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

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Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 05 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (41)

Clue #1: 1. Toggle on a digital clock

4-letter answer Answer: AMPM

Clue #2: 5. Leader of brothers

5-letter answer Answer: ABBOT

Word Help: Synonyms: archimandrite, abbot

Clue #3: 10. Gillette razor

4-letter answer Answer: ATRA

Clue #4: 14. *Confirm to be true

6-letter answer Answer: VERIFY

Word Help: Synonyms: swan, avow, swear

Clue #5: 15. Like 2027 and 2029, but not 2025

5-letter answer Answer: PRIME

Word Help: Synonyms: prime_quantity, flower, bloom

Clue #6: 16. *Someone who knows how the sausage gets made?

7-letter answer Answer: BUTCHER

Word Help: Synonyms: sad_sack, butcher, butch

Clue #7: 17. Works traditionally performed with musical accompaniment in ancient Greece

4-letter answer Answer: ODES

Word Help: Synonyms: ode

Clue #8: 18. Goliath

5-letter answer Answer: TITAN

Word Help: Synonyms: giant, behemoth, colossus

Clue #9: 19. Coach's charge

4-letter answer Answer: TEAM

Word Help: Synonyms: team, team_up, squad

Clue #10: 20. Rainwater clearer

5-letter answer Answer: WIPER

Word Help: Synonyms: contact_arm, wiper, windscreen_wiper

Clue #11: 22. Unwanted "ingredient" when assembling s'mores, say

3-letter answer Answer: ASH

Word Help: Synonyms: ash, ash_tree

Clue #12: 23. ___ love

5-letter answer Answer: PUPPY

Word Help: Synonyms: pup, puppy

Clue #13: 24. Mr. Spock, e.g.

5-letter answer Answer: ALIEN

Word Help: Synonyms: noncitizen, extraterrestrial, outlander
Antonyms: citizen, acquaintance

Clue #14: 26. Clamorous

5-letter answer Answer: AROAR

Clue #15: 28. Cunning sort

6-letter answer Answer: SLYFOX

Clue #16: 30. "Finally!"

6-letter answer Answer: ATLAST

Clue #17: 33. Li'l belly

3-letter answer Answer: TUM

Word Help: Synonyms: stomach, tum, breadbasket

Clue #18: 34. *Formal expressions of praise

8-letter answer Answer: TRIBUTES

Word Help: Synonyms: testimonial, tribute, protection

Clue #19: 38. Diminutive suffix in Spanish

3-letter answer Answer: ITO

Clue #20: 39. Like some coffees and mob targets

4-letter answer Answer: ICED

Word Help: Synonyms: frost, ice

Clue #21: 41. Nickname for Louis Armstrong

5-letter answer Answer: SATCH

Clue #22: 42. Activist Brockovich

4-letter answer Answer: ERIN

Word Help: Synonyms: Erin

Clue #23: 43. Neighbor of "#" on a telephone keypad

4-letter answer Answer: NINE

Word Help: Synonyms: nine, niner, 9

Clue #24: 44. Supporting

3-letter answer Answer: FOR

Clue #25: 45. Stir up

4-letter answer Answer: RILE

Word Help: Synonyms: get_to, annoy, rile

Clue #26: 46. The Forbidden City's Meridian ___

4-letter answer Answer: GATE

Word Help: Synonyms: gate, logic_gate

Clue #27: 47. *One who's conspicuously excellent

8-letter answer Answer: STANDOUT

Clue #28: 49. One standing near a pond, maybe

4-letter answer Answer: REED

Word Help: Synonyms: Walter_Reed, reed, John_Reed

Clue #29: 50. Animal symbol of innocence

3-letter answer Answer: DOE

Word Help: Synonyms: doe, Energy, DOE

Clue #30: 52. Biblical beast

3-letter answer Answer: ASS

Word Help: Synonyms: fuck, tush, nooky

Clue #31: 54. Stunning 17,000-year-old discovery in France's Lascaux Cave

3-letter answer Answer: ART

Word Help: Synonyms: nontextual_matter, fine_art, artistic_production

Clue #32: 57. Companionship?

3-letter answer Answer: ARK

Word Help: Synonyms: ark, Ark, Ark_of_the_Covenant

Clue #33: 59. A club might be seen on one

3-letter answer Answer: ACE

Word Help: Synonyms: topnotch, crack, genius

Clue #34: 60. General name on a Chinese menu

3-letter answer Answer: TSO

Clue #35: 63. Emphatic instruction for entering the answers to this puzzle's 10 starred clues?

15-letter answer Answer: NOIFSANDSORBUTS

Clue #36: 67. Flat sign

5-letter answer Answer: TOLET

Clue #37: 68. Alley ___

3-letter answer Answer: OOP

Clue #38: 69. Clichéd

5-letter answer Answer: BANAL

Word Help: Synonyms: old-hat, commonplace, hackneyed

Clue #39: 70. Cluster in an archipelago

5-letter answer Answer: ISLES

Word Help: Synonyms: isle, islet

Clue #40: 71. *Street urchins

5-letter answer Answer: WAIFS

Word Help: Synonyms: waif, street_child

Clue #41: 72. Professional writer of a sort

5-letter answer Answer: STENO

Across Clues and Answers (41)

Clue #1: 1. Proclaim

4-letter answer Answer: AVOW

Word Help: Synonyms: avouch, swan, avow
Antonyms: disavow

Clue #2: 2. Lead-in to care

4-letter answer Answer: MEDI

Clue #3: 3. Necessity for a reservation, perhaps

10-letter answer Answer: PREPAYMENT

Word Help: Synonyms: prepayment

Clue #4: 4. Word that can redundantly follow "I"

6-letter answer Answer: MYSELF

Clue #5: 5. Inclined

3-letter answer Answer: APT

Word Help: Synonyms: liable, tending, apposite

Clue #6: 6. Actor Cox of "Succession"

5-letter answer Answer: BRIAN

Clue #7: 7. *Armed thieves

7-letter answer Answer: BANDITS

Word Help: Synonyms: brigand, bandit

Clue #8: 8. Midwest city whose name consists of two interjections

5-letter answer Answer: OMAHA

Word Help: Synonyms: Omaha, Maha

Clue #9: 9. This clue's number + one

3-letter answer Answer: TEN

Word Help: Synonyms: ten, tenner, x

Clue #10: 10. Not approximate, say

6-letter answer Answer: ACTUAL

Word Help: Synonyms: genuine, actual, factual
Antonyms: potential

Clue #11: 11. Setting for a Laura Ingalls Wilder book series

10-letter answer Answer: THEPRAIRIE

Clue #12: 12. Garner

4-letter answer Answer: REAP

Word Help: Synonyms: glean, harvest, reap

Clue #13: 13. Huge fan club, so to speak

4-letter answer Answer: ARMY

Word Help: Synonyms: United_States_Army, army, US_Army

Clue #14: 21. "Blame It on ___" (1984 Michael Caine rom-com)

3-letter answer Answer: RIO

Word Help: Synonyms: Rio, Rio_de_Janeiro

Clue #15: 23. Shoot into the pocket, in snooker

3-letter answer Answer: POT

Word Help: Synonyms: flowerpot, potful, spate

Clue #16: 25. Telephone no. add-ons

4-letter answer Answer: EXTS

Clue #17: 27. Hasty

4-letter answer Answer: RASH

Word Help: Synonyms: blizzard, skin_rash, foolhardy

Clue #18: 28. *Removing lumps from, in a way

7-letter answer Answer: SIFTING

Word Help: Synonyms: winnow, sift, winnowing

Clue #19: 29. Saint in the Caribbean

5-letter answer Answer: LUCIA

Clue #20: 31. Barrier to entry

5-letter answer Answer: STILE

Word Help: Synonyms: stile

Clue #21: 32. *Like dress shirts, typically

8-letter answer Answer: BUTTONED

Word Help: Synonyms: button, fastened, buttoned
Antonyms: unbuttoned, unbutton

Clue #22: 35. Emergency item on a ship

4-letter answer Answer: RAFT

Word Help: Synonyms: spate, heap, mickle

Clue #23: 36. Langston Hughes poem published during the Harlem Renaissance

4-letter answer Answer: ITOO

Clue #24: 37. Light shade

4-letter answer Answer: ECRU

Word Help: Synonyms: ecru, beige

Clue #25: 40. *Showed for the first time

7-letter answer Answer: DEBUTED

Word Help: Synonyms: debut

Clue #26: 42. *Buying a gallon of milk, picking up the laundry, etc.

7-letter answer Answer: ERRANDS

Word Help: Synonyms: errand

Clue #27: 47. Antidotes, perhaps

4-letter answer Answer: SERA

Word Help: Synonyms: serum, blood_serum

Clue #28: 48. Food subject to internet debate over whether or not it's a sandwich

4-letter answer Answer: TACO

Word Help: Synonyms: greaser, taco, wetback

Clue #29: 51. Kilns for hops

5-letter answer Answer: OASTS

Word Help: Synonyms: oast

Clue #30: 53. Neighbors of Croats

5-letter answer Answer: SERBS

Word Help: Synonyms: Serbian, Serb

Clue #31: 54. Not supporting

4-letter answer Answer: ANTI

Word Help: Synonyms: anti
Antonyms: pro

Clue #32: 55. Down Under bounders

4-letter answer Answer: ROOS

Clue #33: 56. Cultivate

4-letter answer Answer: TILL

Word Help: Synonyms: till, trough, cashbox

Clue #34: 58. Have down

4-letter answer Answer: KNOW

Word Help: Synonyms: fuck, have_it_off, bonk
Antonyms: ignore

Clue #35: 59. What Indiana Jones famously isn't fond of

4-letter answer Answer: ASPS

Word Help: Synonyms: Naja_haje, Egyptian_cobra, asp_viper

Clue #36: 60. Get ready to hit all the right notes?

4-letter answer Answer: TUNE

Word Help: Synonyms: melody, tune, line
Antonyms: untune

Clue #37: 61. 1970s tennis champ Smith

4-letter answer Answer: STAN

Clue #38: 62. Home of the historic Oscarshall Palace

4-letter answer Answer: OSLO

Word Help: Synonyms: Oslo, capital_of_Norway, Christiania

Clue #39: 64. Cost of doing business, maybe

3-letter answer Answer: FEE

Word Help: Synonyms: bung, tip, fee

Clue #40: 65. Doomed from the get-go, for short

3-letter answer Answer: DOA

Clue #41: 66. Cave dweller

3-letter answer Answer: BAT

Word Help: Synonyms: squash_racquet, bat, lick

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