Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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4A: "12. Parts of a hand"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a game played with playing cards
  • Similar words include: plug-in, tease, bill
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CARDS

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5A: "17. Irritate"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that soreness and warmth caused by friction
  • Similar words include: gravel, fray, rile
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CHAFE

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6A: "18. Recaps"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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7A: "20. Paul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston's Freedom Trail"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that american silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by longfellow) to warn the colonists in lexington and concord that british troops were coming (1735-1818)
  • Similar words include: hero-worship, worship, venerate
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REVERE

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8A: "21. False alarm announcement?"

13 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OOHIMSOSCARED

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9A: "23. Jedi-in-training"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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10A: "24. Sensible"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
  • Opposite of: imprudent
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PRUDENT

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11A: "25. TV host Brzezinski"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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12A: "26. #1 choice, in slang"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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13A: "27. "No ___, ands or buts!""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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14A: "28. Pollution-fighting org."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
  • Similar words include: Environmental Protection Agency
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EPA

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15A: "29. "Game of Thrones" actor Gillen"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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16A: "31. River that borders the Black Forest"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states parapsychologist (1895-1980)
  • Similar words include: Rhein, Joseph Banks Rhine, Rhine River
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RHINE

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17A: "33. "Render ___ Caesar ...""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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18A: "34. Major coin producer"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DENVERMINT

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19A: "37. Viking I or II"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MARSLANDER

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20A: "39. Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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21A: "40. Nickname for Mark's unsevered best friend in "Severance""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

22A: "41. They turn red litmus paper blue"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that installation from which a military force initiates operations
  • Similar words include: basis, base, stem
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BASES

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23A: "42. First chimpanzee to orbit Earth"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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24A: "43. Football blocker?"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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25A: "46. Hair-raising stuff"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
  • Similar words include: gelatin, mousse, colloidal gel
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GEL

Remember this word for future puzzles!

26A: "47. Remodel and resell some real estate"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FLIPAHOUSE

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27A: "49. Marching band tempo setters"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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28A: "54. Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
  • Similar words include: Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALI

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29A: "55. Season to enjoy une glace"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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30A: "56. Ruler before 1917"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
  • Similar words include: czar, tzar
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TSAR

Remember this word for future puzzles!

31A: "58. "Black-ish" airer"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
  • Similar words include: first rudiment, ABC's, alphabet
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ABC

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32A: "59. It's a numbers game"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
  • Similar words include: beano, lotto, bingo
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KENO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

33A: "60. Clothing for SWAT teams"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
  • Similar words include: enthrone, waistcoat, invest
  • Opposite of: divest
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: VESTS

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34A: "62. "The Simpsons" character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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35A: "64. Puff piece?"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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36A: "66. Like the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of
  • Similar words include: few
  • Opposite of: more, many
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FEWER

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37A: "67. Plant watcher, for short"

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

38A: "68. Camera type, in brief"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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39A: "69. Site of some Santa sightings"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
  • Similar words include: shopping center, center, promenade
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MALL

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40A: "71. Longtime record label of Elvis Presley"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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41A: "73. 911 responder"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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42A: "74. "Hilarious!""

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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43A: "77. "I mean, kind of ...""

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NOTEXACTLY

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44A: "80. "Don't give up!""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
  • Similar words include: essay, seek, sample
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TRY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

45A: "81. ¬ or ~, in logic"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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46A: "83. Beat poet ___ Cassady"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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47A: "84. Like some milk, idiomatically"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
  • Similar words include: slop, talk, splatter
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SPILT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

48A: "87. ___ on the past"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that think moodily or anxiously about something
  • Similar words include: brood, inhabit, lie
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DWELL

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49A: "88. Indication of bad service"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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50A: "90. "Much obliged""

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IOWEYOUONE

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51A: "92. Crossed the International Date Line from east to west, or west to east (depending on how you look at it)"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GAINEDADAY

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52A: "97. Bundled up"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that provide with clothes or put clothes on
  • Similar words include: garment, invest, habilitate
  • Opposite of: unclothed, undress
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CLAD

Remember this word for future puzzles!

53A: "98. Articles are written in this"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PROSE

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54A: "99. Brand name for naproxen"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks aleve and anaprox and aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
  • Similar words include: Aflaxen, naproxen sodium, Anaprox
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALEVE

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55A: "100. ___ Miss"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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56A: "101. Doll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
  • Similar words include: cognizance, sight
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KEN

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57A: "102. Drink known also as "honey wine""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
  • Similar words include: Margaret Mead, George Herbert Mead
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MEAD

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58A: "103. Frosty"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
  • Similar words include: stale, frigidness, frigid
  • Opposite of: hot, hotness
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: COLD

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59A: "105. Subject of Newton's first law"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a disposition to remain inactive or inert
  • Similar words include: inactivity, inactiveness
  • Opposite of: activeness
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: INERTIA

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60A: "108. Enjoying a soak"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that immersing the body in water or sunshine
  • Similar words include: bathe, washup, bath
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BATHING

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61A: "110. 1980 horror film starring William Hurt ... or what the shaded squares contain?"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALTEREDSTATES

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62A: "112. Fundamental rules of math"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  • Similar words include: axiom, maxim
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AXIOMS

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63A: "113. Loopy writing"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
  • Similar words include: cursive script, longhand, running hand
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CURSIVE

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64A: "114. Star pitcher?"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
  • Similar words include: factor, broker, agentive role
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: AGENT

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65A: "115. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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66A: "116. Letters for an unscheduled event"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TBA

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67A: "117. Prefix with natal"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (used as a combining form) recent or new
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NEO

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68A: "118. Like a bubble bath"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that resembling lather or covered with lather
  • Similar words include: lathery
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SUDSY

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Surveyed, with "out" 6
2D 2. Early track star Jim 6
3D 3. Resident of Honolulu, e.g. 6
4D 4. Touchless payment tech 4
5D 5. Internet ___ 4
6D 6. Cheat on, in a way 7
7D 7. Surgery sites, in brief 3
8D 8. Video game character with an endless appetite 6
9D 9. Be in a chat room but not chat 4
10D 10. Soldiers with long arms 8
11D 11. Alternative to the euro, in brief 3
12D 12. Relinquish 4
13D 13. Director DuVernay 3
14D 14. Turns back the clock, maybe? 7
15D 15. Opposite of volunteer 7
16D 16. Parts of many robots in robot-sumo 7
17D 19. Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang 5
18D 20. "Gaspard de la Nuit" composer 5
19D 22. Addresses angrily 8
20D 23. Variety of violet 5
21D 26. Urban safety hazard 8
22D 30. Australia's largest carnivorous mammal 5
23D 32. Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994) 5
24D 33. Dissimilar 7
25D 35. Part of a legendary boast 4
26D 36. Skips all the ceremony? 6
27D 38. The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" 4
28D 40. What might be made while clasping one's hands 4
29D 42. Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years 6
30D 44. Ballpark figure 4
31D 45. Kind of tea 5
32D 46. Sierra automaker 3
33D 47. Shylock's security 5
34D 48. Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times" 5
35D 50. Non-premium option in a rideshare app 5
36D 51. Gaming mogul Gabe 6
37D 52. Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond 5
38D 53. Put into piles, perhaps 4
39D 54. Swear 4
40D 57. Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief 5
41D 61. Did some school reporting? 7
42D 63. Exceptionally hard timber 8
43D 65. Amy Winehouse, e.g. 4
44D 66. Thumbprint alternative on iPhones 6
45D 68. Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe 3
46D 70. Particularly particular 4
47D 72. Cafeterias 8
48D 75. Like many indie films 4
49D 76. Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad" 5
50D 78. He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie" 5
51D 79. Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo 4
52D 82. Where high schoolers work on their numbers? 8
53D 84. Starship's medical facility 7
54D 85. Ren faire prop akin to a halberd 7
55D 86. "Sign me up!" 7
56D 87. Hair-care item associated with Black culture 5
57D 89. Like YouTube offerings 7
58D 91. Commences 5
59D 92. Rough drafts? 5
60D 93. Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here" 6
61D 94. Like lowercase i's and j's 6
62D 95. Sci-fi sequel of 1986 6
63D 96. Like soft rolls 6
64D 102. Wordless entertainment 4
65D 104. Other, to Octavio 4
66D 106. Brief announcements from a pilot 4
67D 107. ___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce) 4
68D 109. Like hell! 3
69D 110. Play a part, or part of a play 3
70D 111. Part of N.Y.E. 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Surveyed, with "out""

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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2D: "2. Early track star Jim"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that outstanding united states athlete (1888-1953)
  • Similar words include: Jim Thorpe, James Francis Thorpe
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: THORPE

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3D: "3. Resident of Honolulu, e.g."

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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4D: "4. Touchless payment tech"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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5D: "5. Internet ___"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: MEME

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6D: "6. Cheat on, in a way"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
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Answer: TWOTIME

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7D: "7. Surgery sites, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
  • Similar words include: Beaver State, surgery, operating room
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ORS

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8D: "8. Video game character with an endless appetite"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: PACMAN

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9D: "9. Be in a chat room but not chat"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
  • Similar words include: linger, footle, loaf
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LURK

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10D: "10. Soldiers with long arms"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: SPEARMEN

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11D: "11. Alternative to the euro, in brief"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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12D: "12. Relinquish"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
  • Similar words include: grant, yield, give up
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CEDE

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13D: "13. Director DuVernay"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: AVA

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14D: "14. Turns back the clock, maybe?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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15D: "15. Opposite of volunteer"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who is drafted into military service
  • Similar words include: conscript, inductee
  • Opposite of: volunteer
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DRAFTEE

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16D: "16. Parts of many robots in robot-sumo"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
  • Similar words include: detector, sensing element, sensor
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SENSORS

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17D: "19. Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
  • Similar words include: blusher, pigment, rouge
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PAINT

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18D: "20. "Gaspard de la Nuit" composer"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that french composer and exponent of impressionism (1875-1937)
  • Similar words include: ladder, unravel, Maurice Ravel
  • Opposite of: unravel, unknot
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Answer: RAVEL

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19D: "22. Addresses angrily"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
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Answer: SNARLSAT

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20D: "23. Variety of violet"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of europe and having velvety petals of various colors
  • Similar words include: milksop, sissy, queen
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PANSY

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21D: "26. Urban safety hazard"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FIRETRAP

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22D: "30. Australia's largest carnivorous mammal"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of australia
  • Similar words include: warragal, warrigal, Canis dingo
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DINGO

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23D: "32. Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
  • Similar words include: hat, detested, detest
  • Opposite of: love
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HATED

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24D: "33. Dissimilar"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that not alike or similar
  • Similar words include: dissimilar
  • Opposite of: alike
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Answer: UNALIKE

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25D: "35. Part of a legendary boast"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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26D: "36. Skips all the ceremony?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that run away secretly with one's beloved
  • Similar words include: elope, run off
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ELOPES

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27D: "38. The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
  • Similar words include: Niels Henrik Abel, Niels Abel
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ABEL

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28D: "40. What might be made while clasping one's hands"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a humble request for help from someone in authority
  • Similar words include: supplication
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PLEA

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29D: "42. Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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30D: "44. Ballpark figure"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
  • Similar words include: out, come out, come out of the closet
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OUTS

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31D: "45. Kind of tea"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that state in northeastern india
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASSAM

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32D: "46. Sierra automaker"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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33D: "47. Shylock's security"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
  • Similar words include: build, bod, form
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FLESH

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34D: "48. Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an expression of greeting
  • Similar words include: how-do-you-do, hi, hullo
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HELLO

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35D: "50. Non-premium option in a rideshare app"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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36D: "51. Gaming mogul Gabe"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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37D: "52. Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an opposing military force
  • Similar words include: opposition, foe, foeman
  • Opposite of: friend
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ENEMY

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38D: "53. Put into piles, perhaps"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
  • Similar words include: separate, screen, assort
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SORT

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39D: "54. Swear"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  • Similar words include: assert, avouch, swear
  • Opposite of: disavow
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AVOW

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40D: "57. Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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41D: "61. Did some school reporting?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  • Similar words include: gibber, clack, blab
  • Opposite of: keep quiet
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TATTLED

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42D: "63. Exceptionally hard timber"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that handsome east indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
  • Similar words include: Eastern hop hornbeam, Mesua ferrea, iron-tree
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IRONWOOD

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43D: "65. Amy Winehouse, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
  • Similar words include: countertenor, contralto
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALTO

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44D: "66. Thumbprint alternative on iPhones"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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45D: "68. Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a quick throw
  • Similar words include: unsure, diffident, timid
  • Opposite of: confident
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SHY

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46D: "70. Particularly particular"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of or related to the anus
  • Similar words include: anal retentive
  • Opposite of: oral
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANAL

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47D: "72. Cafeterias"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
  • Similar words include: canteen, mobile canteen
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CANTEENS

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48D: "75. Like many indie films"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that showily imitative of art or artists
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARTY

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49D: "76. Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
  • Similar words include: stripling, teen, teenager
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TEENS

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50D: "78. He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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51D: "79. Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and pipturus albidus
  • Similar words include: tappa bark, tappa, tapa bark
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TAPA

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52D: "82. Where high schoolers work on their numbers?"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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53D: "84. Starship's medical facility"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship)
  • Similar words include: sick berth
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SICKBAY

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54D: "85. Ren faire prop akin to a halberd"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade
  • Similar words include: poleax
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: POLEAXE

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55D: "86. "Sign me up!""

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

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56D: "87. Hair-care item associated with Black culture"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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57D: "89. Like YouTube offerings"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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58D: "91. Commences"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
  • Similar words include: spread, outdoors, afford
  • Opposite of: close, fold
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OPENS

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59D: "92. Rough drafts?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on beaufort scale
  • Similar words include: gale
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GALES

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60D: "93. Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here""

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: ALDRIN

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61D: "94. Like lowercase i's and j's"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
  • Similar words include: flecked, dot, disperse
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DOTTED

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62D: "95. Sci-fi sequel of 1986"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
  • Similar words include: extraterrestrial, foreigner, extraterrestrial being
  • Opposite of: citizen, acquaintance
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Answer: ALIENS

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63D: "96. Like soft rolls"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of or resembling or containing yeast
  • Similar words include: yeastlike, zesty, barmy
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: YEASTY

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64D: "102. Wordless entertainment"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
  • Similar words include: mimer, pantomimer, pantomimist
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MIME

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65D: "104. Other, to Octavio"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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66D: "106. Brief announcements from a pilot"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
  • Similar words include: eta, Basque Homeland and Freedom, ETA
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ETAS

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67D: "107. ___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

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68D: "109. Like hell!"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
  • Similar words include: blistering, raging, red-hot
  • Opposite of: cold
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HOT

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69D: "110. Play a part, or part of a play"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
  • Similar words include: playact, behave, do
  • Opposite of: refrain
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ACT

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70D: "111. Part of N.Y.E."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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68 Across Clues
70 Down Clues
138 Total Clues

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