XWordHint Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 09, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 09 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (39)
Clue #1: 1. Top dog?
Clue #2: 5. Top hat?
Clue #3: 8. Top gun?
Clue #4: 14. Olympic event in which athletes wear masks
Clue #5: 15. Balmy time in Bordeaux
Clue #6: 16. Squids' kin
Clue #7: 17. Marilyn Monroe used eyeliner to darken the one on her cheek
Clue #8: 18. Late actor Kilmer
Clue #9: 19. Be off the mark
Clue #10: 20. Number with 12 zeros in the U.S. but 18 zeros in other parts of the world
Clue #11: 23. Cotillion V.I.P.
Clue #12: 24. Top 10 song
Antonyms: miss
Clue #13: 25. Auntie ___ (food court chain)
Clue #14: 27. Who, What or I Don't Know, to Abbott and Costello
Clue #15: 31. Popular digital wallet service
Clue #16: 35. Non-Rx
Clue #17: 36. Dance instruction
Clue #18: 38. Jason of "How I Met Your Mother"
Clue #19: 39. One wearing a djellaba robe, typically
Clue #20: 41. Outer boundaries, as where this puzzle's theme answers are located
Clue #21: 44. Hospital fluids
Clue #22: 45. Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year
Clue #23: 47. Bit of litter by a theater
Clue #24: 49. It may be picked by the picky
Clue #25: 50. Kind of Emmy
Antonyms: night
Clue #26: 53. Last Supper guest
Clue #27: 55. One end of a battery
Antonyms: cathode
Clue #28: 57. State animal of Utah
Clue #29: 58. Ryder Cup org.
Clue #30: 61. Famous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film "Taxi!"
Clue #31: 66. Beyond belief
Antonyms: natural, real
Clue #32: 68. Hunk
Clue #33: 69. ___ land
Clue #34: 70. Repeated sounds in "Hey Jude"
Clue #35: 71. From ___ Z
Clue #36: 72. Many moons
Antonyms: rejuvenate
Clue #37: 73. Bottom feeder?
Clue #38: 74. Bottom line?
Clue #39: 75. Bottom dollar?
Across Clues and Answers (39)
Clue #1: 1. Side note?
Clue #2: 2. Agreed-___
Clue #3: 3. Prefix with communication
Clue #4: 4. Grow choppers
Clue #5: 5. Get off the ground?
Clue #6: 6. Stressed type: Abbr.
Clue #7: 7. Singer Reese
Clue #8: 8. California college where the writer David Foster Wallace taught English
Clue #9: 9. Unfriendly quality
Clue #10: 10. Ave. crossers
Clue #11: 11. Lowly sort
Clue #12: 12. Redheaded boy of 1960s TV
Clue #13: 13. Side arm?
Clue #14: 21. Parts of eyeglass frames
Clue #15: 22. First magazine to feature Steve Jobs on its cover (October 1981)
Clue #16: 26. Elvis's "___ Not You"
Clue #17: 27. Side plank?
Antonyms: get_off
Clue #18: 28. Parts of hearts
Clue #19: 29. Like snakes
Clue #20: 30. Mustachioed "Simpsons" character
Clue #21: 32. 007, for one
Clue #22: 33. Jeopardy
Clue #23: 34. Side dish?
Clue #24: 37. Family-friendly ratings
Clue #25: 40. Onetime alternative to VHS
Clue #26: 42. Gate info
Clue #27: 43. Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner Kent
Clue #28: 46. Symbol of contrasting principles
Clue #29: 48. Get out of the starting gate fast
Antonyms: unbolt
Clue #30: 51. Bread
Clue #31: 52. End of a professor's address
Clue #32: 54. 1970s space station
Clue #33: 56. "J. ___" (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic)
Clue #34: 58. Side kick?
Clue #35: 59. Growl
Clue #36: 60. River under the Ponte Vecchio
Clue #37: 62. Itty bit
Clue #38: 63. Prego rival
Clue #39: 64. Guinness of "Star Wars"
Clue #40: 65. Side job?
Clue #41: 67. French 101 word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet
Expert Solving Strategies
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- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
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Tuesday, September 14, 1999 | NYT crosswords clues with answers - hints
The Crossword hints blog is an one of the most popular crossword clue puzzles with answers solver. Here are the clues and answers for today nyt puzzle.
Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 14, 1999
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues and Answers:
- 1. Contralto's counterpart -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer : bass, bass_voice, basso
- 6. Richard of "Pretty Woman" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 10. Arm or leg -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : branch, limb, arm, tree_branch
- 14. Consumer -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 15. Part of I.C.U. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : whole, social_unit, building_block, unit_of_measurement, unit
- 16. Race track -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : elliptical, oval, ovoid, elliptic, ellipse, ovate, oviform, egg-shaped, prolate, oval-shaped
- 17. Castle feature -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word
Possible Answer : lift_bridge, drawbridge
- 19. Shuttle scheduler -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration, NASA
- 20. 50 minutes with a psychiatrist, e.g. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
Possible Answer : academic_term, academic_session, school_term, session, sitting, seance
- 21. Yeses -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
Possible Answer : assent, acquiesce, acquiescence, accede
Possible Opposite: dissent
- 23. Ready for overtime -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : trussed, even, level, bind, tied, splice, link, fastened, bond, connect, link_up, marry, draw, attach, laced, wed, tie
Possible Opposite: untied, untie, disconnect, unlaced
- 25. Clear, as a disk -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer : rub_out, delete, wipe_out, score_out, efface, wipe_off, erase
Possible Opposite: record
- 26. "Joe" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 30. Honors -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
Possible Answer : laurel, honour, Arthur_Stanley_Jefferson_Laurel, laurels, honor, Stan_Laurel, award, laurel_wreath, bay_wreath, Laurel, accolade
Possible Opposite: dishonor
- 33. Home to 9,000 Maine collegians -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer : Orono
- 35. "Oh, for Pete's ___" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 36. Elsie's greeting -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 39. Absolutely best part -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (15 letters) word
- 43. Old spy org. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer : bone, osmium, atomic_number_76, oculus_sinister, Os, OS, operating_system, os
- 44. Result of melting -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : drip_mould, drip, dribble, drop, drip_mold, trickle, dripping
- 45. Gown fabric -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer : tulle
- 46. Troop formation -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
Possible Answer : phalanx
- 49. Hardy heroine -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : si, Te, atomic_number_52, te, ti, tellurium
- 50. Bewildered -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 53. PBS Emmy winner -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : nova
- 55. Plotzed -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
- 58. African member of OPEC -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
Possible Answer : Federal_Republic_of_Nigeria, Nigeria
- 63. Time to make a move -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : spell, go, work, crook, number, reverse, routine, bend, deform, ferment, twist, plough, turn_of_events, sprain, round, turn, bout, wrick, good_turn, change_by_reversal, change_state, turn_over, wrench, grow, sour, tour, become, plow, move_around, bit, turning, play, act, release, rick, flex, call_on
Possible Opposite: unbend
- 64. Fruit or mincemeat, e.g. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word
- 66. Duel tool -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : epee
- 67. "I had no ___!" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : idea, thought, mind, theme, approximation, melodic_theme, estimation, estimate, musical_theme
- 68. Any song by the Supremes -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer : oldie, golden_oldie
- 69. Slash -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 70. Filly's brother -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 71. Adam and Mae -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer : Occident, west, Cicily_Isabel_Fairfield, Dame_Rebecca_West, westward, Benjamin_West, W, Rebecca_West, western_United_States, Mae_West, West, due_west
Down Clues and Answers:
- 1. Resting places -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: screw, hit_the_sack, love, bottom, have_it_away, make_love, retire, get_it_on, turn_in, be_intimate, have_sex, layer, hump, jazz, have_intercourse, fuck, roll_in_the_hay, eff, crawl_in, go_to_sleep, make_out, lie_with, do_it, have_a_go_at_it, sack_out, sleep_with, bonk, have_it_off, hit_the_hay, bed, get_laid, sleep_together, seam, bang, go_to_bed, kip_down, know
- 2. Swiss stream -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: Aare_River, Aar, Aare
- 3. Stops on the I.R.T. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 4. Wraps (up) -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: stitch, sew, sew_together, tailor, run_up, tailor-make
- 5. Once around the world -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer: celestial_orbit, range, eye_socket, orbital_cavity, orb, reach, sphere, arena, orbit, compass, cranial_orbit, revolve, domain, scope, ambit, area, field, electron_orbit
- 6. Kind of pig -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
Possible Answer: Guinea, guinea, guinea_fowl, Republic_of_Guinea, dago, Numida_meleagris, greaseball, French_Guinea, wop, ginzo
- 7. Butt -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: stop, remnant, cease, last, remainder, conclusion, end, close, death, terminate, destruction, final_stage, closing, oddment, ending, terminal, finish, goal
- 8. Latvia's capital -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: capital_of_Latvia, Riga
- 9. Summers in France -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 10. Antisocial types -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 11. Former Mrs. Trump -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 12. Flag places -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer: mast
- 13. Not at all excited -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 18. Disturb -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 22. High-quality -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
Possible Answer: take, pick_out, prime, quality, select, choice, choose, prize, blue-ribbon
- 24. Part of sweeping efforts? -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
Possible Answer: dustpan, dustpanful
- 26. Skater Starbuck -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 27. God of war -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 28. Promises -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: vow, consecrate
- 29. Chemical ending -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 31. When repeated, enthusiastic -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 32. Squeeze (out) -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 34. Passé -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 36. Underground type -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: bulwark, gram_molecule, groin, seawall, counterspy, mol, mole, breakwater, groyne, jetty
- 37. Predators on mice -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: bird_of_Minerva, bird_of_night, owl, hooter
- 38. End drawer in a till -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 40. Roth ___ (investment choice) -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: Irish_Republican_Army, individual_retirement_account, wrath, Provisional_IRA, anger, IRA, Provos, ire, Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, ira
- 41. Zip -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: nada, nothing, null, goose_egg, zilch, cipher, cypher, aught, zip, zero, nil, naught, zippo, nix
- 42. Grind, so to speak -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: estrus, groove, rut, heat, furrow, oestrus
Possible Opposite: anestrus
- 46. Wrote -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 47. Like some yogurt -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
Possible Answer: fatless, fat-free, nonfat
Possible Opposite: fatty
- 48. The Louis whose mother was Marie Antoinette -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 50. Second photo in a testimonial ad -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer: subsequently, afterward, afterwards, later_on, after, later
- 51. Hose shade -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 52. Signal to pull over -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer: Siren, temptress, siren, Delilah, enchantress, femme_fatale
- 54. Radiant -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 56. "Ulysses," for one -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: epic_poem, epical, larger-than-life, heroic, heroic_poem, epos, epic
- 57. Queen of Carthage -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: Dido
- 59. Big fashion magazine -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 60. Clears (of) -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: disembarrass, free, rid
- 61. "What's ___ for me?" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 62. Ripens -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: historic_period, maturate, mature, geezerhood, long_time, age, get_on, old_age, years, senesce, eld
Possible Opposite: rejuvenate
- 65. Sushi order -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
Possible Answer: eel