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NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: May 11, 2025

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NY Times Crossword Answers May 11, 2025

Across Clues and Answers (61)

Clue #1: 1. Cartridge from the 1980s

9-letter answer Answer: ATARIGAME

Clue #2: 10. Source of the words "galore" and "smithereens"

5-letter answer Answer: IRISH

Word Help: Synonyms: Irish, Irish_people, Irish_whiskey

Clue #3: 15. "Nice!"

5-letter answer Answer: SWEET

Word Help: Synonyms: dulcet, sweet, odorous
Antonyms: dry, salty

Clue #4: 20. Drag-racing venue

9-letter answer Answer: MOTORPLEX

Clue #5: 21. Nature personified

11-letter answer Answer: MOTHEREARTH

Clue #6: 23. "Pinky-swear?"

9-letter answer Answer: PROMISEME

Clue #7: 24. Step on a scale?

11-letter answer Answer: MUSICALNOTE

Clue #8: 25. The Beatles' "White Album" has four of them

5-letter answer Answer: SIDES

Word Help: Synonyms: position, incline, side

Clue #9: 26. Sphere of influence

5-letter answer Answer: ORBIT

Word Help: Synonyms: orbital_cavity, scope, celestial_orbit

Clue #10: 28. 1957 Isaac Asimov novel, with "The"

8-letter answer Answer: NAKEDSUN

Clue #11: 29. Command that might be represented by a curved arrow pointing left

4-letter answer Answer: UNDO

Word Help: Synonyms: undo, unmake, untie
Antonyms: make, wrap

Clue #12: 30. Outer layer of the brain

6-letter answer Answer: CORTEX

Word Help: Synonyms: cerebral_cortex, lens_cortex, cortex
Antonyms: medulla

Clue #13: 32. Inveigle

6-letter answer Answer: ENTICE

Word Help: Synonyms: lure, tempt, entice

Clue #14: 33. Package drop-off sites: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: POS

Word Help: Synonyms: Post_Office, P.O., polonium

Clue #15: 34. "Council," in Russian

6-letter answer Answer: SOVIET

Word Help: Synonyms: Soviet, soviet

Clue #16: 35. "Flower Myth" painter Paul

4-letter answer Answer: KLEE

Word Help: Synonyms: Klee, Paul_Klee

Clue #17: 36. Takes a bit off the top

5-letter answer Answer: TRIMS

Word Help: Synonyms: cut, shave, reduce

Clue #18: 40. Showed off on an instrument

6-letter answer Answer: SOLOED

Word Help: Synonyms: solo

Clue #19: 41. Follow closely

4-letter answer Answer: HEED

Word Help: Synonyms: regard, mind, attentiveness
Antonyms: inattentiveness

Clue #20: 42. Note-to-self medium, perhaps

6-letter answer Answer: POSTIT

Clue #21: 43. Beers from Bremen, informally

8-letter answer Answer: STPAULIS

Clue #22: 46. Zingy flavor

4-letter answer Answer: TANG

Word Help: Synonyms: savour, bladder_fucus, sea_tang

Clue #23: 47. Way off in the distance

3-letter answer Answer: FAR

Word Help: Synonyms: Army_for_the_Liberation_of_Rwanda, Former_Armed_Forces, far
Antonyms: near

Clue #24: 48. Agreeable words

3-letter answer Answer: IDO

Word Help: Synonyms: Ido

Clue #25: 49. Defeated decisively

7-letter answer Answer: WHIPPED

Word Help: Synonyms: flog, slash, blister

Clue #26: 50. Fish that passes the "mirror test" of self-recognition

8-letter answer Answer: MANTARAY

Clue #27: 52. Salon sound

4-letter answer Answer: SNIP

Word Help: Synonyms: nip, snip_off, cut_back

Clue #28: 53. Poker declaration

6-letter answer Answer: IRAISE

Clue #29: 54. "I've Been Everywhere" singer in the Country Music Hall of Fame

8-letter answer Answer: HANKSNOW

Clue #30: 55. Mass agreements

5-letter answer Answer: AMENS

Word Help: Synonyms: Amun, Amen, Amon

Clue #31: 56. "Whoever did this has it coming!"

21-letter answer Answer: SOMEONEISGETTINGFIRED

Clue #32: 59. Lynn ___, Super Bowl X M.V.P.

5-letter answer Answer: SWANN

Clue #33: 60. At the end of the day

8-letter answer Answer: AFTERALL

Clue #34: 61. Recently

6-letter answer Answer: OFLATE

Clue #35: 62. "Phooey!"

4-letter answer Answer: RATS

Word Help: Synonyms: rotter, betray, blabber

Clue #36: 63. Right of way, say

8-letter answer Answer: PRIORITY

Word Help: Synonyms: priority, antecedence, precedence
Antonyms: posteriority

Clue #37: 64. Cornmeal dish at a trattoria

7-letter answer Answer: POLENTA

Word Help: Synonyms: polenta

Clue #38: 65. "I ___ you!"

3-letter answer Answer: OWE

Word Help: Synonyms: owe

Clue #39: 66. Eternity

3-letter answer Answer: EON

Word Help: Synonyms: eon, aeon

Clue #40: 67. Partner of 74-Across

4-letter answer Answer: DINE

Word Help: Synonyms: dine

Clue #41: 68. Acted diplomatically

8-letter answer Answer: MEDIATED

Word Help: Synonyms: mediated, intermediate, mediate

Clue #42: 69. Organ above the trachea

6-letter answer Answer: LARYNX

Word Help: Synonyms: larynx, voice_box

Clue #43: 71. Comic Ali

4-letter answer Answer: WONG

Clue #44: 72. Black out

6-letter answer Answer: REDACT

Word Help: Synonyms: cast, edit, reviser

Clue #45: 73. Big name in the cleaning aisle

5-letter answer Answer: LYSOL

Word Help: Synonyms: Lysol

Clue #46: 74. Partner of 67-Across

4-letter answer Answer: WINE

Word Help: Synonyms: wine-coloured, vino, wine-colored

Clue #47: 75. Embody something proudly

6-letter answer Answer: WEARIT

Clue #48: 76. ___ Fring, "Breaking Bad" antagonist

3-letter answer Answer: GUS

Word Help: Synonyms: Guam, GU

Clue #49: 79. Spots for lavalier mics

6-letter answer Answer: LAPELS

Word Help: Synonyms: lapel

Clue #50: 81. Hebrew greeting

6-letter answer Answer: SHALOM

Clue #51: 82. Turn to pulp

4-letter answer Answer: MASH

Word Help: Synonyms: comminute, squash, bray

Clue #52: 83. 1999 Maeve Binchy novel

8-letter answer Answer: TARAROAD

Clue #53: 86. Young salmon

5-letter answer Answer: SMOLT

Clue #54: 87. Unit of magnetic flux density

5-letter answer Answer: GAMMA

Word Help: Synonyms: Gamma, Vasco_da_Gamma, da_Gamma

Clue #55: 88. Spirit with a citrus flavor

11-letter answer Answer: ORANGEVODKA

Clue #56: 90. Head cheese

9-letter answer Answer: MISTERBIG

Clue #57: 93. Minor crime

11-letter answer Answer: MISDEMEANOR

Word Help: Synonyms: infraction, misdemeanour, infringement

Clue #58: 94. Adding up (to)

9-letter answer Answer: AMOUNTING

Word Help: Synonyms: come, number, add_up

Clue #59: 95. Joy on TV

5-letter answer Answer: BEHAR

Clue #60: 96. Button on many appliances

5-letter answer Answer: START

Word Help: Synonyms: showtime, start, set_off
Antonyms: middle, finish

Clue #61: 97. "Network" co-star, 1976

9-letter answer Answer: NEDBEATTY

Across Clues and Answers (61)

Clue #1: 1. Invigorates

6-letter answer Answer: AMPSUP

Clue #2: 2. Home of the Italian soccer club Juventus

6-letter answer Answer: TORINO

Word Help: Synonyms: Turin, Torino

Clue #3: 3. Fighting (with)

6-letter answer Answer: ATODDS

Clue #4: 4. Fictional character who says "Here's to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick"

5-letter answer Answer: ROMEO

Word Help: Synonyms: Romeo

Clue #5: 5. Mechanism that controls a camera's aperture

4-letter answer Answer: IRIS

Word Help: Synonyms: flag, fleur-de-lis, sword_lily

Clue #6: 6. Dashboard device, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: GPS

Word Help: Synonyms: GPS, Global_Positioning_System

Clue #7: 7. Tavern offering

3-letter answer Answer: ALE

Word Help: Synonyms: ale

Clue #8: 8. High school reunion topic

8-letter answer Answer: MEMORIES

Word Help: Synonyms: retentivity, retentiveness, storage

Clue #9: 9. Spent

7-letter answer Answer: EXERTED

Word Help: Synonyms: exert, maintain, exercise

Clue #10: 10. Amalgamate

5-letter answer Answer: IMMIX

Word Help: Synonyms: combine, commingle, blend

Clue #11: 11. Uninteresting game, perhaps

4-letter answer Answer: ROUT

Word Help: Synonyms: rout_out, spreadeagle, rout

Clue #12: 12. Word with a commonly misapplied apostrophe

3-letter answer Answer: ITS

Word Help: Synonyms: information_technology, IT

Clue #13: 13. Climbed, as a rope

7-letter answer Answer: SHINNED

Word Help: Synonyms: scramble, sputter, struggle

Clue #14: 14. Greek goddess depicted holding torches and snakes

6-letter answer Answer: HECATE

Word Help: Synonyms: Hecate

Clue #15: 15. Person on a nominating committee, say

8-letter answer Answer: SELECTOR

Word Help: Synonyms: picker, selector_switch, selector

Clue #16: 16. Goes nowhere in particular

7-letter answer Answer: WANDERS

Word Help: Synonyms: betray, drift, cheat_on

Clue #17: 17. Psyche's partner

4-letter answer Answer: EROS

Word Help: Synonyms: eros, Eros, physical_attraction

Clue #18: 18. Accusatory words

4-letter answer Answer: ETTU

Clue #19: 19. "Well ___"

4-letter answer Answer: THEN

Word Help: Synonyms: and_then, so, and_so

Clue #20: 22. Twice-distilled Turkish beverage

4-letter answer Answer: RAKI

Clue #21: 27. Item in a hedge

3-letter answer Answer: BET

Word Help: Synonyms: stakes, depend, count

Clue #22: 30. Lass

7-letter answer Answer: COLLEEN

Word Help: Synonyms: colleen

Clue #23: 31. Semicircular?

5-letter answer Answer: OVOID

Word Help: Synonyms: ovate, elliptic, oval

Clue #24: 32. With style

9-letter answer Answer: ELEGANTLY

Word Help: Synonyms: elegantly
Antonyms: inelegantly

Clue #25: 34. "Let's eat!"

7-letter answer Answer: SOUPSON

Clue #26: 35. School whose sports teams are known as the Golden Flashes

9-letter answer Answer: KENTSTATE

Clue #27: 37. Traveling from place to place

9-letter answer Answer: ITINERANT

Word Help: Synonyms: gipsy, gypsy, itinerant

Clue #28: 38. Shopgirl in a Paris boutique

9-letter answer Answer: MIDINETTE

Word Help: Synonyms: midinette

Clue #29: 39. Freezes

9-letter answer Answer: STOPSDEAD

Clue #30: 40. Homo ___ neanderthalensis

7-letter answer Answer: SAPIENS

Word Help: Synonyms: sapiens

Clue #31: 41. Strong urge

9-letter answer Answer: HANKERING

Word Help: Synonyms: yen, hankering, yearn

Clue #32: 42. Cough up

3-letter answer Answer: PAY

Word Help: Synonyms: pay_up, wage, bear
Antonyms: default

Clue #33: 43. Cake with a distinctive swirl

9-letter answer Answer: SWISSROLL

Clue #34: 44. Casual and not meant to be taken seriously, as a remark

9-letter answer Answer: THROWAWAY

Word Help: Synonyms: flyer, flier, bill

Clue #35: 45. Spinal cord membranes

9-letter answer Answer: PIAMATERS

Clue #36: 46. Shade akin to pumpkin

9-letter answer Answer: TANGERINE

Word Help: Synonyms: tangerine_tree, tangerine

Clue #37: 47. Court favor in a cringey fashion

4-letter answer Answer: FAWN

Word Help: Synonyms: greyish_brown, cower, kotow

Clue #38: 50. Beasts with enormous tusks

9-letter answer Answer: MASTODONS

Word Help: Synonyms: mastodont, mastodon

Clue #39: 51. Shake up

4-letter answer Answer: ROIL

Word Help: Synonyms: boil, moil, rile

Clue #40: 52. Show warmth to

7-letter answer Answer: SMILEAT

Clue #41: 54. Like recording studio equipment

4-letter answer Answer: HIFI

Clue #42: 55. Plague

7-letter answer Answer: AFFLICT

Word Help: Synonyms: smite, afflict

Clue #43: 57. Take in

4-letter answer Answer: EARN

Word Help: Synonyms: garner, gain, realize

Clue #44: 58. Archer's gift

7-letter answer Answer: GOODAIM

Clue #45: 63. Old curse word

3-letter answer Answer: POX

Word Help: Synonyms: syph, lues_venerea, lues

Clue #46: 64. Actor Pascal of "Gladiator II"

5-letter answer Answer: PEDRO

Clue #47: 66. What provides the big picture?

8-letter answer Answer: ENLARGER

Word Help: Synonyms: enlarger

Clue #48: 68. Noon or 6:00 p.m., for some

8-letter answer Answer: MEALTIME

Word Help: Synonyms: mealtime

Clue #49: 70. Reality TV star Hadid

7-letter answer Answer: YOLANDA

Clue #50: 71. Something sown, per an idiom

7-letter answer Answer: WILDOAT

Clue #51: 72. Macho stereotype

7-letter answer Answer: REALMAN

Clue #52: 74. Goes in and out

6-letter answer Answer: WEAVES

Word Help: Synonyms: wind, meander, waver
Antonyms: unweave

Clue #53: 75. Word before knows or cares

3-letter answer Answer: WHO

Word Help: Synonyms: World_Health_Organization, WHO

Clue #54: 76. Chess opening

6-letter answer Answer: GAMBIT

Word Help: Synonyms: gambit, stratagem, ploy

Clue #55: 77. Dime store?

6-letter answer Answer: USMINT

Clue #56: 78. In need of a haircut, say

6-letter answer Answer: SHAGGY

Word Help: Synonyms: shaggy-coated, shagged, shaggy-haired

Clue #57: 80. Limerick, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: POEM

Word Help: Synonyms: poem, verse_form

Clue #58: 81. Tricked out with the latest technology, say

5-letter answer Answer: SMART

Word Help: Synonyms: chic, smarting, voguish
Antonyms: stupid

Clue #59: 82. One-named Brazilian soccer star who is a six-time FIFA World Player of the Year

5-letter answer Answer: MARTA

Clue #60: 83. Body building?

4-letter answer Answer: TOMB

Word Help: Synonyms: tomb, grave

Clue #61: 84. ___ Crown Theater (downtown Chicago landmark)

4-letter answer Answer: ARIE

Clue #62: 85. Acting without thinking

4-letter answer Answer: RASH

Word Help: Synonyms: skin_rash, rash, roseola

Clue #63: 86. Candy brand with a crown in its logo

4-letter answer Answer: SKOR

Clue #64: 87. See 89-Down

4-letter answer Answer: GENE

Word Help: Synonyms: cistron, gene, factor

Clue #65: 89. 87-Down makeup

3-letter answer Answer: DNA

Word Help: Synonyms: desoxyribonucleic_acid, DNA, deoxyribonucleic_acid

Clue #66: 91. It may be rolled out in the backyard

3-letter answer Answer: SOD

Word Help: Synonyms: sod, bugger, sodomist

Clue #67: 92. Setting for Jacques-Louis David's painting "The Death of Marat"

3-letter answer Answer: TUB

Word Help: Synonyms: bathing_tub, tub, bath

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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Friday April 11, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clue Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• Clue 1. Some pops. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COCACOLAS

  
  



• Clue 10. Line accompanying a doorbell ring. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ITSME

  
  



• Clue 15. Richard Nixon or Mao Zedong, in a 1987 premiere. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: OPERAROLE

  
  



• Clue 16. Moved in bounds. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LOPED

  
  

  Possible synonyms: lop, dress, snip, clip, prune, discerp, lope, trim, cut_back, crop, sever




• Clue 17. Activity with pints and points. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: BARTRIVIA

  
  



• Clue 18. Not straight. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: LYING

  
  

  Possible synonyms: rest, lying, fabrication, lie_in, prevarication, dwell, lie, lie_down, consist

  Possible antonyms: stand, arise




• Clue 19. Ones in a war of words?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SLAMPOETS

  
  



• Clue 20. Like Iceland's weather most of the year. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: WINDY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: verbose, impractical, windy, breezy, tedious, airy, Laputan, wordy, visionary, blowy, long-winded




• Clue 21. Longtime email provider. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: AOL

  
  



• Clue 22. They're high-pressure at their low points. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: OCEANS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ocean, sea




• Clue 24. Action figures from Hasbro. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: GIJOES

  
  



• Clue 27. Japanese "thank you". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ARIGATO

  
  



• Clue 30. Morris who directed "The Thin Blue Line". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ERROL

  
  



• Clue 31. It's one step down from an F. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: EFLAT

  
  



• Clue 33. "Uh-huh". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: YUP

  
  



• Clue 34. Vulgarian. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: BOOR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: boor, tike, churl, barbarian, Goth, tyke, peasant




• Clue 35. What ice skaters might turn into?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: AXELS

  
  



• Clue 36. "Sort by" option in a credit card history. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: DATE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: escort, date, go_out, particular_date, see, go_steady, date_stamp, appointment, engagement, day_of_the_month




• Clue 37. Messy ___ (hairstyle). Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: BUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: bun, roll




• Clue 38. Liquid-Plumr alternative. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: DRANO

  
  



• Clue 39. Pilot returning to the air, e.g.. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RERUN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: rerun, rebroadcast




• Clue 40. Popeye's fare. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: SPINACH

  
  

  Possible synonyms: prickly-seeded_spinach, spinach, spinach_plant, Spinacia_oleracea




• Clue 42. Passionate tributes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: PAEANS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: encomium, pean, eulogy, paean, panegyric




• Clue 44. Screen mover. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: CURSOR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: pointer, cursor




• Clue 46. Dose of unreality?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: LSD

  
  

  Possible synonyms: LSD, lysergic_acid_diethylamide




• Clue 47. Sign of romantic chemistry. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: SPARK

  
  

  Possible synonyms: actuate, arc, sparkle, Spark, spark_off, twinkle, trip, flicker, light, electric_arc, set_off, trigger, Muriel_Sarah_Spark, spark, trigger_off, Dame_Muriel_Spark, glint, touch_off, discharge, activate, Muriel_Spark, electric_discharge




• Clue 49. Dropped, as a touchy subject. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: LEFTALONE

  
  



• Clue 54. Sign of vitality. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: PULSE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: throb, heartbeat, heart_rate, pulsate, beat, pulse_rate, impulse, pulsation, pulse, pulsing




• Clue 55. Neptune, e.g.. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: ICEPLANET

  
  



• Clue 56. French city whose last three letters are a French article. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ARLES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: earnest_money, arles




• Clue 57. Simple question written with two question marks. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: COMOESTAS

  
  



• Clue 58. Private affair. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TRYST

  
  

  Possible synonyms: tryst, rendezvous, assignation




• Clue 59. Certain ephemeral social media post, informally. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (9 letters)

  Answer: SNAPSTORY

  
  

Down Clues with Answers:

• Clue 1. Makings of some homemade pipes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: COBS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: Larus_marinus, filbert, great_black-backed_gull, cob, hazelnut, cobnut, black-backed_gull




• Clue 2. Fitting name for a girl born in October. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPAL

  
  

  Possible synonyms: opal




• Clue 3. Michael who played Allan in "Barbie". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: CERA

  
  



• Clue 4. One into modeling at school. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: ARTMAJOR

  
  



• Clue 5. Go on a full ride, say?. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: CARPOOL

  
  



• Clue 6. Maryland's state bird. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ORIOLE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: New_World_oriole, American_oriole, oriole, Old_World_oriole




• Clue 7. What crossing your hands in front of your chest means in American Sign Language. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: LOVE

  
  

  Possible synonyms: bonk, know, get_it_on, love, honey, lie_with, sleep_together, hump, enjoy, dearest, sexual_love, eff, bed, sleep_with, have_it_away, bang, roll_in_the_hay, have_a_go_at_it, make_out, make_love, be_intimate, jazz, have_it_off, have_intercourse, lovemaking, have_sex, erotic_love, love_life, passion, making_love, screw, do_it, beloved, fuck, dear, get_laid

  Possible antonyms: hate




• Clue 8. Bush nominee to the Supreme Court. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: ALITO

  
  



• Clue 9. Creature with over 200 tiny eyes along its shell. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEASCALLOP

  
  



• Clue 10. "Finish what you're doing". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: ILLWAIT

  
  



• Clue 11. Futzing (with). Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: TOYING

  
  

  Possible synonyms: flirt, toy, toying, dalliance, dally, diddle, flirtation, play, fiddle, flirting, coquetry




• Clue 12. Fabulizes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SPINSAYARN

  
  



• Clue 13. On the ___. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: MEND

  
  

  Possible synonyms: doctor, restore, furbish_up, fixing, heal, fixture, patch, touch_on, reparation, repair, bushel, fix, mending, mend, darn

  Possible antonyms: break




• Clue 14. Pushing boundaries. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EDGY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: highly_strung, jumpy, edgy, restive, jittery, overstrung, nervy, high-strung, uptight




• Clue 23. Things sometimes named after kings and queens. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ERAS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: geological_era, era, epoch, earned_run_average, ERA




• Clue 24. Party. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: GROUP

  
  

  Possible synonyms: radical, group, aggroup, chemical_group, grouping, mathematical_group




• Clue 25. How Romeo dies, in the eyes of the audience. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: IRONICALLY

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ironically




• Clue 26. Ones lost in lust. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (10 letters)

  Answer: SEXAHOLICS

  
  



• Clue 28. Some attire worn with tights. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: TUTUS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: Tutu, ballet_skirt, Desmond_Tutu, tutu




• Clue 29. P.G.A. Tour event. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: OPEN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: unfastened, undefendable, unresolved, outdoors, opened, unfold, loose, out-of-doors, heart-to-heart, give, open_up, undecided, receptive, subject, undefended, assailable, open_air, overt, clear, afford, spread, open, exposed, candid, surface, spread_out, capable, undetermined

  Possible antonyms: close, shut, covert, fold, closed, unreceptive




• Clue 30. Wanes. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: EBBS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: ebbing, ebb_down, ebb, ebb_out, reflux, wane, ebb_off, ebb_away

  Possible antonyms: tide




• Clue 32. Boggy land. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (3 letters)

  Answer: FEN

  
  

  Possible synonyms: marsh, marshland, fenland, fen




• Clue 35. Characters' trajectories. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ARCS

  
  

  Possible synonyms: discharge, arc, electric_arc, bow, arch, curve, spark, electric_discharge




• Clue 36. At the absolute back of the pack. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (8 letters)

  Answer: DEADLAST

  
  



• Clue 38. Like the night right before dawn, proverbially. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: DARKEST

  
  

  Possible synonyms: moody, grim, sullen, sour, black, blue, gloomy, dreary, sinister, drear, dismal, glowering, obscure, coloured, non-white, saturnine, sorry, drab, dark, dark-skinned, benighted, disconsolate, dingy, colored, dour, morose, glum

  Possible antonyms: light




• Clue 39. Some real estate deals. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (7 letters)

  Answer: RESALES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: resale




• Clue 41. Tends to. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: NURSES

  
  

  Possible synonyms: suckle, entertain, nursemaid, harbour, harbor, breastfeed, lactate, hold, nanny, wet-nurse, suck, give_suck, nurse

  Possible antonyms: bottlefeed




• Clue 43. Music genre that's experimental yet radio-friendly. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (6 letters)

  Answer: ALTPOP

  
  



• Clue 45. Means of intel gathering. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (5 letters)

  Answer: RECON

  
  



• Clue 47. Minor disagreement. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: SPAT

  
  

  Possible synonyms: spew, pettifoggery, patter, bicker, spatter, acclaim, tiff, gaiter, ptyalize, skewer, sprinkle, squabble, clap, spue, spat, fuss, ptyalise, applaud, spit, pitter-patter, spit_out, bickering

  Possible antonyms: boo




• Clue 48. [Please keep scratching me!]. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: PURR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: whirr, whir, make_vibrant_sounds, whizz, purr, birr, whiz




• Clue 50. Org. that's busy after disasters. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: FEMA

  
  

  Possible synonyms: FEMA, Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency




• Clue 51. "You're ___ something!". Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ONTO

  
  



• Clue 52. Word with mint or miss. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: NEAR

  
  

  Possible synonyms: good, cheeseparing, come_near, almost, skinny, come_on, virtually, about, nigh, draw_near, near, draw_close, well-nigh, approach, close, nearly, approximate, dear, most, go_up, penny-pinching

  Possible antonyms: far




• Clue 53. Site with shops from around the world. Can you guess the answer?

  Hint: (4 letters)

  Answer: ETSY