January 27, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, January 27, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (34 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle January 27, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Out!"	5
2A	6. Area of a room, e.g.	4
3A	10. Characters in the "Iliad"?	5
4A	15. 2010 biodrama co-starring 18-Across	16
5A	18. See 15-Across	16
6A	19. Frustrated and betting emotionally, in poker lingo	6
7A	20. Skaggs of bluegrass fame	5
8A	21. Trailblazing astronaut Jemison	3
9A	22. Make, with "out"	3
10A	23. Some daring ascents	5
11A	25. 1970s-'80s TV character to whom the phrase "jumped the shark" originally referred	4
12A	26. Barrett who co-founded Pink Floyd	3
13A	27. Floats	5
14A	29. No good at all	5
15A	30. Deems proper	7
16A	32. Greek peak	4
17A	33. Cousin of "Skol!"	6
18A	35. Inspiration for van Gogh	6
19A	37. Upset	4
20A	38. Big source for entertainment news	7
21A	41. Glowing signs	5
22A	42. Ran over	5
23A	43. Not over the internet, to a texter	3
24A	46. Cardboard recycling unit	4
25A	47. Get slick, in a way	5
26A	49. "I never knew!"	3
27A	50. Existential question	3
28A	51. Moriarty who wrote "Nine Perfect Strangers"	5
29A	54. Match points?	6
30A	56. 1995 alternative rock album by 59-Across that is one of the best-selling albums of all time	16
31A	59. See 56-Across	16
32A	60. Where orders come from	5
33A	61. Actress Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit"	4
34A	62. "Peace"	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. "Out!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
• Words that mean the same thing: bugger off, fuck off, buzz off
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCRAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Area of a room, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
• Words that mean the same thing: specification
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Characters in the "Iliad"?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: iota, smidge, tittle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. 2010 biodrama co-starring 18-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THESOCIALNETWORK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "18. See 15-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JUSTINTIMBERLAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "19. Frustrated and betting emotionally, in poker lingo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONTILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "20. Skaggs of bluegrass fame"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Trailblazing astronaut Jemison"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Make, with "out""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Some daring ascents"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any activity that is performed alone without assistance
• Words that mean the same thing: solo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. 1970s-'80s TV character to whom the phrase "jumped the shark" originally referred"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FONZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Barrett who co-founded Pink Floyd"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Floats"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long flag; often tapering
• Words that mean the same thing: streamer, pennant, waft
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAFTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. No good at all"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that infested with lice
• Words that mean the same thing: icky, stinking, crappy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOUSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Deems proper"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEESFIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Greek peak"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: oculus sinister, osmium, bone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Cousin of "Skol!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cry or shout of approval
• Words that mean the same thing: cheer up, hearten, exhort
• The opposite would be: uncheerfulness, complain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Inspiration for van Gogh"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
• Words that mean the same thing: iris diaphragm, sword lily, flag
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRISES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Upset"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be agitated
• Words that mean the same thing: moil, churn, boil
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Big source for entertainment news"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EONLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Glowing signs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Words that mean the same thing: neon, atomic number 10, Ne
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Ran over"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
• Words that mean the same thing: spill, shed, slop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Not over the internet, to a texter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Cardboard recycling unit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large bundle bound for storage or transport
• Words that mean the same thing: Basle, Basel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Get slick, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. "I never knew!""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
• Words that mean the same thing: g, g-force
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Existential question"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Moriarty who wrote "Nine Perfect Strangers""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Match points?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a particular environment or walk of life
• Words that mean the same thing: orbit, stadium, sphere
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARENAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. 1995 alternative rock album by 59-Across that is one of the best-selling albums of all time"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 letters. It's a expert clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAGGEDLITTLEPILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. See 56-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALANISMORISSETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Where orders come from"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a list of dishes available at a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: carte du jour, menu, bill of fare
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Actress Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. "Peace""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEYA

  Great job if you got it right!

January 27, 2023 Friday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. The Hawks of the N.C.A.A., familiarly	6
2D	2. Alternative to smooth, at the grocery	6
3D	3. Back from vacation, say	6
4D	4. Sweet Italian bubbly	4
5D	5. Does drudgery, old-style	5
6D	6. Go for a lap?	3
7D	7. Form couples	7
8D	8. Active volcano near Peru's dormant Pichu Pichu	7
9D	9. "Squawk on the Street" airer	4
10D	10. "Just doing my job"	4
11D	11. One that gives a hoot	3
12D	12. Burns poem that opens "Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie"	8
13D	13. Home of the only active diamond mine in the U.S.	8
14D	14. Morally repulsive, in slang	6
15D	16. Tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere	7
16D	17. Startled cry	3
17D	24. Misses	6
18D	25. Choreographer Bob	5
19D	28. "___ Nacht" (Christmas carol)	6
20D	29. Cut next to the ribs	4
21D	30. River spanned by the Pont Alexandre III	5
22D	31. Slippery swimmers	4
23D	33. Genesee Brewery offering	8
24D	34. Ruffian	8
25D	36. Lighting of the Olympic flame, and others	7
26D	39. That's what you think!	7
27D	40. "It was worth a shot"	7
28D	41. Classic arcade game in which players can be "on fire"	6
29D	43. Set on fire	6
30D	44. Industry with lots to offer	6
31D	45. ___ Newman, author of "Heather Has Two Mommies"	6
32D	48. Ink, so to speak	5
33D	51. Gifts at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport	4
34D	52. Fingers	3
35D	53. ___ mater	4
36D	55. Sports sticker?	4
37D	57. Serengeti grazer	3
38D	58. Aunt, in Arequipa	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. The Hawks of the N.C.A.A., familiarly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STJOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Alternative to smooth, at the grocery"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that like or containing small sticky lumps
• Words that mean the same thing: lumpy, low-set, squat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHUNKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Back from vacation, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that not move; be in a resting position
• Words that mean the same thing: roost, rest, reside
• The opposite would be: tired, be active
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Sweet Italian bubbly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Does drudgery, old-style"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be agitated
• Words that mean the same thing: roil, labour, moil
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Go for a lap?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be around, often idly or without specific purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: pose, sit down, seat
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Form couples"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAIROFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Active volcano near Peru's dormant Pichu Pichu"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELMISTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "Squawk on the Street" airer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CNBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Just doing my job""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. One that gives a hoot"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: bird of night, bird of Minerva, hooter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Burns poem that opens "Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about literature.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOAMOUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Home of the only active diamond mine in the U.S."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state in south central united states; one of the confederate states during the american civil war
• Words that mean the same thing: Arkansas River, Land of Opportunity, AR
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARKANSAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Morally repulsive, in slang"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKEEZY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "16. Tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CNTOWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "17. Startled cry"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Misses"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a girl or young woman who is unmarried
• Words that mean the same thing: young girl, jeune fille, lassie
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Choreographer Bob"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
• Words that mean the same thing: moat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOSSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. "___ Nacht" (Christmas carol)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STILLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Cut next to the ribs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
• Words that mean the same thing: lumbus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. River spanned by the Pont Alexandre III"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a french river that flows through the heart of paris and then northward into the english channel
• Words that mean the same thing: Seine River
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Slippery swimmers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• Words that mean the same thing: eel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Genesee Brewery offering"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREAMALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Ruffian"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cruel and brutal fellow
• Words that mean the same thing: yob, tough, yobo
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOOLIGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Lighting of the Olympic flame, and others"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any customary observance or practice
• Words that mean the same thing: rite, ritual
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RITUALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. That's what you think!"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
• Words that mean the same thing: view, sentiment, legal opinion
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPINION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. "It was worth a shot""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICETRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Classic arcade game in which players can be "on fire""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NBAJAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Set on fire"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
• Words that mean the same thing: conflagrate, light, fire up
• The opposite would be: extinguish
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGNITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Industry with lots to offer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that property consisting of houses and land
• Words that mean the same thing: real estate, real property, immovable
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REALTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. ___ Newman, author of "Heather Has Two Mommies""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Ink, so to speak"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of demanding notice or attention
• Words that mean the same thing: imperativeness, agitate, campaign
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Gifts at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: garland, wreath, chaplet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Fingers"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: id, Gem State, ID
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. ___ mater"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Sports sticker?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Serengeti grazer"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large african antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
• Words that mean the same thing: wildebeest
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Aunt, in Arequipa"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage
• Words that mean the same thing: transient ischemic attack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	70.8%
Short Answer	11	15.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.6%
Sports	3	4.2%
Music	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	16 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
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• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
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Last Updated: September 04, 2025 at 04:26 PM

NYT Crossword - January 09, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Tuesday, January 09, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 09, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1A: "1. Nude"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make public
• Similar words include: desolate, marginal, stark
• Opposite of: sheathed, covered

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BARE

2A: "5. Sudden, violent effort"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
• Similar words include: muscle spasm, cramp
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPASM

3A: "10. Grow tiresome"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sudden numbing dread
• Similar words include: scare, curtain, die
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PALL

4A: "14. Soon"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that at another time
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANON

5A: "15. Spaghetti, e.g."

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
• Similar words include: alimentary paste
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PASTA

6A: "16. Margarine"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
• Similar words include: marge, margarin, oleomargarine
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OLEO

7A: "17. Asterisk"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Similar words include: stellar, whizz, asterisk
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STAR

8A: "18. Aquatic animal"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the fur of an otter
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OTTER

9A: "19. Tidy"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that clean or organized
• Similar words include: straight, bully, groovy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NEAT

10A: "20. British P.M.: 1955-57"

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SIRANTHONYEDEN

11A: "23. Neon or argon"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
• Similar words include: boast, natural gas, gun
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GAS

12A: "24. Canonized woman in Fr."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STE

13A: "25. Bundled cotton"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make into a bale
• Similar words include: bale
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BALED

14A: "28. Lamb's cry"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MAA

15A: "31. Some examinations"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
• Similar words include: oral, viva voce, viva
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORALS

16A: "35. ___ Wallach, actor from Brooklyn"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELI

17A: "36. Hanging piece of frozen water"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ICICLE

18A: "39. Exude"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that expel (gases or odors)
• Similar words include: let loose, breathe, pass off
• Opposite of: absorb

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EMIT

19A: "40. Noted English navigator"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SIRFRANCISDRAKE

20A: "43. Avocado's shape"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
• Similar words include: oval-shaped, prolate, elliptical
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OVAL

21A: "44. Scold"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that censure severely or angrily
• Similar words include: dress down, trounce, jaw
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BERATE

22A: "45. D.C. bigwig"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fractional monetary unit of japan and indonesia and cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEN

23A: "46. High plateaus"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
• Similar words include: Mesa, mesa, table
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MESAS

24A: "48. German article"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
• Similar words include: dassie, cony, hyrax
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DAS

25A: "49. Lariat"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that belgian composer (1532-1594)
• Similar words include: rope, lariat, Roland de Lassus
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LASSO

26A: "51. Obtain"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
• Similar words include: obtain, suffer, start out
• Opposite of: leave, take away

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GET

27A: "53. For each"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PER

28A: "54. Author of "Ivanhoe""

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SIRWALTERSCOTT

29A: "62. Facts"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Similar words include: datum, data point, information
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DATA

30A: "63. Hire"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that property that is leased or rented out or let
• Similar words include: rent, letting, engage
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEASE

31A: "64. One who mimics"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who copies the words or behavior of another
• Similar words include: emulator, imitator, copycat
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: APER

32A: "65. Solemn assent"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
• Similar words include: Amun, Amon
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMEN

33A: "66. Emulates Maxwell Perkins"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Similar words include: delete, redact, edit
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EDITS

34A: "67. Valley"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an open river valley (in a hilly area)
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DALE

35A: "68. Saucy"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
• Similar words include: impertinent, saucy, irreverent
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PERT

36A: "69. Auctions"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
• Similar words include: sales event, sale, gross revenue
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SALES

37A: "70. She, in Sèvres"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ELLE

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

1D: "1. Food fish"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the lowest part of the musical range
• Similar words include: bass part, basso, freshwater bass
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BASS

2D: "2. Oppositionist"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• Opposite of: pro
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ANTI

3D: "3. Sound at Shea"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a deep prolonged loud noise
• Similar words include: hollo, yaup, yawl
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROAR

4D: "4. Madden"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that put into a rage; make violently angry
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ENRAGE

5D: "5. Detects"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
• Similar words include: patch, office, slur
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPOTS

6D: "6. Trail"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a course of conduct
• Similar words include: way, route, course
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PATH

7D: "7. Concerning"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASTO

8D: "8. British carbine"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STEN

9D: "9. Astor and Martin"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the mother of jesus; christians refer to her as the virgin mary; she is especially honored by roman catholics
• Similar words include: Madonna, Mary, Virgin Mary
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MARYS

10D: "10. One who deliberates"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
• Similar words include: muser, ruminator, muller
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PONDERER

11D: "11. Helm position"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that on or toward the lee
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALEE

12D: "12. Far from plump"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
• Similar words include: slant, leaning, tend
• Opposite of: rich, fat

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEAN

13D: "13. Realty unit"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Similar words include: caboodle, destiny, deal out
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LOT

14D: "21. Opposite of zenith"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
• Similar words include: low-water mark
• Opposite of: zenith

Click to reveal answer

Answer: NADIR

15D: "22. W W II area"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ETO

16D: "25. Broom made of twigs"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BESOM

17D: "26. Existing"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that possessing life
• Similar words include: live, active, alert
• Opposite of: dead, unanimated

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALIVE

18D: "27. Turkey's monetary units"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic unit of money on malta; equal to 100 cents
• Similar words include: Turkish lira, Maltese lira, lira
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIRAS

19D: "28. Dug for coal, e.g."

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that get from the earth by excavation
• Similar words include: mine
• Opposite of: unmined

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MINED

20D: "29. Capital of Ghana"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the capital and largest city of ghana with a deep-water port
• Similar words include: capital of Ghana
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ACCRA

21D: "30. Assumed name"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a name that has been assumed temporarily
• Similar words include: assumed name, also known as, a.k.a.
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALIAS

22D: "32. Accumulate"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that collect or gather
• Similar words include: pile up, conglomerate, cumulate
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AMASS

23D: "33. Enjoys"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a similar kind; ,
• Similar words include: the like, ilk, the likes of
• Opposite of: dislike

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LIKES

24D: "34. To whom an exec dictates"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STENO

25D: "37. Tractor operator's compartment"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• Similar words include: taxi, taxicab, cabriolet
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAB

26D: "38. Superlative ending"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Similar words include: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EST

27D: "41. Glaringly bad"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
• Similar words include: crying, rank, glaring
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: FLAGRANT

28D: "42. Erases"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DELES

29D: "47. Stitch"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Similar words include: stitch, tailor, tailor-make
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEW

30D: "50. Covered passageway"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
• Similar words include: colonnade
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARCADE

31D: "52. Supplementary jury group"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
• Similar words include: story, fib, tale
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TALES

32D: "53. Squeeze"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state of demanding notice or attention
• Similar words include: pressure, adjure, imperativeness
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PRESS

33D: "54. Identical"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern scandinavia and herding reindeer
• Similar words include: Saame, Sami, Saami
• Opposite of: different, unlike

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SAME

34D: "55. Roman road"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ITER

35D: "56. Helen of Troy's mother"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) a queen of sparta who was raped by zeus who had taken the form of a swan; helen of troy was conceived in the rape of leda
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEDA

36D: "57. Kite part"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
• Similar words include: dog, butt, trail
• Opposite of: head

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TAIL

37D: "58. Italian noble family"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESTE

38D: "59. Iridescent gem"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OPAL

39D: "60. Legendary Swiss hero"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
• Similar words include: order, severalize, say
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TELL

40D: "61. Dryad's home"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• Similar words include: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, corner, shoetree
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TREE

41D: "62. Drop bait lightly"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DAP

Puzzle Stats

37 Across

41 Down

78 Total

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Processed: August 23, 2025 at 06:50 PM