July 15, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, July 15, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 77 (37 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

July 15, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Delish!"	6
2A	5. "___ Sexy" (1991 dance hit)	5
3A	10. Single at a bar, perhaps	3
4A	13. Brown powder	5
5A	15. Brown powder	5
6A	16. Costa ___	4
7A	17. Popular pops	5
8A	18. Point a finger at	5
9A	19. Fan fave	4
10A	20. Kennel sound	3
11A	21. Southern newspaper that William Faulkner once contributed to, with "The"	13
12A	24. Prefix with beat or futurism	4
13A	26. Toy dog from Tibet	9
14A	27. Sport with Native American origins	8
15A	30. Melodramatist	3
16A	31. Kind of saxophone	4
17A	32. Rapper for whom Harvard's Hip-Hop Fellowship is named	3
18A	34. Get cozy	6
19A	39. Cultivars known for their yellow flesh	17
20A	43. "Excuse me"	6
21A	44. Do some patching, say	3
22A	45. Book after Joel	4
23A	46. Compadre	3
24A	48. Quantity that's tied to one's carbon footprint	9
25A	51. Second way of viewing things, figuratively	9
26A	56. Appear	4
27A	57. What a solver might growl after catching on to this puzzle's theme?	12
28A	59. Genre for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones	3
29A	62. Mine find	4
30A	63. Mother-of-pearl	5
31A	64. Motorola smartphone	5
32A	66. Flubs it	4
33A	67. Not using profanity, as a comedian	5
34A	68. "___ is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope": Aristotle	5
35A	69. Central concept of philosopher Zhuangzi's teachings	3
36A	70. Repeatedly comments (on)	5
37A	71. The first one in The New York Times appeared in 1970	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. "Delish!""

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: YUMYUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. "___ Sexy" (1991 dance hit)"

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: IMTOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Single at a bar, perhaps"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
• Words that mean the same thing: angle, hint, tap
• 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: TIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Brown powder"

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 a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
• Words that mean the same thing: chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate
• 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: COCOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Brown powder"

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 long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
• Words that mean the same thing: algarroba, carob bean, locust pod
• 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: CAROB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Costa ___"

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: RICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Popular pops"

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 carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
• Words that mean the same thing: Coke, blow, coke
• 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: COKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Point a finger at"

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 an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: charge, incrimination, blamed
• The opposite would be: absolve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Fan fave"

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 material effigy that is worshipped
• Words that mean the same thing: beau ideal, paragon, graven image
• 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: IDOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Kennel sound"

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: ARF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Southern newspaper that William Faulkner once contributed to, with "The""

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: TIMESPICAYUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Prefix with beat or futurism"

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 rounded thickly curled hairdo
• Words that mean the same thing: Afro hairdo
• 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: AFRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Toy dog from Tibet"

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: LHASAAPSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Sport with Native American origins"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game invented by american indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
• 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: LACROSSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Melodramatist"

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 meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
• Words that mean the same thing: overact, ham actor, ham it up
• The opposite would be: underact
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Kind of saxophone"

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 singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
• Words that mean the same thing: contralto, countertenor
• 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: ALTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Rapper for whom Harvard's Hip-Hop Fellowship is named"

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 a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
• Words that mean the same thing: Na, sodium, atomic number 11
• 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: NAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Get cozy"

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 a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
• Words that mean the same thing: cuddle, snuggle, draw close
• 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: NESTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Cultivars known for their yellow flesh"

Quick Info: This answer has 17 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: YUKONGOLDPOTATOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. "Excuse me""

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 the act of excusing a mistake or offense
• Words that mean the same thing: free pardon, forgiveness, amnesty
• 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: PARDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Do some patching, say"

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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Words that mean the same thing: tailor, run up, stitch
• 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: SEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Book after Joel"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Amos
• 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: AMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Compadre"

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 a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Words that mean the same thing: sidekick, pal up, chum
• 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: PAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Quantity that's tied to one's carbon footprint"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: ENERGYUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Second way of viewing things, figuratively"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: OTHERHAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "56. Appear"

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 give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
• Words that mean the same thing: appear, look
• 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: SEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. What a solver might growl after catching on to this puzzle's theme?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: WHYYOULITTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. Genre for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones"

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: SKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "62. Mine find"

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 deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
• Words that mean the same thing: load
• 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: LODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Mother-of-pearl"

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 the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
• Words that mean the same thing: mother-of-pearl
• 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: NACRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. Motorola smartphone"

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: DROID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Flubs it"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: slip, drift, stray
• 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: ERRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Not using profanity, as a comedian"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
• Words that mean the same thing: sporty, plumb, clean and jerk
• The opposite would be: unfairly, unclean
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. "___ is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope": Aristotle"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a young person (especially a young man or boy)
• Words that mean the same thing: youthfulness, young, younker
• The opposite would be: aged
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOUTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Central concept of philosopher Zhuangzi's teachings"

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 an adherent of any branch of taoism
• Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
• 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: TAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Repeatedly comments (on)"

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 a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
• Words that mean the same thing: mouth organ, mouth harp, harp
• 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: HARPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. The first one in The New York Times appeared in 1970"

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: OPED

  Great job if you got it right!

July 15, 2021 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Southwest desert plant	5
2D	2. Dock	4
3D	3. Metric of grossness	10
4D	4. Classic comedy figure who sported a bowl cut	3
5D	5. Certain warhead transport, in brief	4
6D	6. Phoenix and Washington, e.g.	9
7D	7. Low culture, disparagingly	5
8D	8. Brass band sound	6
9D	9. Showily deferential	8
10D	10. Neaten	6
11D	11. Clickable things	5
12D	12. Prefix with -lithic	5
13D	14. Lone Star State athlete	5
14D	16. Certifier of music sales, for short	4
15D	22. Apple devices run on it	3
16D	23. "Along ___ spider ..."	5
17D	25. Palm part	5
18D	27. Easy two-pointer	5
19D	28. ___-Seltzer	4
20D	29. Not Ready for Prime Time Players show, for short	3
21D	33. Where a zipper gets caught?	9
22D	35. Put on	5
23D	36. Popular hot-and-sour Thai dish	10
24D	37. Some summer babies	4
25D	38. To be: Lat.	4
26D	40. Headgear for many an extreme athlete	5
27D	41. Using intuition	8
28D	42. Have	3
29D	47. Syllables said with fingers in one's ears	6
30D	49. Night sch. class	3
31D	50. Thin, as a voice	5
32D	51. Small screech, for example	5
33D	52. Actress Birch	5
34D	53. Green power option, informally	5
35D	54. A scallop has up to 200 of these	4
36D	55. Not so cold	5
37D	58. Second place at a math competition?	4
38D	60. Symbol of highness	4
39D	61. Focus problem, for short	4
40D	65. Joey of children's fiction	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. Southwest desert plant"

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 any of several evergreen plants of the genus yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of north america
• 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: YUCCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Dock"

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 one of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
• Words that mean the same thing: wharf, tie up, berth
• 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: MOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Metric of grossness"

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: YUCKFACTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Classic comedy figure who sported a bowl cut"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: MOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Certain warhead transport, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
• Words that mean the same thing: intercontinental ballistic missile
• 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: ICBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Phoenix and Washington, e.g."

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: MALELEADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Low culture, disparagingly"

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 worthless material that is to be disposed of
• Words that mean the same thing: crank, tear apart, chicken feed
• 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: TRASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Brass band sound"

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: OOMPAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Showily deferential"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: OBEISANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Neaten"

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: TIDYUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Clickable things"

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 (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
• Words that mean the same thing: ikon, icon, image
• 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: ICONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Prefix with -lithic"

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: PALEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Lone Star State athlete"

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

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: ASTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Certifier of music sales, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.

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: RIAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Apple devices run on it"

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 (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
• Words that mean the same thing: Io
• 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: IOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. "Along ___ spider ...""

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: CAMEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Palm part"

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 compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
• 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: FROND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Easy two-pointer"

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 a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
• Words that mean the same thing: lay-up
• 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: LAYUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. ___-Seltzer"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ALKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Not Ready for Prime Time Players show, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: SNL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Where a zipper gets caught?"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: SPEEDTRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Put on"

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 any distinct time period in a sequence of events
• Words that mean the same thing: leg, phase, level
• 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: STAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Popular hot-and-sour Thai dish"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard 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: TOMYUMSOUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Some summer babies"

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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Words that mean the same thing: Leo the Lion, Lion, Leo
• 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: LEOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. To be: Lat."

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: ESSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Headgear for many an extreme athlete"

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: GOPRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Using intuition"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ONAHUNCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Have"

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 have ownership or possession of
• Words that mean the same thing: have, possess, ain
• 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: OWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Syllables said with fingers in one's ears"

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: LALALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Night sch. class"

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: ESL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Thin, as a voice"

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 having a tone of a reed instrument
• Words that mean the same thing: reedlike, wheezy
• 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: REEDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Small screech, for example"

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: OWLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Actress Birch"

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

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: THORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Green power option, informally"

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: HYDRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. A scallop has up to 200 of these"

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 opinion or judgment
• Words that mean the same thing: optic, heart, eye
• 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: EYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Not so cold"

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 pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; - george meredith
• Words that mean the same thing: skillful, dainty, decent
• The opposite would be: nasty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Second place at a math competition?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: 10, tenner, decade
• 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: TENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Symbol of highness"

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 bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
• 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: KITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. Focus problem, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: attention deficit disorder, ADD, hyperkinetic syndrome
• 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: ADHD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "65. Joey of children's fiction"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	70.1%
Short Answer	12	15.6%
Sports	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	77
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	17 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 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 16, 2025 at 07:39 AM

NYT Crossword Answers & Hints - July 20, 2025 | XWordHint Today Vibez

NYT Crossword Answers & Hints – July 20, 2025 | XWordHint Today Trends & Vibez

Published on Sunday, July 20, 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: Tricky

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (62 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. The small screen's second Golden Age, informally"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PEAKTV

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 2A: "7. Completed in two under par"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that shoot two strokes under par
• Similar words include: eagle, double birdie
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EAGLED

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 3A: "13. Indian tourist mecca"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of southwestern india; a former portuguese colony
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GOA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 4A: "16. Scoundrel"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who is morally reprehensible
• Similar words include: bounder, heel, dog
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CAD

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 5A: "19. One working near home"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an official at a baseball game
• Similar words include: ump, referee, arbitrator
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UMPIRE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 6A: "20. Flourish"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that grow vigorously
• Similar words include: fly high, flourish, prosper
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THRIVE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 7A: "21. "Wait for it ... finished!""

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANDDONE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 8A: "23. Cardinal point?"

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SISTINECHAPEL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 9A: "25. Philanthropist ___ French Gates"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MELINDA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 10A: "26. Ignore the alarm, say"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SLEEPIN

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 11A: "27. Tipping point?"

📏 12 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CASHREGISTER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 12A: "29. Few and far between"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
• Similar words include: hardly, scarcely, barely
• Opposite of: abundant

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCARCE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 13A: "32. Terse affirmation"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IDO

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 14A: "33. Scottish regional accents"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that seed vessel having hooks or prickles
• Similar words include: burr, Burr, Aaron Burr
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BURRS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 15A: "34. [My word!]"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
• Similar words include: heave, pant, puff
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GASP

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 16A: "38. Father of Transcendentalism"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
• Similar words include: Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EMERSON

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 17A: "41. What makes a twister twistier?"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that black tropical american cuckoo
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANI

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 18A: "43. "Absolutamente!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SISI

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 19A: "44. Really really"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
• Similar words include: extremist, radical
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ULTRA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 20A: "46. ___ Miss"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OLE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 21A: "47. Cry near a scarecrow"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sound made by corvine birds
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CAW

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 22A: "49. Airport sign carrier"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is present and participates in a meeting
• Similar words include: attendee, attender, attendant
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MEETER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 23A: "51. Fine point?"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPEEDTRAP

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 24A: "53. Plot point?"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HERBGARDEN

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 25A: "56. Swear"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
• Similar words include: affirm, verify, swear
• Opposite of: disavow

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AVOW

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 26A: "57. Tree ring, to a dendrochronologist"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
• Similar words include: yr, twelvemonth, class
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YEAR

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 27A: "59. Potpourri feature"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Similar words include: scent, smell, odor
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AROMA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 28A: "60. What the Mosquirix vaccine targets"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MALARIA

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 29A: "63. "Take a hike, pal!""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEATIT

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 30A: "65. Supergiant, e.g."

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Similar words include: mavin, asterisk, superstar
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STAR

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 31A: "69. Match point?"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DATINGSITE

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 32A: "72. Flash point?"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PHOTOBOOTH

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 33A: "75. Comic who said "One thing about being narrow-minded — you'll never be lonely""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAHL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 34A: "76. Singsong refrain syllables"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRALAS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 35A: "78. Total"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADDUPTO

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 36A: "79. Mary Westmacott, for Agatha Christie"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a name that has been assumed temporarily
• Similar words include: false name, a.k.a., also known as
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALIAS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 37A: "81. Bring up the rear?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the natural satellite of the earth
• Similar words include: lunar month, lunation, moonshine
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOON

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 38A: "84. Galoots"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an awkward stupid person
• Similar words include: oaf, lout, lubber
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OAFS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 39A: "85. Style point?"

📏 10 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shop where men can get their hair cut
• Pattern: __________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BARBERSHOP

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 40A: "89. Low point?"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DAIRYFARM

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 41A: "93. Sawbones, in brief"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ORDOCS

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 42A: "94. Alternative to Yahoo Mail"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AOL

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 43A: "95. It's just a guess: Abbr."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Similar words include: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EST

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 44A: "96. More cunning"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that marked by skill in deception
• Similar words include: knavish, dodgy, cunning
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SLIER

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 45A: "97. Japanese pitcher nicknamed "The Tornado""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOMO

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 46A: "98. Frodo's sidekick"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
• Similar words include: surface-to-air missile
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAM

💡 Remember this word for future puzzles!

🧩 47A: "101. Gym"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PECLASS

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🧩 48A: "104. Stately trees"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Similar words include: elm tree, elm, elmwood
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELMS

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🧩 49A: "105. Barn-raising participants, maybe"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an american follower of the mennonite religion
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMISH

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🧩 50A: "107. ___ Paulo"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SAO

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🧩 51A: "109. Lessens"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lessen the intensity of or calm
• Similar words include: quench, relieve, assuage
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALLAYS

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🧩 52A: "111. Sticking point?"

📏 12 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TATTOOPARLOR

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🧩 53A: "115. Smooths, as the way"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
• Similar words include: grime, stain, filth
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GREASES

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🧩 54A: "120. Home to Uganda's presidential palace"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a town in southern uganda on lake victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by palestinian hijackers)
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENTEBBE

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🧩 55A: "121. Brownie point?"

📏 13 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GIRLSCOUTCAMP

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🧩 56A: "124. Biting"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sour or bitter in taste
• Similar words include: acerb, sulphurous, caustic
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACERBIC

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🧩 57A: "125. Flagship Honda model"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
• Similar words include: harmonize, allot, concord
• Opposite of: disagreement

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACCORD

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🧩 58A: "126. Lover of Bassanio, in Shakespeare"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PORTIA

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🧩 59A: "127. Like hemoglobin"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Similar words include: ruddy, violent, loss
• Opposite of: gain

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RED

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🧩 60A: "128. Still"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that up to the present time
• Similar words include: in time, hitherto, even so
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YET

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🧩 61A: "129. Wise king in the "Iliad" and "Odyssey""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the greeks at troy
• Similar words include: genus Nestor
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NESTOR

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🧩 62A: "130. They're not good looks"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SNEERS

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (78 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. Kisser"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that obscene terms for female genitals
• Similar words include: suppuration, pussycat, sanies
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PUSS

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🧩 2D: "2. Jannings who won the first Best Actor Oscar"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EMIL

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🧩 3D: "3. Sunday school recess?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Similar words include: apsis
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APSE

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🧩 4D: "4. Chinese symbol of hope and prosperity"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KITE

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🧩 5D: "5. Beater of pocket rockets, in Texas hold 'em"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
• Similar words include: misstep, trip-up, set off
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRIPS

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🧩 6D: "6. "The Floating City""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the provincial capital of veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the gulf of venice; has canals instead of streets; one of italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction
• Similar words include: Venezia
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VENICE

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🧩 7D: "7. "You get the picture""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ETC

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🧩 8D: "8. Sound while sticking out one's tongue"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AHH

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🧩 9D: "9. Greek sisters of myth"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (christian theology) a state of sanctification by god; the state of one who is under such divine influence
• Similar words include: saving grace, grace of God, grace
• Opposite of: unseemliness

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GRACES

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🧩 10D: "10. Pop star Dua ___"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LIPA

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🧩 11D: "11. Beforetimes?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Similar words include: even, eventide, evening
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EVES

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🧩 12D: "12. Second-most-populous city in the world (after Tokyo)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a city in north central india
• Similar words include: Old Delhi
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DELHI

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🧩 13D: "13. "Let's do this!""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GAMEON

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🧩 14D: "14. Much-desired blood type, for short"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONEG

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🧩 15D: "15. Fly by the seat of one's pants"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADLIB

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🧩 16D: "16. Repentant"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
• Similar words include: ruthful, remorseful, rueful
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CONTRITE

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🧩 17D: "17. Author of "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Ugly Duckling""

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)
• Similar words include: Hans Christian Andersen
• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANDERSEN

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🧩 18D: "18. Letter opener"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEARSIR

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🧩 19D: "22. Derelict"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that no longer in use
• Similar words include: obsolete
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DISUSED

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🧩 20D: "24. Charm"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that attract; cause to be enamored
• Similar words include: enchant, catch, fascinate
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENAMOR

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🧩 21D: "28. Nutrient inits."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RDA

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🧩 22D: "30. Race with an anchor"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of passing something along from one person or group to another
• Similar words include: relay race, electrical relay
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RELAY

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🧩 23D: "31. Brunch station offering"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
• Similar words include: crepe paper, crape, French pancake
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CREPE

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🧩 24D: "34. Astronaut Grissom"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the largest and southernmost island in the marianas which is administered as a territory of the united states; it was ceded by spain to the united states in 1898
• Similar words include: GU, Guam
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GUS

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🧩 25D: "35. Finsteraarhorn, e.g."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any high mountain
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALP

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🧩 26D: "36. Furtiveness"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that avoiding detection by moving carefully
• Similar words include: stealing
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STEALTH

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🧩 27D: "37. Triumph"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
• Similar words include: persist, dominate, die hard
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PREVAIL

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🧩 28D: "39. Common lampshade shade"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
• Similar words include: ocher
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OCHRE

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🧩 29D: "40. Scottish negative"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NAE

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🧩 30D: "42. Muslim leader"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for shiites an imam is a recognized authority on islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
• Similar words include: imaum
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IMAM

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🧩 31D: "45. Festoon"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
• Similar words include: clothe, grace, beautify
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADORN

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🧩 32D: "48. "Star Trek II: The ___ of Khan""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
• Similar words include: ira, anger, ire
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WRATH

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🧩 33D: "50. Epic time"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Similar words include: geological era, earned run average, epoch
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERA

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🧩 34D: "52. Stick on a tree"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
• Similar words include: get onto, get it, sprig
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TWIG

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🧩 35D: "54. Joie de vivre"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
• Similar words include: animation, vivification, spiritedness
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BRIO

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🧩 36D: "55. More than wanna"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GOTTA

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🧩 37D: "58. Biblical shepherd"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
• Similar words include: Niels Henrik Abel, Niels Abel
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABEL

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🧩 38D: "60. Many residents, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (md is the current symbol for mendelevium but mv was formerly the symbol)
• Similar words include: doctor, Md, medico
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MDS

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🧩 39D: "61. Org. with a "Tipsy Tow" service"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
• Similar words include: abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AAA

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🧩 40D: "62. Up"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that on the move
• Similar words include: about, up
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASTIR

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🧩 41D: "64. Lhasa ___"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APSO

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🧩 42D: "65. It's literally "inflated" in the kitchen"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOUFFLE

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🧩 43D: "66. Mast attachment above a gaff"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOPSAIL

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🧩 44D: "67. QB stat: Abbr."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATT

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🧩 45D: "68. Fraternity letter"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RHO

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🧩 46D: "70. Plans for the future, in brief?"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
• Similar words include: Irish Republican Army, Provisional Irish Republican Army, wrath
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IRAS

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🧩 47D: "71. Actress Smith of Fox's "Empire""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TASHA

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🧩 48D: "73. Funk"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Similar words include: scent, olfactory sensation, smell
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ODOR

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🧩 49D: "74. Annual celebrations, informally"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BDAYS

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🧩 50D: "77. Enough"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that more than enough in size or scope or capacity
• Similar words include: plentiful, rich, plenteous
• Opposite of: meager

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMPLE

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🧩 51D: "79. "The Golden Bachelor" network"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Similar words include: rudiment, ABC's, alphabet
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABC

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🧩 52D: "80. Without"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
• Similar words include: to a lesser extent
• Opposite of: more

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LESS

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🧩 53D: "82. Newbery-winning author Scott ___"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ODELL

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🧩 54D: "83. Twangy"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
• Similar words include: nasal consonant, rhinal, pinched
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NASAL

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🧩 55D: "85. Cousin of a man crush"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BROMANCE

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🧩 56D: "86. Took in"

📏 8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
• Similar words include: intromit, accept, acknowledge
• Opposite of: deny, exclude

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADMITTED

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🧩 57D: "87. Cock"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that adult male chicken
• Similar words include: cock
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROOSTER

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🧩 58D: "88. Alley ___"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OOP

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🧩 59D: "90. "The plan has been approved!""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ITSAGO

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🧩 60D: "91. Kind of cycle at night"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
• Similar words include: rapid eye movement, REM sleep, rapid eye movement sleep
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REM

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🧩 61D: "92. Partner, with "the""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a form of address for a married woman
• Similar words include: Mister, Mr., Mrs.
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MRS

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🧩 62D: "93. Hot, hot, hot"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ONATEAR

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🧩 63D: "99. Facet"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a distinct feature or element in a problem
• Similar words include: look, panorama, scene
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ASPECT

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🧩 64D: "100. Petting zoo noise"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MAA

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🧩 65D: "102. Suburban setting?"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CARLOT

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🧩 66D: "103. IHOP selections"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a thick sweet sticky liquid
• Similar words include: sirup, syrup
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SYRUPS

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🧩 67D: "106. Woodworking or bird-watching"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an auxiliary activity
• Similar words include: spare-time activity, sideline, Falco subbuteo
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HOBBY

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🧩 68D: "108. Heart, e.g."

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
• Similar words include: Hammond organ, electric organ, harmonium
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ORGAN

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🧩 69D: "110. Place atop"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states religious leader who was the first person born in the united states to be canonized (1774-1821)
• Similar words include: Mother Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, Elizabeth Seton
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SETON

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🧩 70D: "112. New York theater award first given in 1956"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OBIE

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🧩 71D: "113. One of the 10 plagues of Egypt"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
• Similar words include: plant louse, insect, sucking louse
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: LICE

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🧩 72D: "114. Dungeons & Dragons baddies"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ORCS

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🧩 73D: "116. One of 24 in Yankee Stadium"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
• Similar words include: Accho, Akko, Akka
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACRE

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🧩 74D: "117. Quench"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that fill to satisfaction
• Similar words include: fill, satiate, replete
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SATE

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🧩 75D: "118. Gulf bigwig"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Similar words include: amir, ameer, emeer
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EMIR

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🧩 76D: "119. Some cruise ship amenities"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: SPAS

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🧩 77D: "122. Ticketmaster spec"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SRO

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🧩 78D: "123. Navy submarine head: Abbr."

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CDR

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🧠 Expert Solving Strategies

🎯 Start Smart

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❓ Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

🔤 Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

📚 Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

📊 Today's Puzzle Stats

62 Across Clues

78 Down Clues

140 Total Clues

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