XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: July 01, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 01 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (37)
Clue #1: 1. Potato chip, to Brits
Clue #2: 6. Boxing call, informally
Clue #3: 9. Award you can wear
Clue #4: 14. Tower of ___ (mathematical puzzle with disks)
Clue #5: 15. Cash in Kyoto
Clue #6: 16. Deliver a TED talk, say
Clue #7: 17. "Stop!," during roughhousing
Antonyms: aunt
Clue #8: 18. Something found in a plum, but not a pear
Antonyms: Heaven
Clue #9: 19. Situated long-term
Clue #10: 20. *Most "wasabi" at sushi bars, in actuality
Clue #11: 23. *Fruit whose name is also a synonym for a grouch
Clue #12: 24. Said "speaking of which," say
Clue #13: 27. Held office
Clue #14: 31. Take a seat unceremoniously, with "down"
Clue #15: 32. Hoagie
Clue #16: 35. Contest before a final, informally
Clue #17: 36. Bathroom, to Brits
Clue #18: 37. Handle, as a tough piece of information
Clue #19: 41. Domain suffix that most civilians can't register
Clue #20: 42. "___ a free country"
Clue #21: 43. Omnivorous fish of the Amazon
Clue #22: 44. Info from someone who's on the way
Clue #23: 45. Like Nickelodeon's Mutant Ninja Turtles
Clue #24: 47. Widens, as a pupil
Antonyms: contract
Clue #25: 49. Make yawn, say
Antonyms: interest
Clue #26: 50. Concluding part
Clue #27: 51. Electronically produced echo effect
Clue #28: 53. "Fine, I guess"
Clue #29: 55. Ripped
Clue #30: 56. "Dead serious," in modern lingo
Clue #31: 58. ___ of the valley
Clue #32: 60. Rapper ___ Sweatshirt
Clue #33: 61. Bring together
Antonyms: disunify, divide
Clue #34: 62. Pacify
Antonyms: wild
Clue #35: 63. Counterpart of Dreyer's east of the Rockies
Clue #36: 64. Actress Thompson of "Selma" and "Creed"
Clue #37: 65. Powdered sugar, for a gingerbread house
Across Clues and Answers (37)
Clue #1: 1. "Crazy Rich Asians" director Jon M. ___
Clue #2: 2. 1985 Kurosawa epic that is a retelling of "King Lear"
Antonyms: malfunction, idle
Clue #3: 3. Creep (along)
Clue #4: 4. Beverage holder that's typically red
Clue #5: 5. Capital of South Dakota
Clue #6: 6. Characteristically laid-back
Clue #7: 7. Actress Knightley
Clue #8: 8. Dispensed from a keg
Clue #9: 9. Like some homes and phones
Antonyms: stabile, immobile
Clue #10: 10. Items on a blackboard tray
Clue #11: 11. Recipe smidgen, as of salt
Clue #12: 12. Supped
Clue #13: 13. Was ahead in a race
Antonyms: follow
Clue #14: 21. Down
Antonyms: glad
Clue #15: 22. They result in two baseball outs, for short
Clue #16: 24. Divorce
Antonyms: unite
Clue #17: 25. Mexican dish of corn on the cob with toppings
Clue #18: 26. *Fruit from a bush, much used in pies and jams
Clue #19: 28. Like the foods that answer the starred clues, despite how their names start
Clue #20: 29. Be overdramatic
Clue #21: 30. High-maintenance stars
Clue #22: 32. Ticked off
Clue #23: 33. "Gattaca" co-star Thurman
Clue #24: 34. Word after wedding or rubber
Clue #25: 37. Tire on the back of a jeep
Clue #26: 38. *Little tuber used to make Spanish horchata
Clue #27: 39. *Garbanzo, by another name
Clue #28: 40. Heavenly headwear
Clue #29: 46. "Great Expectations" and "The Great Gatsby," for two
Clue #30: 48. Grown-ups
Antonyms: juvenile
Clue #31: 51. There might be a fork in it
Clue #32: 52. Barbecue discard
Clue #33: 53. "Overnight" breakfast option
Clue #34: 54. Muppet who posts on social media in the third person
Clue #35: 55. Stand next to a club?
Clue #36: 57. Gender prefix
Clue #37: 59. Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
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Friday, August 16, 2024
NYT Friday, August 16, 2024 - Crossword Clues Hints here
Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 16, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
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Across Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Locale for car chases in "Goldfinger" and "Quantum of Solace". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ALPS
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The clue is 5. Spiced tea. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CHAI
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The clue is 9. Slowly depletes. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SAPS
Possible Answer : run_down, exhaust, saphead, fool, sap, muggins, blackjack, play_out, cosh, tire, tomfool
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The clue is 13. Not fully value. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: SELLSHORT
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The clue is 15. Skedaddle. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SPLIT
Possible Answer : cleave, snag, burst, break_open, separate, stock_split, part, split_up, disunited, divide, disconnected, tear, rip, dissever, carve_up, schism, break_up, rent, break, rive, split, fragmented, Split
Possible Opposite Answer : unite
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The clue is 16. "More to come ...". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: STAYTUNED
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The clue is 17. Hunter on screen. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HOLLY
Possible Answer : holly, Buddy_Holly, Charles_Hardin_Holley, Holly
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The clue is 18. English cathedral city. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ELY
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The clue is 19. Container for the Ten Commandments. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ARK
Possible Answer : Ark_of_the_Covenant, Ark, ark
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The clue is 20. Libby offerings. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: EBOOKS
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The clue is 22. Connects. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: TIESIN
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The clue is 24. More spirited. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: SPUNKIER
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The clue is 26. Meals that traditionally include four cups of wine. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SEDERS
Possible Answer : Passover_supper, Seder
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The clue is 27. Round up. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HERD
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The clue is 28. The "code" in Walter Isaacson's best-selling 2021 book "The Code Breaker". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: DNA
Possible Answer : DNA, deoxyribonucleic_acid, desoxyribonucleic_acid
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The clue is 29. Hosts. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: MCS
Possible Answer : megacycle, megacycle_per_second, MHz, megahertz, Mc
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The clue is 30. Where lines may be drawn in the sand. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: ZENGARDEN
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The clue is 32. Something to do "criss-cross applesauce". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SIT
Possible Answer : model, pose, seat, posture, sit_down, sit, baby-sit, ride, sit_around
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The clue is 33. Expeditions, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FORDS
Possible Answer : fording, Ford_Madox_Ford, Ford, crossing, Gerald_R._Ford, Gerald_Ford, Ford_Hermann_Hueffer, Henry_Ford_II, John_Ford, Edsel_Bryant_Ford, Henry_Ford, Gerald_Rudolph_Ford, President_Ford, ford
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The clue is 34. It's inspired. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: AIR
Possible Answer : aerate, broadcast, transmit, gentle_wind, tune, beam, publicise, air_out, zephyr, line, aura, aviation, breeze, atmosphere, melodic_line, ventilate, melodic_phrase, melody, airwave, publicize, send, air_travel, air, vent, bare, strain
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The clue is 35. Some facilities. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: MENSROOMS
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The clue is 37. Low point: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: MIN
Possible Answer : Taiwanese, Min, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Min_dialect, min, minute
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The clue is 38. Some 3.5 million quotations were gathered for it, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OED
Possible Answer : Oxford_English_Dictionary, OED, O.E.D.
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The clue is 39. Italian menu word. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ALLA
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The clue is 40. Had a hankering. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: LONGED
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The clue is 43. One known to disappear during work. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: MAGICIAN
Possible Answer : magician, prestidigitator, thaumaturgist, conjuror, illusionist, wizard, sorcerer, thaumaturge, necromancer, conjurer
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The clue is 45. Marked down. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ONSALE
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The clue is 46. Trust. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BANKON
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The clue is 47. Tube travelers?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OVA
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The clue is 48. Unchanging. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SET
Possible Answer : countersink, Seth, do, set_up, fixed, set, Set, determined, limit, ready, localize, sic, plant, lay_out, determine, readiness, localise, go_down, put, prepare, jell, typeset, band, bent, specify, dress, coiffure, primed, rigid, situated, laid, mark, hardened, rig, position, place, pose, fix, circle, fructify, gear_up, arrange, curing, correct, placed, define, congeal, adjust, stage_set, coiffe, fit, go_under, exercise_set, dictated, coif, lot, hardening, located, lay, solidifying, solidification
Possible Opposite Answer : rise
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The clue is 49. Cheese also known as French Gruyère. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: COMTE
Possible Answer : Isidore_Auguste_Marie_Francois_Comte, Comte, Auguste_Comte
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The clue is 50. That's an order!. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: DIRECTIVE
Possible Answer : directive, guiding, directional, directing
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The clue is 53. Forestall. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: AVERT
Possible Answer : ward_off, obviate, fend_off, forefend, stave_off, debar, avert, avoid, turn_away, deflect, head_off, forfend
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The clue is 54. Add exaggerated details to. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: EMBROIDER
Possible Answer : dramatise, dramatize, blow_up, embellish, broider, aggrandise, lard, embroider, aggrandize, pad
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The clue is 55. Coin once known as the "piece of eight". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PESO
Possible Answer : Colombian_peso, Dominican_peso, peso, Chilean_peso, Mexican_peso, Cuban_peso, Philippine_peso, Uruguayan_peso, Guinea-Bissau_peso
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The clue is 56. "Chain Reaction" singer, 1985. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ROSS
Possible Answer : Sir_Ronald_Ross, Nellie_Tayloe_Ross, James_Clark_Ross, Ross, Nellie_Ross, Betsy_Griscom_Ross, Sir_John_Ross, John_Ross, Betsy_Ross, Sir_James_Clark_Ross
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The clue is 57. Mugful on a desk, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PENS
Possible Answer : pen, playpen, indite, write, penitentiary, compose
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Good stuff. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ASSETS
Possible Answer: plus, asset, assets
Possible Opposite Answer : liability
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The clue is 2. Leave undisturbed. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: LETLIE
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The clue is 3. Was psychologically manipulative. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: PLAYEDMINDGAMES
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The clue is 4. Arch. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SLY
Possible Answer: dodgy, foxy, sly, slick, knavish, guileful, crafty, tricksy, tricky, wily, cunning
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The clue is 5. Cranks (out). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: CHURNS
Possible Answer: boil, butter_churn, churn, moil, roil
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The clue is 6. Toot one's own horn?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HONK
Possible Answer: blare, be_sick, cronk, vomit_up, retch, honk, throw_up, beep, purge, regurgitate, cast, claxon, spew, chuck, spue, upchuck, disgorge, sick, vomit, regorge, toot, puke, cat, barf
Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down
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The clue is 7. Amount to. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ARE
Possible Answer: follow, personify, cost, make_up, ar, embody, exist, live, be, constitute, comprise, represent, are, equal
Possible Opposite Answer : differ
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The clue is 8. "Can't say for certain". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: ITDEPENDS
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The clue is 9. Startle. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SPOOK
Possible Answer: spook, shade, weirdo, ghost, weirdie, wraith, creep, weirdy, spectre, specter
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The clue is 10. "But seriously ...". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)
The answer: ALLKIDDINGASIDE
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The clue is 11. Czech brew. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: PILSENER
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The clue is 12. Cluttered quarters. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: STY
Possible Answer: sty, eye_infection, stye, pigpen, pigsty, hordeolum
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The clue is 14. Things found in a well. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: STAIRS
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The clue is 15. Showrunner Rhimes. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SHONDA
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The clue is 21. Small towns. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: BURGS
Possible Answer: burg
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The clue is 23. Broken-off branches. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SECTS
Possible Answer: religious_order, religious_sect, faction, sect
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The clue is 24. Artist Cindy known for her photographic self-portraits. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: SHERMAN
Possible Answer: William_Tecumseh_Sherman, Mount_Sherman, Sherman, Roger_Sherman
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The clue is 25. Skedaddled. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: RAN
Possible Answer: break_away, race, draw, move, guide, feed, track_down, persist, unravel, head_for_the_hills, turn_tail, work, extend, hunt_down, run_away, range, campaign, consort, hunt, play, scarper, course, escape, die_hard, black_market, flow, take_to_the_woods, lam, carry, lead, ladder, endure, melt, execute, function, incline, pass, tend, melt_down, operate, run_for, run, be_given, fly_the_coop, bleed, bunk, go, prevail, hightail_it, ply, scat, lean
Possible Opposite Answer : idle, malfunction
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The clue is 30. Film character who asks "Did you ever think that maybe there's more to life than being really, really, really ridiculously good-looking?". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: ZOOLANDER
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The clue is 31. Comes down. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: RAINS
Possible Answer: rain_down, rainwater, rainfall, pelting, rain
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The clue is 32. [I won't repeat myself in this note]. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: SEEABOVE
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The clue is 33. Leaf. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FOLIO
Possible Answer: pagination, folio, paging, leaf, page_number
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The clue is 35. Million ___ March (political event of 2000). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: MOM
Possible Answer: mammy, mom, mummy, mama, mum, ma, momma, mamma, mommy
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The clue is 36. Clatter. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: RACKET
Possible Answer: revel, whoop_it_up, jollify, noise, fraudulent_scheme, racket, make_whoopie, make_happy, make_merry, racquet, dissonance, illegitimate_enterprise, wassail
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The clue is 37. Most densely populated country in Europe. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: MONACO
Possible Answer: Principality_of_Monaco, Monaco
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The clue is 40. Buffs. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: LOVERS
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The clue is 41. Number of sides for a hendecagon. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ELEVEN
Possible Answer: XI, football_team, 11, xi, eleven
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The clue is 42. Puts off. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: DETERS
Possible Answer: dissuade, discourage, deter
Possible Opposite Answer : persuade
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The clue is 44. Wordless part of many songs. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: INTRO
Possible Answer: intro, presentation, introduction
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The clue is 47. Components of imperial regalia. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ORBS
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The clue is 49. Limit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: CAP
Possible Answer: hood, roof, ceiling, jacket, chapiter, capital, detonating_device, crest, crownwork, jacket_crown, pileus, crown, detonator, cap
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The clue is 51. Text qualifier. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: IMO
Possible Answer: IMO, International_Maritime_Organization
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The clue is 52. Word with felt or hot. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TIP
Possible Answer: crest, slant, gratuity, wind, point, tip, tiptoe, fee, hint, crown, angle, confidential_information, lead, pourboire, steer, baksheesh, tap, bakshish, tip_off, tippytoe, topple, top, tumble, peak, bung, summit, bakshis, lean, tilt, backsheesh
