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Monday, January 5, 2026

NYT Across Crossword January 05, 2026 - Master All 35 Left-to-Right Clues

NYT Crossword Across January 05, 2026: All 35 Horizontal Answers & Strategic Tips

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 35 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for January 05, 2026
NYT Across Clues - Monday, January 05, 2026
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date January 05, 2026
Day of Week Monday
Total Across Clues 35 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Tricky

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 35 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. Value
2 Across 6. Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii
3 Across 9. Overhead light?
4 Across 13. Listlessness
5 Across 14. Situation that precedes overtime
6 Across 15. Fruit-peeling gadget
7 Across 16. Meeting spot for a company's overseers
8 Across 18. Ventilated
9 Across 19. Actor Reeves who plays John Wick
10 Across 20. Clothing
11 Across 21. Wrestler-turned-actor with a trademark do
12 Across 24. 1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie
13 Across 26. Lawyer, or a lawyer's advice
14 Across 29. Gloppy gunk
15 Across 30. Op-___ (newspaper pieces)
16 Across 31. Advantageous quality
17 Across 32. Aristocrat
18 Across 34. Enjoy a vacation day, say
19 Across 40. Reside
20 Across 41. Burr who dueled with Hamilton
21 Across 42. Wane
22 Across 45. One ___ time
23 Across 46. Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens
24 Across 48. Bug killer that goes "smack!"
25 Across 51. Losing general at Appomattox
26 Across 52. Relating to a son or daughter
27 Across 53. Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl"
28 Across 56. Poet Dickinson
29 Across 57. Gridiron success ... or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across
30 Across 61. Backpackers' shelters
31 Across 62. Write-___ (unlikely election winners)
32 Across 63. Home with a dome
33 Across 64. Lumps of coal, for a snowman
34 Across 65. Understand
35 Across 66. Relinquished

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

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

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. Value"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: W___H
  • Similar words: deserving
  • Opposite of: worthlessness
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WORTH

2 Across: "6. Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'H'
  • Similar words: ash tree
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the residue that remains when something is burned
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASH

3 Across: "9. Overhead light?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: H__O
  • Similar words: aura, ring
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HALO

4 Across: "13. Listlessness"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: E___I
  • Similar words: tedium, boredom
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ENNUI

5 Across: "14. Situation that precedes overtime"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: link up, marry
  • Opposite of: untie
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TIE

6 Across: "15. Fruit-peeling gadget"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: P___R
  • Similar words: paring knife
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a manicurist who trims the fingernails
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PARER

7 Across: "16. Meeting spot for a company's overseers"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: B_______M
  • Similar words: council chamber
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BOARDROOM

8 Across: "18. Ventilated"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: A___D
  • Similar words: publicize, ventilate
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: expose to fresh air
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AIRED

9 Across: "19. Actor Reeves who plays John Wick"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'K' and ends with 'U'
  • Word pattern: K___U
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer KEANU

10 Across: "20. Clothing"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: A____E
  • Similar words: prink, rig out
  • Opposite of: dress down
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ATTIRE

11 Across: "21. Wrestler-turned-actor with a trademark do"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'T'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MRT

12 Across: "24. 1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 10 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: T________R
  • Similar words: cabby, cabman
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: someone who drives a taxi for a living
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TAXIDRIVER

13 Across: "26. Lawyer, or a lawyer's advice"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: C_____L
  • Similar words: counselor, counseling
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a lawyer who pleads cases in court
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer COUNSEL

14 Across: "29. Gloppy gunk"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'O'
  • Similar words: guck, muck
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: any thick
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GOO

15 Across: "30. Op-___ (newspaper pieces)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Similar words: ED
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EDS

16 Across: "31. Advantageous quality"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A___T
  • Similar words: plus
  • Opposite of: liability
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a useful or valuable quality
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASSET

17 Across: "32. Aristocrat"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: N___E
  • Similar words: imposing, baronial
  • Opposite of: noblewoman
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a titled peer of the realm
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOBLE

18 Across: "34. Enjoy a vacation day, say"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 15 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: T_____________K
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TAKEOFFFROMWORK

19 Across: "40. Reside"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: D___L
  • Similar words: harp, brood
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: think moodily or anxiously about something
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DWELL

20 Across: "41. Burr who dueled with Hamilton"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: A___N
  • Similar words: Hank Aaron
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AARON

21 Across: "42. Wane"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'B'
  • Similar words: ebbing, ebb off
  • Opposite of: tide
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EBB

22 Across: "45. One ___ time"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ATA

23 Across: "46. Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: P_____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PENNAME

24 Across: "48. Bug killer that goes "smack!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 10 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: F________R
  • Similar words: flyswat, swatter
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FLYSWATTER

25 Across: "51. Losing general at Appomattox"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: leeward, Robert E. Lee
  • Opposite of: windward
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LEE

26 Across: "52. Relating to a son or daughter"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: F____L
  • Opposite of: parental
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FILIAL

27 Across: "53. Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: B___E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BRICE

28 Across: "56. Poet Dickinson"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: E___Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EMILY

29 Across: "57. Gridiron success ... or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 9 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: T_______N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TOUCHDOWN

30 Across: "61. Backpackers' shelters"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T___S
  • Similar words: camp out, camp
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TENTS

31 Across: "62. Write-___ (unlikely election winners)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
  • Similar words: inch, Indiana
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer INS

32 Across: "63. Home with a dome"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: I___O
  • Similar words: iglu
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IGLOO

33 Across: "64. Lumps of coal, for a snowman"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: E__S
  • Similar words: middle, heart
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: opinion or judgment
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EYES

34 Across: "65. Understand"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: fancy, realise
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SEE

35 Across: "66. Relinquished"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: C___D
  • Similar words: grant, cede
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CEDED

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

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

Time-Saving Across Techniques

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

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 35 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

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

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

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January 05, 2026 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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. Value 5
2A 6. Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii 3
3A 9. Overhead light? 4
4A 13. Listlessness 5
5A 14. Situation that precedes overtime 3
6A 15. Fruit-peeling gadget 5
7A 16. Meeting spot for a company's overseers 9
8A 18. Ventilated 5
9A 19. Actor Reeves who plays John Wick 5
10A 20. Clothing 6
11A 21. Wrestler-turned-actor with a trademark do 3
12A 24. 1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie 10
13A 26. Lawyer, or a lawyer's advice 7
14A 29. Gloppy gunk 3
15A 30. Op-___ (newspaper pieces) 3
16A 31. Advantageous quality 5
17A 32. Aristocrat 5
18A 34. Enjoy a vacation day, say 15
19A 40. Reside 5
20A 41. Burr who dueled with Hamilton 5
21A 42. Wane 3
22A 45. One ___ time 3
23A 46. Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens 7
24A 48. Bug killer that goes "smack!" 10
25A 51. Losing general at Appomattox 3
26A 52. Relating to a son or daughter 6
27A 53. Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl" 5
28A 56. Poet Dickinson 5
29A 57. Gridiron success ... or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across 9
30A 61. Backpackers' shelters 5
31A 62. Write-___ (unlikely election winners) 3
32A 63. Home with a dome 5
33A 64. Lumps of coal, for a snowman 4
34A 65. Understand 3
35A 66. Relinquished 5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Value"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
  • Similar words include: deserving, Charles Frederick Worth
  • Opposite of: worthlessness
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WORTH

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2A: "6. Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
  • Similar words include: ash tree
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASH

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3A: "9. Overhead light?"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
  • Similar words include: nimbus, aureole, annulus
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HALO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

4A: "13. Listlessness"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  • Similar words include: tedium, boredom
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ENNUI

Remember this word for future puzzles!

5A: "14. Situation that precedes overtime"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
  • Similar words include: splice, linkup, railroad tie
  • Opposite of: untie, disconnect
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TIE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

6A: "15. Fruit-peeling gadget"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a manicurist who trims the fingernails
  • Similar words include: paring knife
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PARER

Remember this word for future puzzles!

7A: "16. Meeting spot for a company's overseers"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company)
  • Similar words include: council chamber
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BOARDROOM

Remember this word for future puzzles!

8A: "18. Ventilated"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that expose to fresh air
  • Similar words include: beam, broadcast, air
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AIRED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9A: "19. Actor Reeves who plays John Wick"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

10A: "20. Clothing"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
  • Similar words include: tog out, overdress, fig out
  • Opposite of: underdress, dress down
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ATTIRE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

11A: "21. Wrestler-turned-actor with a trademark do"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

12A: "24. 1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who drives a taxi for a living
  • Similar words include: cabman, cabby, cabdriver
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TAXIDRIVER

Remember this word for future puzzles!

13A: "26. Lawyer, or a lawyer's advice"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a lawyer who pleads cases in court
  • Similar words include: counseling, counselor, pleader
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: COUNSEL

Remember this word for future puzzles!

14A: "29. Gloppy gunk"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any thick, viscous matter
  • Similar words include: slime, gunk, ooze
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GOO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

15A: "30. Op-___ (newspaper pieces)"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using x-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports
  • Similar words include: erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction, explosive detection system
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EDS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

16A: "31. Advantageous quality"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a useful or valuable quality
  • Similar words include: plus
  • Opposite of: liability
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASSET

Remember this word for future puzzles!

17A: "32. Aristocrat"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a titled peer of the realm
  • Similar words include: stately, nobleman, baronial
  • Opposite of: noblewoman, Lady
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NOBLE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

18A: "34. Enjoy a vacation day, say"

15 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

19A: "40. Reside"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

20A: "41. Burr who dueled with Hamilton"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states professional baseball player who hit more home runs than babe ruth (born in 1934)
  • Similar words include: Henry Louis Aaron, Hank Aaron
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AARON

Remember this word for future puzzles!

21A: "42. Wane"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  • Similar words include: ebbing, ebb down, wane
  • Opposite of: tide
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EBB

Remember this word for future puzzles!

22A: "45. One ___ time"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

23A: "46. Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

Remember this word for future puzzles!

24A: "48. Bug killer that goes "smack!""

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects
  • Similar words include: flyswat, swatter
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: FLYSWATTER

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25A: "51. Losing general at Appomattox"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
  • Similar words include: Shelton Jackson Lee, downwind, Richard Henry Lee
  • Opposite of: windward
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Answer: LEE

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26A: "52. Relating to a son or daughter"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
  • Opposite of: parental
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: FILIAL

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27A: "53. Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: BRICE

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28A: "56. Poet Dickinson"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: EMILY

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29A: "57. Gridiron success ... or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a score in american football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: TOUCHDOWN

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30A: "61. Backpackers' shelters"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
  • Similar words include: camp, camp out, tent
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TENTS

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31A: "62. Write-___ (unlikely election winners)"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
  • Similar words include: Indiana, In, IN
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: INS

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32A: "63. Home with a dome"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
  • Similar words include: iglu
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: IGLOO

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33A: "64. Lumps of coal, for a snowman"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that opinion or judgment
  • Similar words include: center, heart, oculus
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: EYES

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34A: "65. Understand"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
  • Similar words include: get a line, interpret, get wind
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SEE

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35A: "66. Relinquished"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
  • Similar words include: surrender, grant, give up
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: CEDED

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Spider's creation 3
2D 2. Peace promoter Yoko 3
3D 3. Cell's messenger material 3
4D 4. Istanbul native 4
5D 5. Conceal 4
6D 6. Lacking a key, in music 6
7D 7. Crazy Horse's people 5
8D 8. Adjustable skirt feature 3
9D 9. Port-au-Prince's country 5
10D 10. Get there 6
11D 11. Looked lasciviously 6
12D 12. Commands 6
13D 15. Police officer who monitors an assigned area 9
14D 17. Label as G or R, say 4
15D 20. Spicy marinade with chili peppers 5
16D 21. Exam for a doctor-to-be 4
17D 22. Parks honored in the Capitol's Statuary Hall 4
18D 23. Walrus's long tooth 4
19D 25. Composer Stravinsky 4
20D 27. Have to have 4
21D 28. Passengers getting an illicit free ride 9
22D 32. Org. for Patriot games 3
23D 33. Actor McGregor with a Golden Globe for "Fargo" 4
24D 35. Pertaining to development in the womb 5
25D 36. Off-key, in a way 4
26D 37. Like some history or hygiene 4
27D 38. City surrounding Vatican City 4
28D 39. On bended ___ 4
29D 42. Overly refined 6
30D 43. "Yikes!," to a Brit 6
31D 44. Reporter's attribution atop an article 6
32D 46. Read 6
33D 47. Rock's Carmen or Clapton 4
34D 49. Earthy deposits by a river 5
35D 50. Steak similar to a porterhouse 5
36D 54. Stylish 4
37D 55. Margin 4
38D 57. "___ better to have loved and lost ..." 3
39D 58. Passé 3
40D 59. Misfortune 3
41D 60. Agree silently 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Spider's creation"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
  • Similar words include: vane, net, network
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: WEB

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2D: "2. Peace promoter Yoko"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

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3D: "3. Cell's messenger material"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
  • Similar words include: ribonucleic acid
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: RNA

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4D: "4. Istanbul native"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a native or inhabitant of turkey
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: TURK

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5D: "5. Conceal"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
  • Similar words include: pelt, cover, fell
  • Opposite of: show
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Answer: HIDE

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6D: "6. Lacking a key, in music"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality
  • Similar words include: unkeyed
  • Opposite of: tonal
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Answer: ATONAL

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7D: "7. Crazy Horse's people"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of a group of north american indian peoples who spoke a siouan language and who ranged from lake michigan to the rocky mountains
  • Similar words include: Siouan
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SIOUX

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8D: "8. Adjustable skirt feature"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
  • Similar words include: ahem
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: HEM

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9D: "9. Port-au-Prince's country"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
  • Similar words include: Republic of Haiti, Hayti, Hispaniola
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: HAITI

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10D: "10. Get there"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
  • Similar words include: get, make it, go far
  • Opposite of: leave
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Answer: ARRIVE

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11D: "11. Looked lasciviously"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
  • Similar words include: leer
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: LEERED

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12D: "12. Commands"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
  • Similar words include: parliamentary procedure, say, fiat
  • Opposite of: disorder, disorderliness
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Answer: ORDERS

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13D: "15. Police officer who monitors an assigned area"

9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a policeman who patrols a given region
  • Similar words include: flatfoot
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: PATROLMAN

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14D: "17. Label as G or R, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
  • Similar words include: place, rank, grade
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: RATE

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15D: "20. Spicy marinade with chili peppers"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: ADOBO

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16D: "21. Exam for a doctor-to-be"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: MCAT

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17D: "22. Parks honored in the Capitol's Statuary Hall"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
  • Similar words include: genus Rosa
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROSA

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18D: "23. Walrus's long tooth"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
  • Similar words include: horn, detusk, ivory
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: TUSK

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19D: "25. Composer Stravinsky"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: IGOR

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20D: "27. Have to have"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a condition requiring relief
  • Similar words include: ask, demand, require
  • Opposite of: obviate
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Answer: NEED

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21D: "28. Passengers getting an illicit free ride"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage
  • Similar words include: stowaway
  • Pattern: _________
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Answer: STOWAWAYS

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22D: "32. Org. for Patriot games"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: NFL

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23D: "33. Actor McGregor with a Golden Globe for "Fargo""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: EWAN

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24D: "35. Pertaining to development in the womb"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of or relating to a fetus
  • Similar words include: foetal
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: FETAL

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25D: "36. Off-key, in a way"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a level tract of land
  • Similar words include: savorless, matte, directly
  • Opposite of: indirectly, natural
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Answer: FLAT

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26D: "37. Like some history or hygiene"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
  • Similar words include: unwritten, viva voce, oral exam
  • Opposite of: aboral, anal
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Answer: ORAL

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27D: "38. City surrounding Vatican City"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that capital and largest city of italy; on the tiber; seat of the roman catholic church; formerly the capital of the roman republic and the roman empire
  • Similar words include: Italian capital, Eternal City, Roma
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ROME

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28D: "39. On bended ___"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
  • Similar words include: articulatio genus, knee joint, stifle
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: KNEE

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29D: "42. Overly refined"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
  • Similar words include: decadent
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: EFFETE

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30D: "43. "Yikes!," to a Brit"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: BLIMEY

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31D: "44. Reporter's attribution atop an article"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: BYLINE

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32D: "46. Read"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that examine or consider with attention and in detail
  • Pattern: ______
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Answer: PERUSE

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33D: "47. Rock's Carmen or Clapton"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ERIC

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34D: "49. Earthy deposits by a river"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
  • Similar words include: silt up, silt
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: SILTS

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35D: "50. Steak similar to a porterhouse"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: TBONE

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36D: "54. Stylish"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

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37D: "55. Margin"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the boundary of a surface
  • Similar words include: bound, boundary, butt on
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: EDGE

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38D: "57. "___ better to have loved and lost ...""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
  • Similar words include: titanium, atomic number 22, Cordyline terminalis
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: TIS

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39D: "58. Passé"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
  • Similar words include: sure-enough, erstwhile, onetime
  • Opposite of: young, new
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Answer: OLD

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40D: "59. Misfortune"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that misery resulting from affliction
  • Similar words include: woefulness, suffering
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: WOE

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41D: "60. Agree silently"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sign of assent or salutation or command
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: NOD

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

35 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
76 Total Clues

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