NY Times Crossword Answers July 14, 2024 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 14, 2024

Published on Sunday, July 14, 2024 • Updated daily

Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 14 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (59)

Clue #1: 1. J.Lo or J-Law

7-letter answer Answer: ALISTER

Clue #2: 8. Brief

6-letter answer Answer: INFORM

Word Help: Synonyms: inform

Clue #3: 14. Target of a seasonal shot

3-letter answer Answer: FLU

Word Help: Synonyms: influenza, grippe, flu

Clue #4: 17. Harmful algal blooms

8-letter answer Answer: REDTIDES

Clue #5: 19. Liqueur sharing its name with an island

7-letter answer Answer: CURACAO

Word Help: Synonyms: curacao, curacoa, Curacao

Clue #6: 21. Actor Somerhalder

3-letter answer Answer: IAN

Clue #7: 22. Rock group clashes over album art?

17-letter answer Answer: CDCASEDIVIDESACDC

Clue #8: 25. Common allergen

3-letter answer Answer: NUT

Word Help: Synonyms: testicle, ballock, screwball

Clue #9: 26. Possessive in the Lord's Prayer

3-letter answer Answer: THY

Clue #10: 27. Picked up on

7-letter answer Answer: NOTICED

Word Help: Synonyms: noticed, discover, comment
Antonyms: unnoticed, ignore

Clue #11: 28. Cartoonist Chast

3-letter answer Answer: ROZ

Clue #12: 29. Like one preferring platonic relationships, informally

3-letter answer Answer: ARO

Clue #13: 30. "Veni, vidi, ___"

4-letter answer Answer: VICI

Clue #14: 32. Kind of sauce at a sushi bar

3-letter answer Answer: EEL

Word Help: Synonyms: eel

Clue #15: 33. "So cute!"

8-letter answer Answer: ADORABLE

Word Help: Synonyms: endearing, lovely, adorable

Clue #16: 36. Humble postgame summary from an Indiana basketball player?

19-letter answer Answer: PACERSSELFLESSRECAP

Clue #17: 42. Celebration whose name literally means "taro leaf"

4-letter answer Answer: LUAU

Word Help: Synonyms: luau

Clue #18: 43. Salve targets

5-letter answer Answer: SORES

Word Help: Synonyms: sore

Clue #19: 44. You might go for a spin in one

4-letter answer Answer: TUTU

Word Help: Synonyms: Tutu, Desmond_Tutu, ballet_skirt

Clue #20: 45. Doohickey

4-letter answer Answer: ITEM

Word Help: Synonyms: item, detail, token

Clue #21: 48. "Secret Celebrity Renovation" airer

3-letter answer Answer: CBS

Clue #22: 50. Word with high or secret

7-letter answer Answer: SOCIETY

Word Help: Synonyms: social_club, companionship, company

Clue #23: 54. Top score in a dunk contest

3-letter answer Answer: TEN

Word Help: Synonyms: ten-spot, tenner, ten

Clue #24: 55. Director Burton

3-letter answer Answer: TIM

Clue #25: 56. Doohickey

6-letter answer Answer: THINGY

Clue #26: 59. Its sound is mimicked with coconut shells in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

5-letter answer Answer: STEED

Word Help: Synonyms: steed

Clue #27: 61. Buffalo hockey player

5-letter answer Answer: SABRE

Word Help: Synonyms: sabre, saber, cavalry_sword

Clue #28: 63. Slangy request to a German to play it cool?

15-letter answer Answer: KLAUSACTCASUALK

Clue #29: 70. Big brand in the frozen aisle

6-letter answer Answer: OREIDA

Clue #30: 72. Greta of "Grand Hotel"

5-letter answer Answer: GARBO

Word Help: Synonyms: Greta_Garbo, Greta_Louisa_Gustafsson, Garbo

Clue #31: 73. Brisket cooker

6-letter answer Answer: SMOKER

Word Help: Synonyms: tobacco_user, smoking_carriage, smoker
Antonyms: nonsmoker

Clue #32: 74. What happened when the bust went sideways?

15-letter answer Answer: NARCINAPANICRAN

Clue #33: 79. Comment that breaks the fourth wall

5-letter answer Answer: ASIDE

Word Help: Synonyms: divagation, digression, parenthesis

Clue #34: 80. "You're ___ luck, my friend"

5-letter answer Answer: OUTTA

Clue #35: 81. Place with swinging doors, stereotypically

6-letter answer Answer: SALOON

Word Help: Synonyms: pothouse, saloon, bar

Clue #36: 83. "The Great Gatsby" antagonist

3-letter answer Answer: TOM

Word Help: Synonyms: tom, tomcat, Uncle_Tom

Clue #37: 84. "That's gotta hurt!"

3-letter answer Answer: OOF

Clue #38: 87. Fashionable N.Y.C. fund-raiser

7-letter answer Answer: METGALA

Clue #39: 91. Origami, e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: ART

Word Help: Synonyms: prowess, graphics, artistic_production

Clue #40: 92. Early invader of Britain

4-letter answer Answer: DANE

Word Help: Synonyms: Dane

Clue #41: 93. Event inspiring many TikTok proposals

4-letter answer Answer: PROM

Word Help: Synonyms: prom, promenade

Clue #42: 95. Creator of the 1980 video game Adventure

5-letter answer Answer: ATARI

Clue #43: 97. Calf-length dress

4-letter answer Answer: MIDI

Word Help: Synonyms: Midi, midi, MIDI
Antonyms: maxi

Clue #44: 99. Headline regarding a children's author controversy?

19-letter answer Answer: SEUSSIGNITINGISSUES

Clue #45: 106. Player in a baseball stadium

8-letter answer Answer: ORGANIST

Word Help: Synonyms: organist

Clue #46: 107. Sucker

3-letter answer Answer: SAP

Word Help: Synonyms: saphead, muggins, fool

Clue #47: 108. Post-workout feeling

4-letter answer Answer: ACHE

Word Help: Synonyms: yen, pine, languish

Clue #48: 110. Femur-to-tibia connector, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ACL

Clue #49: 111. Barbecue coating

3-letter answer Answer: RUB

Word Help: Synonyms: snag, wipe, hang-up

Clue #50: 112. Rile up

7-letter answer Answer: AGITATE

Word Help: Synonyms: stir_up, push, campaign
Antonyms: calm

Clue #51: 116. Progressive competitor

3-letter answer Answer: AIG

Clue #52: 117. Java

3-letter answer Answer: JOE

Clue #53: 118. Voice-activated order for cabbage or soda bread?

17-letter answer Answer: IRISHSIDEDISHSIRI

Clue #54: 123. Actress Ortiz

3-letter answer Answer: ANA

Word Help: Synonyms: Ana, ana

Clue #55: 124. Hard to pin down

7-letter answer Answer: ELUSIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: subtle, problematic, elusive

Clue #56: 125. Mammal seen in Monterey Bay

8-letter answer Answer: SEAOTTER

Clue #57: 126. Traveling caller, perhaps

3-letter answer Answer: REF

Word Help: Synonyms: referee, ref

Clue #58: 127. Pair in a telescope

6-letter answer Answer: LENSES

Word Help: Synonyms: electron_lens, crystalline_lens, lens

Clue #59: 128. Subjects of many evening photographs

7-letter answer Answer: SUNSETS

Word Help: Synonyms: sunset, sundown
Antonyms: sunrise

Across Clues and Answers (59)

Clue #1: 1. Character's development path

3-letter answer Answer: ARC

Word Help: Synonyms: arc, curve, spark

Clue #2: 2. Certain flat-screen, for short

5-letter answer Answer: LEDTV

Clue #3: 3. Aid in recovering a lost pet

6-letter answer Answer: IDCHIP

Clue #4: 4. "Don't freak out!"

8-letter answer Answer: STAYCALM

Clue #5: 5. "Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion": Cassius

3-letter answer Answer: TIS

Word Help: Synonyms: titanium, te, Ti

Clue #6: 6. Idyllic spot for two

4-letter answer Answer: EDEN

Word Help: Synonyms: nirvana, heaven, Garden_of_Eden

Clue #7: 7. Try again from the top

4-letter answer Answer: REDO

Word Help: Synonyms: make_over, refashion, remodel

Clue #8: 8. They might hang around the house during the holidays

7-letter answer Answer: ICICLES

Word Help: Synonyms: icicle

Clue #9: 9. In the buff

4-letter answer Answer: NUDE

Word Help: Synonyms: nude_statue, nude_sculpture, nude_person

Clue #10: 10. Activist Hampton of the Black Panthers

4-letter answer Answer: FRED

Clue #11: 11. Intl. alliance that includes Canada and Costa Rica

3-letter answer Answer: OAS

Word Help: Synonyms: Organization_of_American_States, OAS

Clue #12: 12. Pioneer in color TV

3-letter answer Answer: RCA

Clue #13: 13. Keyboard shortcuts

6-letter answer Answer: MACROS

Word Help: Synonyms: macro, macro_instruction

Clue #14: 14. Version shown at the movie theater

8-letter answer Answer: FINALCUT

Clue #15: 15. Nobel honoree

8-letter answer Answer: LAUREATE

Word Help: Synonyms: laureate

Clue #16: 16. Biblical preposition

4-letter answer Answer: UNTO

Clue #17: 18. Google search results

5-letter answer Answer: SITES

Word Help: Synonyms: posture, sit, internet_site
Antonyms: stand, arise

Clue #18: 20. Nose wrinklers

5-letter answer Answer: ODORS

Word Help: Synonyms: olfactory_perception, smell, olfactory_sensation

Clue #19: 23. Contests

4-letter answer Answer: VIES

Word Help: Synonyms: compete, vie, contend

Clue #20: 24. Foe of the Bolsheviks

4-letter answer Answer: CZAR

Word Help: Synonyms: tzar, tsar, czar

Clue #21: 31. R.N.'s assignment, maybe

3-letter answer Answer: ICU

Word Help: Synonyms: ICU, intensive_care_unit

Clue #22: 33. Knighted Guinness

4-letter answer Answer: ALEC

Clue #23: 34. Stop it

6-letter answer Answer: DESIST

Word Help: Synonyms: refrain, abstain, desist
Antonyms: consume

Clue #24: 35. Use DraftKings or FanDuel

3-letter answer Answer: BET

Word Help: Synonyms: stake, count, look

Clue #25: 37. A person

4-letter answer Answer: EACH

Word Help: Synonyms: each, to_each_one, for_each_one

Clue #26: 38. Inventor who wrote "Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All"

5-letter answer Answer: RUBIK

Clue #27: 39. ___ Blancos, nickname for soccer's Real Madrid

3-letter answer Answer: LOS

Clue #28: 40. To's counterpart

3-letter answer Answer: FRO

Clue #29: 41. Many a dad joke

3-letter answer Answer: PUN

Word Help: Synonyms: paronomasia, pun, punning

Clue #30: 45. "OK, the gloves are off!"

5-letter answer Answer: ITSON

Clue #31: 46. Diadem lookalike

5-letter answer Answer: TIARA

Word Help: Synonyms: tiara

Clue #32: 47. After burner?

5-letter answer Answer: EMBER

Word Help: Synonyms: coal, ember

Clue #33: 49. Show that spawned "MacGruber," for short

3-letter answer Answer: SNL

Clue #34: 51. Abbr. after a series

3-letter answer Answer: ETC

Clue #35: 52. Drinks accompanying finger sandwiches

4-letter answer Answer: TEAS

Word Help: Synonyms: teatime, tea, afternoon_tea

Clue #36: 53. Overly agreeable sort

6-letter answer Answer: YESMAN

Clue #37: 56. Monotony

6-letter answer Answer: TEDIUM

Word Help: Synonyms: tedium, ennui, tediousness

Clue #38: 57. Mad (about)

4-letter answer Answer: GAGA

Word Help: Synonyms: gaga, senile, dotty

Clue #39: 58. Chinese dollar

4-letter answer Answer: YUAN

Word Help: Synonyms: kwai, yuan, Yuan_dynasty

Clue #40: 60. Pairs

4-letter answer Answer: DUOS

Word Help: Synonyms: twain, pair, yoke

Clue #41: 62. Having mucho dinero

4-letter answer Answer: RICO

Word Help: Synonyms: RICO, anti-racketeering_law, Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act

Clue #42: 64. Indian honorific

3-letter answer Answer: SRI

Clue #43: 65. Basics

4-letter answer Answer: ABCS

Word Help: Synonyms: ABCs, alphabet, ABC

Clue #44: 66. ___ Felton, title detective of "The Puzzle Lady Mysteries"

4-letter answer Answer: CORA

Word Help: Synonyms: Despoina, Persephone, Cora

Clue #45: 67. Japanese dog breed

5-letter answer Answer: AKITA

Clue #46: 68. Unfairly enticed

5-letter answer Answer: LEDON

Clue #47: 69. Krispy ___

5-letter answer Answer: KREME

Clue #48: 71. Money paid for a hand

4-letter answer Answer: ANTE

Word Help: Synonyms: ante

Clue #49: 75. A.B.A. member: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: ATT

Clue #50: 76. Early polytheists

6-letter answer Answer: PAGANS

Word Help: Synonyms: infidel, heathen, pleasure_seeker

Clue #51: 77. In the style of

3-letter answer Answer: ALA

Word Help: Synonyms: ala

Clue #52: 78. Conventions

5-letter answer Answer: NORMS

Word Help: Synonyms: average, norm

Clue #53: 82. First name in soul

4-letter answer Answer: OTIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Otis, genus_Otis, Elisha_Graves_Otis

Clue #54: 84. Covert ___

3-letter answer Answer: OPS

Word Help: Synonyms: Ops

Clue #55: 85. Nabisco treat with ice cream and cookies

8-letter answer Answer: OREOCONE

Clue #56: 86. Unlike a shamrock

8-letter answer Answer: FOURLEAF

Clue #57: 88. Fighting

4-letter answer Answer: ATIT

Clue #58: 89. Muscle worked by a pull-down machine, for short

3-letter answer Answer: LAT

Word Help: Synonyms: lat, latissimus_dorsi

Clue #59: 90. Shapiro of NPR

3-letter answer Answer: ARI

Clue #60: 92. Forms from a mold

8-letter answer Answer: DIECASTS

Clue #61: 94. Flavor enhancer, for short

3-letter answer Answer: MSG

Word Help: Synonyms: monosodium_glutamate, MSG

Clue #62: 96. Guts

7-letter answer Answer: INSIDES

Word Help: Synonyms: interior, inside
Antonyms: outside

Clue #63: 98. Singer ___ Lipa

3-letter answer Answer: DUA

Clue #64: 100. Garment worn with a choli

4-letter answer Answer: SARI

Word Help: Synonyms: sari, saree

Clue #65: 101. Harden (to)

5-letter answer Answer: INURE

Word Help: Synonyms: harden, inure, indurate

Clue #66: 102. Groundbreaking vet legislation of 1944

6-letter answer Answer: GIBILL

Clue #67: 103. Airport area

4-letter answer Answer: GATE

Word Help: Synonyms: gate, logic_gate

Clue #68: 104. Devices that often get swiped

5-letter answer Answer: IPADS

Clue #69: 105. Certain Muslim

6-letter answer Answer: SHIITE

Word Help: Synonyms: Shia_Muslim, Shi'ite, Shiite_Muslim

Clue #70: 109. "Great" or "snowy" bird

5-letter answer Answer: EGRET

Word Help: Synonyms: egret

Clue #71: 110. Just barely open

4-letter answer Answer: AJAR

Word Help: Synonyms: ajar

Clue #72: 112. "The way things are going ..."

4-letter answer Answer: ASIS

Clue #73: 113. Cry "Uncle!"

4-letter answer Answer: GIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: make, fall_in, leave
Antonyms: take, starve

Clue #74: 114. Skinny pieces of clothing

4-letter answer Answer: TIES

Word Help: Synonyms: necktie, affiliation, attach
Antonyms: disconnect, untie

Clue #75: 115. Son of Isaac and Rebecca

4-letter answer Answer: ESAU

Word Help: Synonyms: Esau

Clue #76: 119. Bird with four W.N.B.A. titles

3-letter answer Answer: SUE

Word Help: Synonyms: action, process, Eugene_Sue

Clue #77: 120. QVC alternative

3-letter answer Answer: HSN

Clue #78: 121. Snookums

3-letter answer Answer: HON

Clue #79: 122. Org. with a return policy?

3-letter answer Answer: IRS

Word Help: Synonyms: Internal_Revenue_Service, IRS

Expert Solving Strategies

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• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
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Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. "Snow job" or "rainmaker," e.g.

5-letter answer Answer: SLANG

Word Help: Synonyms: take_in, jargon, slang

Clue #2: 6. Beer pong locale

4-letter answer Answer: FRAT

Word Help: Synonyms: fraternity, frat

Clue #3: 10. Tight-lipped

3-letter answer Answer: MUM

Word Help: Synonyms: mama, mum, momma

Clue #4: 13. Figure once marketed as "America's movable fighting man"

5-letter answer Answer: GIJOE

Clue #5: 14. Tempt

4-letter answer Answer: LURE

Word Help: Synonyms: enticement, lure, hook

Clue #6: 15. ___ for sore eyes (www.optometrists.com?)

4-letter answer Answer: SITE

Word Help: Synonyms: place, website, internet_site

Clue #7: 16. Like a film that's both sad and funny

10-letter answer Answer: TRAGICOMIC

Word Help: Synonyms: tragicomic, tragicomical

Clue #8: 18. Cactus ___ (Arizona's state bird)

4-letter answer Answer: WREN

Word Help: Synonyms: Sir_Christopher_Wren, jenny_wren, Wren

Clue #9: 19. Lisa Simpson's musical instrument

3-letter answer Answer: SAX

Word Help: Synonyms: sax, Sax, Adolphe_Sax

Clue #10: 20. "Go on now, git!"

4-letter answer Answer: SHOO

Word Help: Synonyms: shoo_off, shoo, shoo_away

Clue #11: 21. Wild pigs

5-letter answer Answer: BOARS

Word Help: Synonyms: Sus_scrofa, wild_boar, boar

Clue #12: 22. Ben & Jerry's flavor honoring a jam band legend

12-letter answer Answer: CHERRYGARCIA

Clue #13: 25. Seem

6-letter answer Answer: APPEAR

Word Help: Synonyms: look, appear, come_along
Antonyms: disappear

Clue #14: 28. Potter : wheel :: painter : ___

5-letter answer Answer: EASEL

Word Help: Synonyms: easel

Clue #15: 29. ___ chic (fashion style)

4-letter answer Answer: BOHO

Clue #16: 30. "Can't you get someone else?"

5-letter answer Answer: MUSTI

Clue #17: 32. Water-testing org.

3-letter answer Answer: EPA

Word Help: Synonyms: EPA, Environmental_Protection_Agency

Clue #18: 35. Not quite right ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters

15-letter answer Answer: CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR

Clue #19: 39. Moviemaking backdrop

3-letter answer Answer: SET

Word Help: Synonyms: coif, hardening, put
Antonyms: rise

Clue #20: 40. D.E.A. agent, informally

5-letter answer Answer: NARCO

Clue #21: 41. Lit ___

4-letter answer Answer: CRIT

Clue #22: 42. Smells

5-letter answer Answer: ODORS

Word Help: Synonyms: odor, odour, olfactory_sensation

Clue #23: 44. Herculean tasks

6-letter answer Answer: LABORS

Word Help: Synonyms: Department_of_Labor, trade_union_movement, drive

Clue #24: 46. Genre for Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

12-letter answer Answer: MAGICREALISM

Clue #25: 50. Start of the Hebrew alphabet

5-letter answer Answer: ALEPH

Word Help: Synonyms: aleph

Clue #26: 51. Dum-dum

4-letter answer Answer: LUNK

Clue #27: 52. Anatomical pouch

3-letter answer Answer: SAC

Word Help: Synonyms: pouch, sac, sack

Clue #28: 55. Skirt with a high hemline

4-letter answer Answer: MINI

Word Help: Synonyms: mini, miniskirt
Antonyms: midi

Clue #29: 56. Online marketplace with a "barter" category

10-letter answer Answer: CRAIGSLIST

Clue #30: 59. Similar (to)

4-letter answer Answer: AKIN

Word Help: Synonyms: kin, consanguineous, consanguineal

Clue #31: 60. Six-time French Open champ Björn

4-letter answer Answer: BORG

Clue #32: 61. Fuel ship

5-letter answer Answer: OILER

Word Help: Synonyms: tanker, oiler, oil_well

Clue #33: 62. "Just a ___!"

3-letter answer Answer: SEC

Word Help: Synonyms: SEC, Securities_and_Exchange_Commission, second

Clue #34: 63. Moore of "The Substance"

4-letter answer Answer: DEMI

Clue #35: 64. Prenatal

5-letter answer Answer: FETAL

Word Help: Synonyms: foetal, fetal

Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. March V.I.P.s?: Abbr.

4-letter answer Answer: SGTS

Clue #2: 2. Old Italian money

4-letter answer Answer: LIRA

Word Help: Synonyms: Maltese_lira, Turkish_lira, Italian_lira

Clue #3: 3. Cleaning product with a mythical name

4-letter answer Answer: AJAX

Word Help: Synonyms: Ajax

Clue #4: 4. Yuletide drink

3-letter answer Answer: NOG

Word Help: Synonyms: peg, nog

Clue #5: 5. Performer at ozashiki parties

6-letter answer Answer: GEISHA

Word Help: Synonyms: geisha_girl, geisha

Clue #6: 6. Lower limit

5-letter answer Answer: FLOOR

Word Help: Synonyms: take_aback, deck, blow_out_of_the_water

Clue #7: 7. Something heard through the grapevine

5-letter answer Answer: RUMOR

Word Help: Synonyms: hearsay, bruit, rumour

Clue #8: 8. News anchor Melber

3-letter answer Answer: ARI

Clue #9: 9. Private eye, in old crime novels

3-letter answer Answer: TEC

Word Help: Synonyms: detective, police_detective, investigator

Clue #10: 10. Big name in fertilizers

10-letter answer Answer: MIRACLEGRO

Clue #11: 11. Wombs

5-letter answer Answer: UTERI

Word Help: Synonyms: womb, uterus

Clue #12: 12. High-I.Q. society

5-letter answer Answer: MENSA

Word Help: Synonyms: Mensa

Clue #13: 15. Said "%$#@!"

5-letter answer Answer: SWORE

Word Help: Synonyms: verify, blaspheme, bank
Antonyms: mistrust

Clue #14: 17. The so-called "Goddess of Pop"

4-letter answer Answer: CHER

Clue #15: 21. Fundamental

5-letter answer Answer: BASIC

Word Help: Synonyms: BASIC, basic, canonic
Antonyms: incidental

Clue #16: 22. Co. heads

4-letter answer Answer: CEOS

Word Help: Synonyms: CEO, chief_operating_officer, chief_executive_officer

Clue #17: 23. Like the questions asked in Guess Who?

5-letter answer Answer: YESNO

Clue #18: 24. Feline, to Felipe

4-letter answer Answer: GATO

Clue #19: 25. Fundamentals

4-letter answer Answer: ABCS

Word Help: Synonyms: first_principle, first_rudiment, ABCs

Clue #20: 26. Fire station fixture

4-letter answer Answer: POLE

Word Help: Synonyms: punt, terminal, celestial_pole

Clue #21: 27. Camera-friendly

10-letter answer Answer: PHOTOGENIC

Word Help: Synonyms: photogenic

Clue #22: 30. Container for keys, wallet, razor, etc., in a modern portmanteau

5-letter answer Answer: MURSE

Clue #23: 31. World clock std.

3-letter answer Answer: UTC

Word Help: Synonyms: UTC, coordinated_universal_time

Clue #24: 33. Unexciting holding in poker

4-letter answer Answer: PAIR

Word Help: Synonyms: distich, duet, duad

Clue #25: 34. Lincoln Center focus

4-letter answer Answer: ARTS

Word Help: Synonyms: art, humanities, arts

Clue #26: 36. Son of Cain

5-letter answer Answer: ENOCH

Clue #27: 37. Former attorney general Bill

4-letter answer Answer: BARR

Clue #28: 38. Warhead weapon, in brief

4-letter answer Answer: ICBM

Word Help: Synonyms: ICBM, intercontinental_ballistic_missile

Clue #29: 43. Take out a small part of one's savings, say

5-letter answer Answer: DIPIN

Clue #30: 44. Suffix with duck or suck

4-letter answer Answer: LING

Word Help: Synonyms: cusk, burbot, Trapa_bicornis

Clue #31: 45. Requests from

6-letter answer Answer: ASKSOF

Clue #32: 46. Some bedtime story readers

5-letter answer Answer: MAMAS

Word Help: Synonyms: mama, momma, mum

Clue #33: 47. The same

5-letter answer Answer: ALIKE

Word Help: Synonyms: like, similar, alike
Antonyms: unalike

Clue #34: 48. Worry greatly

5-letter answer Answer: ALARM

Word Help: Synonyms: horrify, alarm_clock, alert

Clue #35: 49. Video game character in a green hat

5-letter answer Answer: LUIGI

Clue #36: 52. River residue

4-letter answer Answer: SILT

Word Help: Synonyms: silt_up, silt

Clue #37: 53. Not on firm ground?

4-letter answer Answer: ASEA

Word Help: Synonyms: asea, seaward, seawards

Clue #38: 54. ___+C ("copy" on a PC)

4-letter answer Answer: CTRL

Clue #39: 56. Ingredient in some trendy gummies, for short

3-letter answer Answer: CBD

Clue #40: 57. Fish eggs

3-letter answer Answer: ROE

Word Help: Synonyms: hard_roe, roe

Clue #41: 58. "It's not you, it's me," often

3-letter answer Answer: LIE

Word Help: Synonyms: rest, consist, prevarication
Antonyms: stand, arise

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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