January 27, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, January 27, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

January 27, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. iPhone downloads	4
2A	5. Breakfast, lunch and dinner	5
3A	10. The "A" in A&E	4
4A	14. Stumble	4
5A	15. Lit, as a lantern	5
6A	16. Season to be full of cheer	4
7A	17. Gaucho's weapon	4
8A	18. *Sinister genius in a series of Sax Rohmer novels	10
9A	20. With, en français	4
10A	21. Luau garland	3
11A	22. Los Angeles hoopster	5
12A	23. *Quick-tempered, gun-toting, rabbit-hating toon	11
13A	27. "You betcha!"	3
14A	28. Taxis	4
15A	29. Illuminated sign in a studio	5
16A	31. Exchange of negative commercials	5
17A	34. Choose	3
18A	35. "Stupid is as stupid ___" (line from "Forrest Gump")	4
19A	38. *Dudley Do-Right's enemy in old TV cartoons	15
20A	42. You can usually see right through it	4
21A	43. Electric ___	3
22A	44. Brought about	5
23A	45. Cyberbusiness, briefly	5
24A	47. "Right away!"	4
25A	49. Owns	3
26A	51. *Chief pirate in Neverland	11
27A	56. Part of an old Apple commercial tagline	5
28A	58. 1600 Pennsylvania ___ (D.C. address)	3
29A	59. Letter in a Viking inscription	4
30A	60. Archetypically villainous features possessed by the answers to the starred clues	10
31A	63. James with a jazzy voice	4
32A	64. Foes of elves, in Tolkien	4
33A	65. Tennis star ___ Osaka	5
34A	66. Lots and lots	4
35A	67. Track or swimming competition	4
36A	68. Typical middle schooler, agewise	5
37A	69. Ending with ticker or masking	4

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. iPhone downloads"

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: APPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Breakfast, lunch and dinner"

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 food served and eaten at one time
• Words that mean the same thing: meal, repast
• 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: MEALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. The "A" in A&E"

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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Words that mean the same thing: graphics, art, liberal arts
• 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: ARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Stumble"

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 a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
• Words that mean the same thing: spark, trip-up, trip out
• 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: TRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Lit, as a lantern"

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 softly bright or radiant
• Words that mean the same thing: luminous, lucent, lambent
• 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: AGLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Season to be full of cheer"

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 period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6
• Words that mean the same thing: Christmastide, Christmas, Christmastime
• 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: NOEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Gaucho's weapon"

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 cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
• Words that mean the same thing: bola tie, bolo, bolo tie
• 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: BOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. *Sinister genius in a series of Sax Rohmer novels"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: DRFUMANCHU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. With, en français"

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: AVEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Luau garland"

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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: chaplet, leu, garland
• 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: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Los Angeles hoopster"

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: LAKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. *Quick-tempered, gun-toting, rabbit-hating toon"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: YOSEMITESAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. "You betcha!""

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: YEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Taxis"

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 a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• Words that mean the same thing: taxicab, hack, taxi
• 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: CABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Illuminated sign in a studio"

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: ONAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Exchange of negative commercials"

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: ADWAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Choose"

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 select as an alternative over another
• Words that mean the same thing: choose, prefer
• 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: OPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. "Stupid is as stupid ___" (line from "Forrest Gump")"

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 the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
• Words that mean the same thing: Department of Energy, behave, perform
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. *Dudley Do-Right's enemy in old TV cartoons"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert 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: SNIDELYWHIPLASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. You can usually see right through it"

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 sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
• Words that mean the same thing: dot, panelling, back breaker
• 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: PANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Electric ___"

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 the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• 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: EEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Brought about"

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: LEDTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Cyberbusiness, briefly"

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

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: ETAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. "Right away!""

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: STAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Owns"

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 (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Words that mean the same thing: have got, own, induce
• The opposite would be: lack, refuse
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. *Chief pirate in Neverland"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: CAPTAINHOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Part of an old Apple commercial tagline"

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: IMAPC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. 1600 Pennsylvania ___ (D.C. address)"

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: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Letter in a Viking inscription"

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 any character from an ancient germanic alphabet used in scandinavia from the 3rd century to the middle ages
• Words that mean the same thing: runic letter
• 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: RUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Archetypically villainous features possessed by the answers to the starred clues"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
• Words that mean the same thing: mustache, moustache
• 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: MOUSTACHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. James with a jazzy voice"

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: ETTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Foes of elves, in Tolkien"

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: ORCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Tennis star ___ Osaka"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mother-in-law of ruth whose story is told in the book of ruth in the old testament
• Words that mean the same thing: Noemi
• 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: NAOMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Lots and lots"

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 sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
• Words that mean the same thing: Aten
• 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: ATON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Track or swimming competition"

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 meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
• Words that mean the same thing: conform to, satisfy, see
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Typical middle schooler, agewise"

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: TWEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Ending with ticker or masking"

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 long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
• Words that mean the same thing: mag tape, taping, tape recording
• The opposite would be: erase
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle January 27, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Held in check	5
2D	2. Utah city of more than 100,000	5
3D	3. Stacks	5
4D	4. Total ditz	10
5D	5. Fill-in-the-blanks story	6
6D	6. White-plumed herons	6
7D	7. Title role for Jude Law in a 2004 remake	5
8D	8. Reed who sang "Walk on the Wild Side"	3
9D	9. Certain bachelor, in personals	3
10D	10. Tolstoy's "___ Karenina"	4
11D	11. Nutty/marshmallowy ice cream flavor	9
12D	12. [Giggle]	5
13D	13. Commit a fine-dining faux pas	5
14D	19. ___ mater	4
15D	24. Mother in a stable family?	4
16D	25. Freshman, a year later, informally	4
17D	26. Opposed to	4
18D	30. Warning that's pure bluster	10
19D	31. Egyptian cobra	3
20D	32. Substance coiled in a double helix	3
21D	33. Culinary concoction much used in French cuisine	9
22D	34. Avian hooter	3
23D	36. Body shop approx.	3
24D	37. "___ nuff!"	3
25D	39. Sci-fi princess helping lead the Rebel Alliance	4
26D	40. Squeal of pain	4
27D	41. Impulsive people tend to lack one	4
28D	46. Bank no.	4
29D	47. Cry from a person in peril	6
30D	48. Connects (with)	6
31D	49. Sign in the bleachers at a football game	5
32D	50. Love, to Leonardo	5
33D	52. High-altitude Western lake	5
34D	53. "Get ___ here!"	5
35D	54. Winning	5
36D	55. "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil	5
37D	57. Discreet "Hey!"	4
38D	61. Insect found in "Antarctica" ... but not Antarctica	3
39D	62. Cornfield cry	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. Held in check"

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: ATBAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Utah city of more than 100,000"

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 city in north central utah settled by mormons
• 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: PROVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Stacks"

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 pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
• Words that mean the same thing: bundle, mound, down
• 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: PILES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Total ditz"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SPACECADET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fill-in-the-blanks story"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: MADLIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. White-plumed herons"

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 any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
• Words that mean the same thing: egret
• 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: EGRETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Title role for Jude Law in a 2004 remake"

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: ALFIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Reed who sang "Walk on the Wild Side""

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: LOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Certain bachelor, in personals"

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: SWM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Tolstoy's "___ Karenina""

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 former copper coin of pakistan and india
• 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: ANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Nutty/marshmallowy ice cream flavor"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: ROCKYROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. [Giggle]"

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: TEHEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Commit a fine-dining faux pas"

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 eat noisily
• 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: SLURP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. ___ 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 15 Down: "24. Mother in a stable family?"

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 female equine animal
• Words that mean the same thing: female horse, maria
• 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: MARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Freshman, a year later, informally"

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 second-year undergraduate
• Words that mean the same thing: sophomore
• 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: SOPH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Opposed to"

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 person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• The opposite would be: pro
• 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: ANTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. Warning that's pure bluster"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

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: IDLETHREAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Egyptian cobra"

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: asp viper, Naja haje, Egyptian cobra
• 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: ASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Substance coiled in a double helix"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• 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: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Culinary concoction much used in French cuisine"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

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: WINESAUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Avian hooter"

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 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 23 Down: "36. Body shop approx."

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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• 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: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. "___ nuff!""

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: SHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Sci-fi princess helping lead the Rebel Alliance"

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: LEIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Squeal of pain"

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 sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
• Words that mean the same thing: yap, yelping, yip
• 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: YELP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Impulsive people tend to lack one"

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 a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
• Words that mean the same thing: be after, programme, program
• 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: PLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Bank no."

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: ACCT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Cry from a person in peril"

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: SAVEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Connects (with)"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: TIESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Sign in the bleachers at a football game"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: HIMOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Love, to Leonardo"

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: AMORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. High-altitude Western lake"

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: TAHOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. "Get ___ here!""

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: OUTTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Winning"

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: ONTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil"

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: KEANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Discreet "Hey!""

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: PSST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Insect found in "Antarctica" ... but not Antarctica"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: pismire, emmet
• 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: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Cornfield cry"

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 the sound made by corvine birds
• 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: CAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	69.7%
Short Answer	15	19.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 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!
• Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 15, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Friday, August 15, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Like the culture depicted in Safiya Sinclair's best-selling memoir "How to Say Babylon""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that follower of rastafarianism
• Similar words include: Rastafarian
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RASTA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2A: "6. English translation of the Dutch "klompen""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that footwear usually with wooden soles
• Similar words include: choke, sabot, patten
• Opposite of: unclog

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CLOGS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3A: "11. Robotic error message"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOESNOTCOMPUTE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4A: "15. Sooner rather than later"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INTHENEARFUTURE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5A: "17. Preps for a photo shoot, say"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that how something is done or how it happens
• Similar words include: panache, mode, expressive style
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STYLES

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 6A: "18. Rest areas"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Similar words include: watering place, resort hotel, health club
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPAS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7A: "19. Engage in pugilism"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
• Similar words include: loge, corner, package
• Opposite of: unbox

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOX

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 8A: "20. Rock alternative"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
• Similar words include: wallpaper, newspaper, composition
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PAPER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9A: "21. X, as in Mexico"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BESO

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 10A: "22. In"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHIC

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 11A: "23. Touching event?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EPEE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12A: "24. Forecast"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that indicate by signs
• Similar words include: forecast, auspicate, prognosticate
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BODE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 13A: "25. Some like it hot"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAUCE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 14A: "26. Didn't follow"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
• Similar words include: guide, lead, precede
• Opposite of: follow

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LED

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 15A: "27. Itsy-bitsy"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very short skirt
• Similar words include: miniskirt
• Opposite of: midi

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MINI

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 16A: "28. Like one part of the SAT"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that communicated in the form of words
• Opposite of: numerical
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VERBAL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 17A: "29. Typical yearbook photos"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a photograph of a person's head
• Similar words include: headshot
• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HEADSHOTS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 18A: "31. Sisal and others"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
• Similar words include: roughage, fibre, character
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FIBERS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 19A: "34. It can add up"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
• Similar words include: maths, mathematics
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MATH

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 20A: "35. A real piece of work"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
• Similar words include: business, caper, chore
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JOB

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 21A: "38. That feeling "when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMORE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 22A: "39. Word before piece and after peace"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an instance or single occasion for some event
• Similar words include: meter, clock, fourth dimension
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TIME

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 23A: "40. Glazier's replacement"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
• Similar words include: window glass, dose, panelling
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PANE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 24A: "41. Some sky lights, in brief"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
• Similar words include: flying saucer, UFO, unidentified flying object
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UFOS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 25A: "42. Person with fire power"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who exercises control over workers
• Similar words include: honcho, emboss, political boss
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOSS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 26A: "43. Miso soup base"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DASHI

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 27A: "44. Director's cry"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a share of the profits
• Similar words include: slash, trim back, thin
• Opposite of: unmown, untrimmed

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 28A: "45. One of four suits in a tarot deck"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
• Similar words include: cup, transfuse, cupful
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CUPS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 29A: "46. Source of schadenfreude?"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person of german nationality
• Similar words include: High German, German language
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GERMAN

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 30A: "47. "Let me handle this""

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ILLDOTHETALKING

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 31A: "50. Small businesses that generally don't require permits"

📏 14 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEMONADESTANDS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 32A: "51. Sensitive subject?"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GSPOT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 33A: "52. Figure on the $10,000 bill, the largest U.S. note ever in public circulation"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
• Similar words include: give chase, trail, Salmon Portland Chase
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHASE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Corrected autocorrect, say"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RETYPED

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2D: "2. Younger Simpson sister"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASHLEE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3D: "3. Mean mien"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
• Similar words include: leer
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SNEER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4D: "4. Freight weights"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a large number or amount
• Similar words include: gobs, gross ton, net ton
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TONS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5D: "5. Had one's cake, say"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Similar words include: feed, deplete, eat up
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 6D: "6. Body of Agatha Christie's work?"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the dead body of a human being
• Similar words include: cadaver, clay, remains
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CORPSE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7D: "7. "u r freaking hilarious!""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LMFAO

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 8D: "8. Work with a number"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a musical work that has been created
• Similar words include: piece, musical composition, composition
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OPUS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9D: "9. Eviscerate"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
• Similar words include: intestine, bowel, catgut
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GUT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 10D: "10. Ticket exchange site since 2000"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STUBHUB

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 11D: "11. Banish"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
• Similar words include: turn back, run off, chase away
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DISPEL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12D: "12. Like old voice mail messages"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONTAPE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 13D: "13. Order in the court?"

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CASEDISMISSED

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 14D: "14. Symphony that marked the beginning of Beethoven's "middle period""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EROICA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 15D: "16. Office program"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that distinguish oneself
• Similar words include: stand out, surpass
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EXCEL

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🧩 16D: "21. My word!"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an electrical force linking atoms
• Similar words include: Julian Bond, bail, tie
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BOND

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🧩 17D: "22. Saturn and Mercury"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Similar words include: railway car, gondola, railcar
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CARS

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🧩 18D: "24. Favoritism"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
• Similar words include: prejudice, predetermine, diagonal
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BIAS

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🧩 19D: "25. First name in late-night"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
• Similar words include: Set
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SETH

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🧩 20D: "27. Just"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small pond of standing water
• Similar words include: bare, simple
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MERE

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🧩 21D: "28. Primary action"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• Similar words include: voting, voter turnout, right to vote
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VOTE

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🧩 22D: "29. Partner of his"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HERS

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🧩 23D: "30. They can be cured"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
• Similar words include: ham, overplay, Ham
• Opposite of: underact

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Answer: HAMS

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🧩 24D: "31. "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" memoirist, 2024"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FAUCI

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🧩 25D: "32. "Nothing more for me, thank you""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: IMFULL

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🧩 26D: "33. Illegal musical recording, e.g."

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
• Similar words include: black, contraband, smuggled
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BOOTLEG

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🧩 27D: "35. Fragrant flower whose name means "gift from God""

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of several shrubs and vines of the genus jasminum chiefly native to asia
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: JASMINE

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🧩 28D: "36. In stock"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ONHAND

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🧩 29D: "37. They're alive"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the state or fact of existing
• Similar words include: organism, existence, beingness
• Opposite of: nonexistence, nonbeing

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Answer: BEINGS

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🧩 30D: "39. Bit of attire that might accompany a cane"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TOPHAT

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🧩 31D: "40. Some products sold by Patagonia"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a british term)
• Similar words include: windbreaker, windcheater, parka
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: PARKAS

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🧩 32D: "42. "On the contrary …""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BUTNO

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🧩 33D: "43. Area around a mouth"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: DELTA

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🧩 34D: "45. Place to brood"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a farm building for housing poultry
• Similar words include: cage, hencoop, chicken coop
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: COOP

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🧩 35D: "46. Cause for stitches"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wound made by cutting
• Similar words include: slash, cut, slice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GASH

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🧩 36D: "48. Hits up, as on TikTok"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
• Similar words include: decimeter, DM, diabetes mellitus
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DMS

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🧩 37D: "49. P.I."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a police officer who investigates crimes
• Similar words include: detective, police detective, investigator
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TEC

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33 Across Clues

37 Down Clues

70 Total Clues

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