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Sunday, January 4, 2026

NYT Crossword Across January 04, 2026: All 63 Horizontal Answers & Strategic Tips

Today's Across Crossword NYT January 04, 2026 - Every Horizontal Solution Explained

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 63 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for January 04, 2026
NYT Across Clues - Sunday, January 04, 2026
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date January 04, 2026
Day of Week Sunday
Total Across Clues 63 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Challenging

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 63 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. It protects the heart
2 Across 8. Egyptian god of the underworld
3 Across 14. Dr.'s order?
4 Across 17. Substances found in cured meats and explosives
5 Across 18. Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets
6 Across 21. High marks
7 Across 22. "That's enough bickering!"
8 Across 24. Valletta's land
9 Across 25. Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"
10 Across 27. Max's opposite
11 Across 28. Morpheus, to 25-Across
12 Across 29. Good ol' boy
13 Across 31. Actor Thomas ___ Church
14 Across 34. Stares stupidly
15 Across 35. General who crossed the Rubicon
16 Across 37. Snubs
17 Across 39. Ultimate end, to Aristotle
18 Across 40. TV E.T.
19 Across 41. Secondary list of options
20 Across 43. ___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter
21 Across 45. Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)
22 Across 47. Classification that anyone can donate to
23 Across 48. Got off
24 Across 49. With warts and all
25 Across 53. Pesto ingredients
26 Across 55. Made less angry now
27 Across 58. Ozone no-no, for short
28 Across 59. The dash in many an emoticon
29 Across 60. It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath
30 Across 61. Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel
31 Across 63. Derived from gold
32 Across 66. Steals, informally
33 Across 67. Something a bug produces
34 Across 68. Certain Army noncom
35 Across 70. Points to a church?
36 Across 71. What the 7 may mean in 7/11
37 Across 73. Brewed beverage
38 Across 74. Perseveres
39 Across 76. Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website
40 Across 80. "Horsefeathers!"
41 Across 82. "Fiddlesticks!"
42 Across 83. Combine using heat without melting, as particles
43 Across 85. Make a lot, say?
44 Across 86. Famed firefighter Red
45 Across 88. "All right, but that's not my opinion"
46 Across 90. L.A.P.D. unit?
47 Across 91. The Lamb
48 Across 93. Devoted effort to looking attractive
49 Across 96. Leaning
50 Across 98. Bandage brand
51 Across 99. Possessed, biblically
52 Across 100. Word before winner or after Wonder
53 Across 101. Brick homes
54 Across 103. Buffalo's home: Abbr.
55 Across 104. "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?"
56 Across 106. Eponym of element 96
57 Across 109. They'll get there eventually
58 Across 113. Like the cultivation of land
59 Across 115. Country whose border shape is the world's roundest
60 Across 116. Zero
61 Across 117. Co.'s $$$ head
62 Across 118. Steal for ransom
63 Across 119. Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve"

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. It protects the heart"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: R_____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RIBCAGE

2 Across: "8. Egyptian god of the underworld"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: O____S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OSIRIS

3 Across: "14. Dr.'s order?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AMA

4 Across: "17. Substances found in cured meats and explosives"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: N______S
  • Similar words: nitrate
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NITRATES

5 Across: "18. Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: S_________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SESAMEPLACE

6 Across: "21. High marks"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A______S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer APLUSSES

7 Across: "22. "That's enough bickering!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 12 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: S__________O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer STOPITYOUTWO

8 Across: "24. Valletta's land"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: M___A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MALTA

9 Across: "25. Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: (used as a combining form) recent or new
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NEO

10 Across: "27. Max's opposite"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'N'
  • Similar words: Fukkianese, Amoy
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MIN

11 Across: "28. Morpheus, to 25-Across"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: M____R
  • Similar words: wise man
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a wise and trusted guide and advisor
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MENTOR

12 Across: "29. Good ol' boy"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: B___A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BUBBA

13 Across: "31. Actor Thomas ___ Church"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: H___N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HADEN

14 Across: "34. Stares stupidly"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: G___S
  • Similar words: stumblebum, lump
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an awkward stupid person
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GAWKS

15 Across: "35. General who crossed the Rubicon"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: C____R
  • Similar words: Sidney Caesar, Julius Caesar
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CAESAR

16 Across: "37. Snubs"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: I_____S
  • Similar words: ignore, neglect
  • Opposite of: notice
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: refuse to acknowledge
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IGNORES

17 Across: "39. Ultimate end, to Aristotle"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T___S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TELOS

18 Across: "40. TV E.T."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'F'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALF

19 Across: "41. Secondary list of options"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'U'
  • Word pattern: S_____U
  • Similar words: cascading menu
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SUBMENU

20 Across: "43. ___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: P___O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PAOLO

21 Across: "45. Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: M__D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MAUD

22 Across: "47. Classification that anyone can donate to"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'B'
  • Word pattern: T____B
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TYPEAB

23 Across: "48. Got off"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A__T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALIT

24 Across: "49. With warts and all"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A__S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASIS

25 Across: "53. Pesto ingredients"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: P______S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PINENUTS

26 Across: "55. Made less angry now"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: P______D
  • Similar words: gentle, appease
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PLACATED

27 Across: "58. Ozone no-no, for short"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'C'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CFC

28 Across: "59. The dash in many an emoticon"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: N__E
  • Similar words: pry, poke
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOSE

29 Across: "60. It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: P____Y
  • Similar words: poesy, verse
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: literature in metrical form
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer POETRY

30 Across: "61. Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: M____A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MUFASA

31 Across: "63. Derived from gold"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'C'
  • Word pattern: A___C
  • Similar words: aurous
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: of or relating to or containing or derived from gold
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AURIC

32 Across: "66. Steals, informally"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: F_____S
  • Similar words: pilfer, pinch
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: make off with belongings of others
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer FILCHES

33 Across: "67. Something a bug produces"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: E___R
  • Similar words: mistake, computer error
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ERROR

34 Across: "68. Certain Army noncom"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'J'
  • Word pattern: S____J
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SGTMAJ

35 Across: "70. Points to a church?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S____S
  • Similar words: steeple, spire
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SPIRES

36 Across: "71. What the 7 may mean in 7/11"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'J' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: J__Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the month following June and preceding August
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer JULY

37 Across: "73. Brewed beverage"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALE

38 Across: "74. Perseveres"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: P______N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PUSHESON

39 Across: "76. Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: P______R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer POPSUGAR

40 Across: "80. "Horsefeathers!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: P__H
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 40

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PISH

41 Across: "82. "Fiddlesticks!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: D__T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 41

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DRAT

42 Across: "83. Combine using heat without melting, as particles"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: S____R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 42

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SINTER

43 Across: "85. Make a lot, say?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: P__E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 43

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PAVE

44 Across: "86. Famed firefighter Red"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: A___R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 44

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ADAIR

45 Across: "88. "All right, but that's not my opinion""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'U'
  • Word pattern: S_____U
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 45

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SAYSYOU

46 Across: "90. L.A.P.D. unit?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 46

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LOS

47 Across: "91. The Lamb"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'J' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: J___S
  • Similar words: Savior, Saviour
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 47

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer JESUS

48 Across: "93. Devoted effort to looking attractive"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: P_____D
  • Similar words: plume, preen
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: clean with one's bill
  • This is Across clue number 48

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PREENED

49 Across: "96. Leaning"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A____T
  • Similar words: obliquely, sloped
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: having an oblique or slanted direction
  • This is Across clue number 49

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASLANT

50 Across: "98. Bandage brand"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: C___D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 50

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CURAD

51 Across: "99. Possessed, biblically"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: H___T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 51

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HADST

52 Across: "100. Word before winner or after Wonder"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: B___D
  • Similar words: shekels, lucre
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 52

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BREAD

53 Across: "101. Brick homes"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A____S
  • Similar words: adobe brick, adobe
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the clay from which adobe bricks are made
  • This is Across clue number 53

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ADOBES

54 Across: "103. Buffalo's home: Abbr."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
  • Similar words: Empire State, NY
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
  • This is Across clue number 54

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NYS

55 Across: "104. "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 55

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SIE

56 Across: "106. Eponym of element 96"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: C___E
  • Similar words: Pierre Curie, Marie Curie
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 56

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CURIE

57 Across: "109. They'll get there eventually"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 12 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: L__________S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 57

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LATEBLOOMERS

58 Across: "113. Like the cultivation of land"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: A______N
  • Similar words: agricultural, farming
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: relating to rural matters
  • This is Across clue number 58

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AGRARIAN

59 Across: "115. Country whose border shape is the world's roundest"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: S_________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 59

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SIERRALEONE

60 Across: "116. Zero"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: G______G
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 60

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GOOSEEGG

61 Across: "117. Co.'s $$$ head"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 61

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CFO

62 Across: "118. Steal for ransom"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'K' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: K____P
  • Similar words: nobble, snatch
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 62

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer KIDNAP

63 Across: "119. Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: O_____O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 63

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OTHELLO

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally

Time-Saving Across Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Across first Get a mental map of the horizontal flow
Fill short Across words 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions
Use crossing letters Down letters help confirm Across answers
Look for themes Related Across answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 63 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

Across and Down clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

XWordHint Crossword Answers December 11, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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 lovers who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

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December 11, 2025 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Against 4
2A 5. Greek goddess swallowed by her father and rescued by her future husband 4
3A 9. Suisse peak 4
4A 13. Spoils 4
5A 14. Work of Bellini or Bizet 5
6A 16. Stead 4
7A 17. SEAL ... SWAT... B ... 10
8A 19. Some ways off 4
9A 20. Plane divider 5
10A 21. English town known for its salt 5
11A 23. Sustainable start? 3
12A 24. Contraction that's a homophone of 20-Across 3
13A 26. Author Zora ___ Hurston 5
14A 28. Utopia ... 10 ... ideal ... 14
15A 34. Warms up for a race, say 4
16A 35. Columbus's smallest ship 4
17A 36. "No harm, no foul" 5
18A 37. Bus. page news 3
19A 38. Landing area in a long jump 7
20A 40. Sign for cheap admission 3
21A 41. Word with heavy or scrap 5
22A 43. Slip (out), in a way 4
23A 44. Cry over spilt milk? 4
24A 45. Puff ... Komodo ... Smaug ... 14
25A 48. Take inspiration from 5
26A 49. Quote from Homer 3
27A 50. Cable staple since 1972 3
28A 51. A replay might be seen in this 5
29A 55. Echo starter 5
30A 59. Prepares to throw 4
31A 61. Fish ... scuba ... Army ... 10
32A 63. Reunion group 4
33A 64. Subject of an Oscars announcement 5
34A 65. What a dog might do to its owner 4
35A 66. Lottery-style gambling game 4
36A 67. Dreamcast developer 4
37A 68. Puts two and two together, say 4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Against"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
  • Opposite of: pro
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANTI

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2A: "5. Greek goddess swallowed by her father and rescued by her future husband"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that queen of the olympian gods in ancient greek mythology; sister and wife of zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women zeus fell in love with; identified with roman juno
  • Similar words include: Here
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HERA

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3A: "9. Suisse peak"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: ALPE

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4A: "13. Spoils"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that goods or money obtained illegally
  • Similar words include: cabbage, despoil, shekels
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LOOT

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5A: "14. Work of Bellini or Bizet"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
  • Similar words include: opera house
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OPERA

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6A: "16. Stead"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
  • Similar words include: place, stead, position
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LIEU

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7A: "17. SEAL ... SWAT... B ..."

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
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Answer: DREAMTEAMS

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8A: "19. Some ways off"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: AFAR

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9A: "20. Plane divider"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
  • Similar words include: gangway
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AISLE

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10A: "21. English town known for its salt"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: EPSOM

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11A: "23. Sustainable start?"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ECO

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12A: "24. Contraction that's a homophone of 20-Across"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
  • Similar words include: sick, poorly, badly
  • Opposite of: well
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ILL

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13A: "26. Author Zora ___ Hurston"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NEALE

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14A: "28. Utopia ... 10 ... ideal ..."

14 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PICTUREPERFECT

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15A: "34. Warms up for a race, say"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sharp change in direction
  • Similar words include: even up, square up, lope
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JOGS

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16A: "35. Columbus's smallest ship"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of ea
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NINA

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17A: "36. "No harm, no foul""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ITSOK

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18A: "37. Bus. page news"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
  • Similar words include: initial offering, initial public offering
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IPO

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19A: "38. Landing area in a long jump"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
  • Similar words include: sandpile, sandbox
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SANDPIT

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20A: "40. Sign for cheap admission"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SRO

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21A: "41. Word with heavy or scrap"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
  • Similar words include: metallic, alloy, metallic element
  • Opposite of: nonmetallic
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: METAL

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22A: "43. Slip (out), in a way"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
  • Similar words include: ooze
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEEP

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23A: "44. Cry over spilt milk?"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OOPS

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24A: "45. Puff ... Komodo ... Smaug ..."

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IMAGINEDRAGONS

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25A: "48. Take inspiration from"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OWETO

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26A: "49. Quote from Homer"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
  • Similar words include: ut, do
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DOH

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27A: "50. Cable staple since 1972"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HBO

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28A: "51. A replay might be seen in this"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SLOMO

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29A: "55. Echo starter"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALEXA

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30A: "59. Prepares to throw"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
  • Similar words include: intention, aim, train
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AIMS

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31A: "61. Fish ... scuba ... Army ..."

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: THINKTANKS

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32A: "63. Reunion group"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that group of people related by blood or marriage
  • Similar words include: kin, kindred, kin group
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CLAN

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33A: "64. Subject of an Oscars announcement"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
  • Similar words include: host, compere, master of ceremonies
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EMCEE

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34A: "65. What a dog might do to its owner"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
  • Similar words include: poke, puzzle out, bat
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LICK

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35A: "66. Lottery-style gambling game"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
  • Similar words include: lotto, bingo, beano
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: KENO

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36A: "67. Dreamcast developer"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEGA

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37A: "68. Puts two and two together, say"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
  • Similar words include: minimal brain dysfunction, append, bring
  • Opposite of: subtract, take away
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ADDS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Alan of PBS's "Scientific American Frontiers" 4
2D 2. Wrapper at a Japanese restaurant 4
3D 3. Steps up to, as the line 4
4D 4. Right-leaning type 7
5D 5. Super-trendy 3
6D 6. Electrified Olympic weapon 4
7D 7. Collect, as rewards 4
8D 8. Huggers 4
9D 9. In the style of 3
10D 10. Something learned the hard way, often 10
11D 11. Organization promoting international goodwill 10
12D 12. Coin with 12 stars on it 4
13D 15. Acting collectively 5
14D 18. Un-solid-ify 4
15D 22. Be worthy of 5
16D 25. Sol's sister 4
17D 27. Toward the back of the boat 3
18D 28. Big wheels in the Vatican? 10
19D 29. Ray Charles's first #1 R&B single (1954) 10
20D 30. Hand sanitizer eliminates the need to do this 5
21D 31. Quit 5
22D 32. Art class staple 5
23D 33. Abrupt endings, of a sort 4
24D 34. 2022 book paying tribute to a 1960s rock legend 4
25D 38. Narrow openings 5
26D 39. Big Apple debut in 2010 4
27D 42. This clue's number, for the youngest U.S. president 3
28D 44. "Lux-ur-ious!" 7
29D 46. Nick of "Cape Fear" 5
30D 47. Pan in the butt? 4
31D 50. Cybersecurity concern 4
32D 52. Electrical units 4
33D 53. Maze runners, sometimes 4
34D 54. Universal donor's type, informally 4
35D 56. Children's author Blyton 4
36D 57. Popular stick-figure webcomic 4
37D 58. Quizzes 4
38D 60. ___-cone 3
39D 62. New Zealand parrot whose name sounds like a Korean automaker 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Alan of PBS's "Scientific American Frontiers""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALDA

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2D: "2. Wrapper at a Japanese restaurant"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NORI

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3D: "3. Steps up to, as the line"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that one of the digits of the foot
  • Similar words include: toe, toenail
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TOES

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4D: "4. Right-leaning type"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
  • Similar words include: Italic, italic, Italic language
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ITALICS

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5D: "5. Super-trendy"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
  • Similar words include: raging, live, blistering
  • Opposite of: cold
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HOT

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6D: "6. Electrified Olympic weapon"

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

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7D: "7. Collect, as rewards"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that gather, as of natural products
  • Similar words include: glean, harvest, draw
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: REAP

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8D: "8. Huggers"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that weapons considered collectively
  • Similar words include: munition, weapon system, blazon
  • Opposite of: disarm
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARMS

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9D: "9. In the style of"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALA

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10D: "10. Something learned the hard way, often"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LIFELESSON

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11D: "11. Organization promoting international goodwill"

10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PEACECORPS

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12D: "12. Coin with 12 stars on it"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EURO

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13D: "15. Acting collectively"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASONE

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14D: "18. Un-solid-ify"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
  • Similar words include: fade, melt down, thaw
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MELT

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15D: "22. Be worthy of"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any admirable quality or attribute
  • Similar words include: deservingness, virtue, meritoriousness
  • Opposite of: demerit
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MERIT

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16D: "25. Sol's sister"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (roman mythology) the goddess of the moon; counterpart of greek selene
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LUNA

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17D: "27. Toward the back of the boat"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
  • Similar words include: abaft, astern
  • Opposite of: fore
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AFT

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18D: "28. Big wheels in the Vatican?"

10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: POPEMOBILE

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19D: "29. Ray Charles's first #1 R&B single (1954)"

10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IGOTAWOMAN

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20D: "30. Hand sanitizer eliminates the need to do this"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
  • Similar words include: wash, rinse off, gargle
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RINSE

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21D: "31. Quit"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
  • Similar words include: concluded, stop, terminated
  • Opposite of: begin
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ENDED

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22D: "32. Art class staple"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
  • Similar words include: newspaper, report, newspaper publisher
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PAPER

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23D: "33. Abrupt endings, of a sort"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
  • Similar words include: technical knockout, TKO
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TKOS

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24D: "34. 2022 book paying tribute to a 1960s rock legend"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: JIMI

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25D: "38. Narrow openings"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a long narrow opening
  • Similar words include: pussy, slit, dent
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SLITS

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26D: "39. Big Apple debut in 2010"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: IPAD

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27D: "42. This clue's number, for the youngest U.S. president"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that how long something has existed
  • Similar words include: geezerhood, mature, old age
  • Opposite of: rejuvenate
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AGE

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28D: "44. "Lux-ur-ious!""

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OOHLALA

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29D: "46. Nick of "Cape Fear""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NOLTE

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30D: "47. Pan in the butt?"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
  • Similar words include: stooge, laughingstock, Capricorn the Goat
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GOAT

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31D: "50. Cybersecurity concern"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that one who works hard at boring tasks
  • Similar words include: whoop, nag, ward-heeler
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HACK

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32D: "52. Electrical units"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
  • Similar words include: ohm, Georg Simon Ohm, Ohm
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OHMS

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33D: "53. Maze runners, sometimes"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
  • Similar words include: black eye, computer mouse, mouse
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MICE

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34D: "54. Universal donor's type, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ONEG

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35D: "56. Children's author Blyton"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a town in north central oklahoma
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ENID

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36D: "57. Popular stick-figure webcomic"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: XKCD

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37D: "58. Quizzes"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that inquire about
  • Similar words include: need, take, expect
  • Opposite of: obviate
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASKS

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38D: "60. ___-cone"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SNO

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39D: "62. New Zealand parrot whose name sounds like a Korean automaker"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that large brownish-green new zealand parrot
  • Similar words include: Nestor notabilis
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: KEA

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Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues
39 Down Clues
76 Total Clues

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