NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: May 18, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the May 18 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (65)
Clue #1: 1. Verso's counterpart
Antonyms: verso
Clue #2: 6. Alternative to an onion bagel
Clue #3: 11. Jai ___
Clue #4: 15. Where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World
Clue #5: 19. Skating gold medalist Oksana
Clue #6: 20. Host
Clue #7: 21. Quick look
Clue #8: 22. Has a tab open, say
Clue #9: 23. Hip-hop's "Puba" and "Daddy I.U."?
Clue #10: 25. Station near Madison Square Garden, for short
Clue #11: 26. Fleet
Antonyms: slow
Clue #12: 27. Hung around
Clue #13: 28. Remove from the champagne bucket?
Clue #14: 30. "Just kidding!"
Clue #15: 31. Feeling rash?
Clue #16: 34. Hip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type"
Clue #17: 35. Crisis involving cartels
Clue #18: 39. Goes "Vroom!"
Clue #19: 41. Royal title
Clue #20: 42. Casting a total brat in the school play?
Clue #21: 45. Some govt. securities
Clue #22: 49. ___-tempered
Antonyms: odd, uneven
Clue #23: 50. "Super cool!"
Clue #24: 51. Get ready to take a shot
Clue #25: 53. Ship propeller
Antonyms: unscrew
Clue #26: 54. French for "from"
Clue #27: 55. Release
Antonyms: absorb
Clue #28: 57. Dante's guide in the "Inferno"
Clue #29: 60. Singer Del Rey
Clue #30: 61. "The score upon which reality is written," per Henry Miller
Clue #31: 62. Apps might be seen on one
Clue #32: 63. Sediment, e.g.
Antonyms: dislodge, withdraw
Clue #33: 65. "The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"?
Clue #34: 69. Anonymous guy
Clue #35: 70. Pauperism, so to speak
Clue #36: 71. Author of the 2020 memoir "Cubed"
Clue #37: 72. Lots
Clue #38: 73. "Because I'm the boss!"
Clue #39: 75. Pinged online
Clue #40: 76. Condition for which Luvox may be prescribed, in brief
Clue #41: 79. "Wonder Woman" star
Clue #42: 81. Mountain ___
Clue #43: 82. Late singer Payne of One Direction
Clue #44: 84. Modern home of where cuneiform writing originated
Clue #45: 85. Way up or way down
Clue #46: 87. "How long have beavers blocked this river?"?
Clue #47: 92. "As ___ …"
Clue #48: 94. Earthenware pots
Clue #49: 95. Was comparable to
Clue #50: 96. Apparel feature that a bandeau lacks
Clue #51: 100. Function in the role of
Clue #52: 102. Monk's title
Clue #53: 103. Be crazy about Chicago trains with broken A.C.s?
Clue #54: 105. Much in quantity
Clue #55: 109. Baseball family name
Clue #56: 110. Actor Jared
Clue #57: 111. Metric in a competitive family business?
Clue #58: 114. Prince, e.g.
Clue #59: 115. In ___ parentis
Clue #60: 116. Blow
Clue #61: 117. Designer Hilfiger
Clue #62: 118. Lays turf on
Clue #63: 119. Little twerp
Clue #64: 120. Trunk
Clue #65: 121. Head of Slytherin House in the Harry Potter books
Across Clues and Answers (65)
Clue #1: 1. Subject of the 2018 biopic "On the Basis of Sex," familiarly
Clue #2: 2. Noble title
Clue #3: 3. "Ci vediamo in giro!"
Clue #4: 4. Getting ready to listen
Clue #5: 5. Historic district of a city
Clue #6: 6. Gnarly problem, so to speak
Antonyms: bull
Clue #7: 7. Architect of Hong Kong's Bank of China Tower
Clue #8: 8. Certain hallucinatory experience
Clue #9: 9. Directed
Antonyms: follow
Clue #10: 10. Last word of James Joyce's "Ulysses"
Antonyms: no
Clue #11: 11. Dad, in Korean
Clue #12: 12. Ingredients in some potato soups
Clue #13: 13. Son of Aphrodite
Clue #14: 14. "You don't have to tell me"
Clue #15: 15. Time for a pick-me-up, humorously
Clue #16: 16. Lie ahead
Clue #17: 17. Joe of "Home Alone"
Clue #18: 18. First name in perfumes
Clue #19: 24. Label anew
Clue #20: 28. Banks from Los Angeles
Clue #21: 29. Maidenhair and others
Clue #22: 32. Common dog command
Antonyms: go, leave
Clue #23: 33. Chance
Clue #24: 35. Hit up on Instagram, informally
Clue #25: 36. Overnight party with light shows and "cuddle puddles"
Clue #26: 37. Luau strings
Clue #27: 38. Rock group with the 1992 hit "Creep"
Clue #28: 40. Harum-___ (reckless)
Clue #29: 43. Untrue
Clue #30: 44. Notaro of comedy
Clue #31: 46. Drag-and-drop disposal icon
Clue #32: 47. Start of a counting rhyme
Clue #33: 48. Hit with a smack
Clue #34: 52. Time in a Shakespeare title
Antonyms: winter_solstice
Clue #35: 55. Former Israeli P.M. Olmert
Clue #36: 56. Platform for Safari and FaceTime
Clue #37: 57. Borderline
Clue #38: 58. "Need You Tonight" band, 1987
Clue #39: 59. Leave alone
Clue #40: 61. Arbiters of taste
Clue #41: 62. Polite term of address
Clue #42: 64. Stamp on an invoice
Antonyms: unpaid, default
Clue #43: 65. Implied
Clue #44: 66. Valerie Harper title role
Clue #45: 67. One of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time"
Clue #46: 68. Dickens's ___ Heep
Clue #47: 69. Bouts
Clue #48: 74. Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun
Clue #49: 76. Word with history or hygiene
Antonyms: aboral, anal
Clue #50: 77. Shut up
Clue #51: 78. Threw out of a contest, informally
Clue #52: 80. Philosopher's pursuit
Antonyms: inaccuracy, falsity
Clue #53: 82. Exam with an argumentative writing section, in brief
Clue #54: 83. "You know, I can't quite remember"
Clue #55: 84. "Oh geez, the answer was staring me in the face!"
Clue #56: 86. Goes through screen after screen
Clue #57: 88. "Sadly …"
Antonyms: luckily, fortunately
Clue #58: 89. Special attention, for short
Clue #59: 90. Made nice
Clue #60: 91. Wading birds
Clue #61: 93. Publicly bash
Clue #62: 96. Doldrums
Clue #63: 97. Lumberjacks' competition
Clue #64: 98. Walk around, maybe
Antonyms: validate, confront
Clue #65: 99. Where one might pick up litter
Clue #66: 101. Oozes
Clue #67: 104. Burgle
Clue #68: 106. About
Clue #69: 107. West Point inst.
Clue #70: 108. Fanfare
Clue #71: 111. Like a diamond in a ring
Antonyms: rise
Clue #72: 112. Queer identity, in brief
Clue #73: 113. 12/31
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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27447 Fri Jan 03, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints
Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 03, 2025
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
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| Fri Jan 03, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints |
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Out of whack. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ASKEW
Possible Answer : wonky, askew, skew-whiff, cockeyed, lopsided, awry
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The clue is 6. Rock group behind 2024's Power Up Tour. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ACDC
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The clue is 10. What a bodybuilder builds during a bulk cycle. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: MASS
Possible Answer : raft, spate, heap, bulk, pot, deal, quite_a_little, mountain, peck, aggregate, hoi_polloi, sight, mass, lot, aggregative, mess, stack, the_great_unwashed, passel, muckle, plenty, wad, mint, multitude, flock, hatful, people, slew, Mass, batch, volume, tidy_sum, masses, pile, aggregated, good_deal, mickle, great_deal
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The clue is 14. Sudden weather phenomenon. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: FLASHFLOOD
Possible Answer : flashflood, flash_flood
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The clue is 16. Closing on Sundays?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AMEN
Possible Answer : Amen, Amun, Amon
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The clue is 17. Cocktail that's called a French 75 if you use Champagne instead of soda water. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: TOMCOLLINS
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The clue is 18. Mulligan. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: REDO
Possible Answer : remake, reconstruct, refashion, remodel, redo, make_over
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The clue is 19. Eponymous tourist destination in Belgium. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SPA
Possible Answer : spa, health_club, watering_hole, resort_hotel, health_spa, watering_place
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The clue is 20. Basis of some admissions. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: GUILT
Possible Answer : guilt_trip, guilt_feelings, guilty_conscience, guiltiness, guilt
Possible Opposite Answer : innocence
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The clue is 21. Strength, poetically. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SINEW
Possible Answer : brawn, muscle, heftiness, muscularity, sinew, tendon, brawniness
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The clue is 22. Area between the ribs and the round. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LOIN
Possible Answer : lumbus, loin
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The clue is 23. Heaps of dressing?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LAUNDRY
Possible Answer : wash, laundry, washables, washing
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The clue is 25. Responded identically to. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ECHOED
Possible Answer : ring, reverberate, echo, recall, repeat, resound
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The clue is 28. On the ___. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FENCE
Possible Answer : fence_in, fence, wall, argue, palisade, contend, surround, fencing, debate
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The clue is 29. Early synthesizers. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MOOGS
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The clue is 30. Ringing nuisance. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: PRANKCALL
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The clue is 34. Like a face telling a spooky campfire story, maybe. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: UPLIT
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The clue is 35. Give juice to. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: REV
Possible Answer : rev_up, rpm, revolutions_per_minute, rev
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The clue is 36. "Ditto". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SODOI
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The clue is 37. Words before someone finally snaps?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: SAYCHEESE
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The clue is 39. Bridge support. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TRUSS
Possible Answer : bind, tie_down, tie_up, truss, corbel
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The clue is 40. Stool at a counter, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PERCH
Possible Answer : rod, perch, roost, alight, light, rest, pole
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The clue is 41. Woody's crush in "Toy Story". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BOPEEP
Possible Answer : peekaboo, bopeep
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The clue is 42. Member of a warrior class. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: SAMURAI
Possible Answer : samurai
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The clue is 45. Small stretches, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FIBS
Possible Answer : tale, fib, tarradiddle, taradiddle, story
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The clue is 46. Cherish. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PRIZE
Possible Answer : dirty_money, award, pry, plunder, loot, prize, choice, trophy, treasure, quality, prime, prise, pillage, appreciate, select, booty, lever, swag, respect, esteem, value, jimmy
Possible Opposite Answer : disrespect, disesteem
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The clue is 47. Much-sought-after commodity in "Dune". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SPICE
Possible Answer : spice_up, spiciness, spicery, spice, zest
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The clue is 49. Singer Rita. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ORA
Possible Answer : bone, Os, operating_system, osmium, oculus_sinister, OS, os, atomic_number_76
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The clue is 52. Ice skating move. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LUTZ
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The clue is 53. Postgame photo op between two opposing players. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: JERSEYSWAP
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The clue is 55. First person to die, according to the Bible. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ABEL
Possible Answer : Niels_Abel, Niels_Henrik_Abel, Abel
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The clue is 56. They're part of the story. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: PLOTPOINTS
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The clue is 57. Set back to zero, in a way. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TARE
Possible Answer : tare, darnel, Lolium_temulentum, cheat, bearded_darnel
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The clue is 58. Press rooms?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: GYMS
Possible Answer : gymnasium, gym
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The clue is 59. Wipe from one's visual memory, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: UNSEE
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Common nap times, in brief. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AFTS
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The clue is 2. Subpar dining hall food. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SLOP
Possible Answer: mire, splatter, treacle, spill, swill, pigwash, splash, splosh, slops, squish, slop, squelch, glop, mush, pigswill, slosh
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The clue is 3. Hindu god of love. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: KAMA
Possible Answer: Kama
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The clue is 4. F1 neighbor. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ESC
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The clue is 5. Challenge to an intruder. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)
The answer: WHOGOESTHERE
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The clue is 6. Like a fearless bettor at a casino. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ALLIN
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The clue is 7. Spring. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: COIL
Possible Answer: spiral, helix, ringlet, hand-build, whorl, gyre, gyrate, scroll, roll, coil, curlicue, volute, curl, loop, handbuild
Possible Opposite Answer : uncoil
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The clue is 8. Command to stay. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: DONTLEAVE
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The clue is 9. Items harmed when they're scratched, but not when they're burned. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: CDS
Possible Answer: compact_disk, CD, candela, certificate_of_deposit, atomic_number_48, candle, compact_disc, Cd, cadmium, standard_candle, cd
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The clue is 10. Group whose band is the oldest professional music ensemble in the U.S.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: MARINECORPS
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The clue is 11. Change. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: AMEND
Possible Answer: meliorate, remediate, improve, remedy, amend, repair, rectify, better, ameliorate
Possible Opposite Answer : worsen
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The clue is 12. Meal before the 15th of Nisan. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SEDER
Possible Answer: Passover_supper, Seder
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The clue is 13. White out, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SNOWY
Possible Answer: white, snow-clad, snowy, snow-white, snow-covered
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The clue is 15. Not set in stone. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FLUID
Possible Answer: fluid, unstable, liquid, smooth, fluent, runny, mobile
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The clue is 21. "That's rather unfortunate," dismissively. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)
The answer: SUCKSTOBEYOU
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The clue is 22. Exercise in deduction. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: LOGICPUZZLE
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The clue is 24. ___ Taylor (fashion chain). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ANN
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The clue is 25. Australia declared "war" on them in 1932, in an attempt to stop them from destroying crops. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EMUS
Possible Answer: Emu_novaehollandiae, Dromaius_novaehollandiae, electromagnetic_unit, emu
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The clue is 26. Where Lola was a showgirl, in song. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: COPA
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The clue is 27. Deified, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HOLY
Possible Answer: sanctum, holy_place, holy
Possible Opposite Answer : unholy
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The clue is 28. Farm-to-table, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FRESH
Possible Answer: fresh, refreshed, smart, invigorated, refreshful, sweet, wise, refreshing, tonic, saucy, unfermented, novel, impudent, newly, bracing, unused, new, freshly, impertinent, brisk, clean, sassy, overbold, reinvigorated
Possible Opposite Answer : stale, preserved, salty
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The clue is 30. "Couldn't have said it better myself". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: PRECISELY
Possible Answer: incisively, on_the_button, just, exactly, on_the_nose, precisely, on_the_dot
Possible Opposite Answer : inexactly, imprecisely
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The clue is 31. For two musicians. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ADUE
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The clue is 32. Ditch. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LOSE
Possible Answer: lose, fall_back, drop_off, recede, miss, fall_behind, mislay, suffer, turn_a_loss, misplace
Possible Opposite Answer : win, find, gain, keep, profit
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The clue is 33. Aristotle purportedly spoke with one. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LISP
Possible Answer: list-processing_language, LISP, lisp
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The clue is 38. Word often after a president's name. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ERA
Possible Answer: epoch, ERA, geological_era, era, earned_run_average
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The clue is 41. Curling target. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: BICEP
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The clue is 42. Bad sound to hear by a kitchen counter. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SPLAT
Possible Answer: splat
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The clue is 43. Dutch constituent in the Caribbean. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ARUBA
Possible Answer: Aruba
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The clue is 44. Bishop's headwear. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MITER
Possible Answer: mitre, mitre_joint, miter, miter_joint
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The clue is 45. Hitmakers?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FISTS
Possible Answer: fist, clenched_fist
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The clue is 48. Simple question on a high schooler's hand-drawn poster. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PROM
Possible Answer: prom, promenade
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The clue is 49. Dominates. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OWNS
Possible Answer: have, possess, own
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The clue is 50. Power or frequency, essentially. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: RATE
Possible Answer: order, pace, value, charge_per_unit, rate, place, grade, range, rank
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The clue is 51. Church part. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: APSE
Possible Answer: apsis, apse
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The clue is 53. PNG alternative. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: JPG
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The clue is 54. Motif in 1995's "Se7en". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SIN
Possible Answer: sin, boob, sine, sinfulness, sinning, goof, transgress, trespass, drop_the_ball, Sin, hell, wickedness, blunder
