XWordHint Crossword Answers June 22, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 22, 2025

Published on Sunday, June 22, 2025 • Updated daily

Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 22 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (67)

Clue #1: 1. Large ___ Collider (facility in Geneva, Switzerland)

6-letter answer Answer: HADRON

Word Help: Synonyms: hadron

Clue #2: 7. "We need to talk ..."

5-letter answer Answer: AWORD

Clue #3: 12. Barnyard strutter

4-letter answer Answer: COCK

Word Help: Synonyms: tittup, stopcock, rooster

Clue #4: 16. Lazy day attire, for short

3-letter answer Answer: PJS

Clue #5: 19. Family elder in El Salvador

6-letter answer Answer: ABUELA

Clue #6: 20. Bishop's deputy

5-letter answer Answer: VICAR

Word Help: Synonyms: vicar

Clue #7: 21. Marine predator

4-letter answer Answer: ORCA

Word Help: Synonyms: sea_wolf, orca, Orcinus_orca

Clue #8: 22. Luau accessory

3-letter answer Answer: LEI

Word Help: Synonyms: leu, lei, garland

Clue #9: 23. Make a partner's beard presentable for all the photos?

12-letter answer Answer: SHAVETHEDATE

Clue #10: 25. Poet hired to write the couple's vows in flowery verse?

8-letter answer Answer: CASHBARD

Clue #11: 27. Survey option

4-letter answer Answer: NONE

Word Help: Synonyms: none

Clue #12: 28. Responded to an alarm

5-letter answer Answer: AROSE

Word Help: Synonyms: rise_up, originate, go_up
Antonyms: go_to_bed, sit_down

Clue #13: 29. Increment in an elephant's weight

3-letter answer Answer: TON

Word Help: Synonyms: long_ton, gross_ton, ton

Clue #14: 30. Pancake with applesauce or sour cream

5-letter answer Answer: LATKE

Word Help: Synonyms: potato_pancake, latke

Clue #15: 31. Trample

7-letter answer Answer: TREADON

Clue #16: 34. Cause of many headaches while planning the big day?

13-letter answer Answer: WEDDINGDURESS

Clue #17: 37. 1980s tennis champ Ivan

5-letter answer Answer: LENDL

Word Help: Synonyms: Lendl, Ivan_Lendl

Clue #18: 39. Reeves of "The Matrix"

5-letter answer Answer: KEANU

Clue #19: 40. Suffix with Caesar

3-letter answer Answer: EAN

Clue #20: 41. What's broken for a record?

3-letter answer Answer: LAW

Word Help: Synonyms: law, jurisprudence, practice_of_law

Clue #21: 44. Unagi catcher

5-letter answer Answer: EELER

Clue #22: 46. Lay low?

5-letter answer Answer: INTER

Word Help: Synonyms: lay_to_rest, bury, inter

Clue #23: 48. "___ on Down the Road," song from "The Wiz"

4-letter answer Answer: EASE

Word Help: Synonyms: relief, ease, easiness
Antonyms: difficulty

Clue #24: 52. Tool for a couple who intend to return everything and keep the money?

13-letter answer Answer: GRIFTREGISTRY

Clue #25: 56. Where inner truth is seen clearly?

7-letter answer Answer: XRAYLAB

Clue #26: 58. Pro ___

4-letter answer Answer: BONO

Clue #27: 59. Start of a "RuPaul's Drag Race" farewell

6-letter answer Answer: SASHAY

Word Help: Synonyms: expedition, tittup, excursion

Clue #28: 60. Diamonds, for one

4-letter answer Answer: SUIT

Word Help: Synonyms: causa, befit, cause

Clue #29: 61. Airport alternative to EWR

3-letter answer Answer: LGA

Clue #30: 62. Little nobodies

6-letter answer Answer: TWERPS

Word Help: Synonyms: twerp, twirp, twit

Clue #31: 65. Pope who excommunicated Martin Luther

4-letter answer Answer: LEOX

Clue #32: 66. Response to winning a lottery, maybe

5-letter answer Answer: SPREE

Word Help: Synonyms: fling, spree

Clue #33: 67. Milk source

3-letter answer Answer: SOY

Word Help: Synonyms: soja_bean, soya_bean, soja

Clue #34: 68. Fancy headpiece ornament?

17-letter answer Answer: FEATHEROFTHEBRIDE

Clue #35: 72. Much

3-letter answer Answer: FAR

Word Help: Synonyms: Interahamwe, ALIR, FAR
Antonyms: near

Clue #36: 74. Famous "Dr." who never practiced medicine

5-letter answer Answer: SEUSS

Clue #37: 75. "___ is me, to have seen what I have seen": Ophelia

4-letter answer Answer: OWOE

Clue #38: 76. Mesmerized

6-letter answer Answer: ENRAPT

Clue #39: 79. In the style of

3-letter answer Answer: ALA

Word Help: Synonyms: ala

Clue #40: 80. Weight of an empty container

4-letter answer Answer: TARE

Word Help: Synonyms: darnel, bearded_darnel, cheat

Clue #41: 81. Spread the word?

6-letter answer Answer: PREACH

Word Help: Synonyms: prophesy, advocate, preach

Clue #42: 83. One side of the Bosporus Strait

4-letter answer Answer: ASIA

Word Help: Synonyms: Asia

Clue #43: 84. "Absolutely!"

7-letter answer Answer: ISUREDO

Clue #44: 86. Colorful sequined jacket that the groom chose to wear?

13-letter answer Answer: SOMETHINGBOLD

Clue #45: 89. Mine find

4-letter answer Answer: LODE

Word Help: Synonyms: lode, load

Clue #46: 90. Like some online purchases

5-letter answer Answer: INAPP

Clue #47: 92. Obsessed with

5-letter answer Answer: SETON

Word Help: Synonyms: Elizabeth_Seton, Mother_Seton, Saint_Elizabeth_Ann_Bayley_Seton

Clue #48: 93. Major lobby in D.C.

3-letter answer Answer: NEA

Clue #49: 94. Communication that goes without saying, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ASL

Word Help: Synonyms: ASL, American_sign_language

Clue #50: 96. Trojan War king

5-letter answer Answer: PRIAM

Word Help: Synonyms: Priam

Clue #51: 99. Rugby scuffle

5-letter answer Answer: SCRUM

Word Help: Synonyms: scrum, scrummage

Clue #52: 101. One ensuring that each family can invite the same number of guests?

13-letter answer Answer: PARITYPLANNER

Clue #53: 106. Orthodox Jewish sect

7-letter answer Answer: HASIDIM

Word Help: Synonyms: Hassidim, Chassidim, Chasidim

Clue #54: 110. What wispy swirling lines from a cartoon pie may represent

5-letter answer Answer: AROMA

Word Help: Synonyms: odor, scent, fragrance

Clue #55: 111. Umpire's call

3-letter answer Answer: LET

Word Help: Synonyms: get, Army_of_the_Pure, LET
Antonyms: forbid, prevent

Clue #56: 112. Febreze competitor

5-letter answer Answer: GLADE

Word Help: Synonyms: clearing, glade

Clue #57: 114. Disembodied assistant

4-letter answer Answer: SIRI

Clue #58: 115. Animal's escort down the aisle?

8-letter answer Answer: BEASTMAN

Clue #59: 117. Parent who foolishly wore stiletto heels to a garden event?

12-letter answer Answer: MOTHERINLAWN

Clue #60: 120. Popular 90-min. show

3-letter answer Answer: SNL

Clue #61: 121. A bushel or a peck

4-letter answer Answer: UNIT

Word Help: Synonyms: unit, unit_of_measurement, social_unit

Clue #62: 122. Gather a bushel or a peck, perhaps

5-letter answer Answer: GLEAN

Word Help: Synonyms: reap, harvest, glean

Clue #63: 123. ___-weenie

6-letter answer Answer: TEENIE

Clue #64: 124. Wee bit

3-letter answer Answer: TAD

Word Help: Synonyms: tad, shade

Clue #65: 125. PlayStation maker

4-letter answer Answer: SONY

Clue #66: 126. Head over heels

5-letter answer Answer: MADLY

Word Help: Synonyms: deucedly, devilishly, madly
Antonyms: sanely

Clue #67: 127. Taxis, typically

6-letter answer Answer: SEDANS

Word Help: Synonyms: sedan, saloon, sedan_chair

Across Clues and Answers (67)

Clue #1: 1. Lacks

5-letter answer Answer: HASNT

Clue #2: 2. Detest

5-letter answer Answer: ABHOR

Word Help: Synonyms: abhor, execrate, loathe

Clue #3: 3. One of music's Allman Brothers

5-letter answer Answer: DUANE

Clue #4: 4. Gender ___ (prebirth event)

6-letter answer Answer: REVEAL

Word Help: Synonyms: divulge, unwrap, bring_out

Clue #5: 5. Fútbol cheer

3-letter answer Answer: OLE

Clue #6: 6. "King" Cole's first name

3-letter answer Answer: NAT

Clue #7: 7. Declare

4-letter answer Answer: AVER

Word Help: Synonyms: avow, verify, allege

Clue #8: 8. Lady Anne, at the beginning of "Richard III"

5-letter answer Answer: WIDOW

Word Help: Synonyms: widow, widow_woman

Clue #9: 9. Rocker Ric

6-letter answer Answer: OCASEK

Clue #10: 10. Like the Mario Kart games

6-letter answer Answer: RATEDE

Clue #11: 11. Famous "Dr." who never practiced medicine

3-letter answer Answer: DRE

Clue #12: 12. Piña colada vessel

7-letter answer Answer: COCONUT

Word Help: Synonyms: coconut_tree, coconut, coconut_meat

Clue #13: 13. Cousin of a chimp

5-letter answer Answer: ORANG

Word Help: Synonyms: orang, orangutang, Pongo_pygmaeus

Clue #14: 14. Loops in, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: CCS

Word Help: Synonyms: cubic_centimetre, cubic_centimeter, cc

Clue #15: 15. Mudslide component

6-letter answer Answer: KAHLUA

Word Help: Synonyms: Kahlua

Clue #16: 16. Batter's position

5-letter answer Answer: PLATE

Word Help: Synonyms: home_base, shell, scale

Clue #17: 17. Spasms

5-letter answer Answer: JERKS

Word Help: Synonyms: jerky, yank, jerking

Clue #18: 18. Menu heading

5-letter answer Answer: SIDES

Word Help: Synonyms: slope, side, face

Clue #19: 24. Manages

7-letter answer Answer: HANDLES

Word Help: Synonyms: manage, address, treat

Clue #20: 26. Dinosaur "from our imagination"

6-letter answer Answer: BARNEY

Clue #21: 29. Thin-sounding

5-letter answer Answer: TINNY

Word Help: Synonyms: cheap, crummy, cheesy

Clue #22: 32. Off! ingredient

4-letter answer Answer: DEET

Clue #23: 33. Real lulu

4-letter answer Answer: ONER

Word Help: Synonyms: peerless, on, unmatchable
Antonyms: off

Clue #24: 35. Milk source

5-letter answer Answer: DAIRY

Word Help: Synonyms: dairy, dairy_farm

Clue #25: 36. Caboose

8-letter answer Answer: DERRIERE

Word Help: Synonyms: tail_end, prat, hind_end

Clue #26: 38. Terms of a contract?

8-letter answer Answer: LEGALESE

Word Help: Synonyms: legalese

Clue #27: 41. Queue before Q

4-letter answer Answer: LGBT

Clue #28: 42. Get one's ducks in ___

4-letter answer Answer: AROW

Clue #29: 43. Vintage racket?

9-letter answer Answer: WINEFRAUD

Clue #30: 45. Choral arrangement essentials

6-letter answer Answer: RISERS

Word Help: Synonyms: riser_pipeline, riser_pipe, riser_main

Clue #31: 47. Community at the end of the line

5-letter answer Answer: EXURB

Clue #32: 49. Year-round, as tires

9-letter answer Answer: ALLSEASON

Clue #33: 50. Starch-yielding palm

4-letter answer Answer: SAGO

Word Help: Synonyms: sago

Clue #34: 51. Parent of Shopping.com

4-letter answer Answer: EBAY

Clue #35: 53. Driver's warning

4-letter answer Answer: FORE

Word Help: Synonyms: bow, stem, forward
Antonyms: aft

Clue #36: 54. "Away with you!"

4-letter answer Answer: SHOO

Word Help: Synonyms: shoo_off, shoo_away, shoo

Clue #37: 55. 1099, e.g.

7-letter answer Answer: TAXFORM

Clue #38: 57. Stayed home for dinner

5-letter answer Answer: ATEIN

Clue #39: 60. Filibuster components

8-letter answer Answer: SPEECHES

Word Help: Synonyms: talking_to, address, delivery

Clue #40: 63. Wallop

5-letter answer Answer: PASTE

Word Help: Synonyms: spread, paste, glue

Clue #41: 64. Without change

8-letter answer Answer: STEADILY

Word Help: Synonyms: steady, steadily
Antonyms: unsteadily

Clue #42: 66. Young pigs

6-letter answer Answer: SHOATS

Word Help: Synonyms: shoat, piglet, piggy

Clue #43: 69. The "H" in HOMES

5-letter answer Answer: HURON

Word Help: Synonyms: Lake_Huron, Huron

Clue #44: 70. Overly precious

4-letter answer Answer: TWEE

Word Help: Synonyms: twee, niminy-piminy, prim

Clue #45: 71. Lackluster

4-letter answer Answer: DRAB

Word Help: Synonyms: dingy, sorry, sombre

Clue #46: 72. F that comes right after A, B, C and D

4-letter answer Answer: FAIL

Word Help: Synonyms: die, run_out, give_way
Antonyms: succeed, manage

Clue #47: 73. Additionally

4-letter answer Answer: ALSO

Word Help: Synonyms: besides, likewise, also

Clue #48: 77. Heap

4-letter answer Answer: PILE

Word Help: Synonyms: tidy_sum, piling, pot

Clue #49: 78. "Look! I did it!"

4-letter answer Answer: TADA

Clue #50: 81. Make a quick visit

5-letter answer Answer: POPIN

Clue #51: 82. One looking for a free ride

7-letter answer Answer: HITCHER

Clue #52: 85. Adjusts sights

6-letter answer Answer: REAIMS

Clue #53: 86. Jack on a nonfat diet

5-letter answer Answer: SPRAT

Word Help: Synonyms: sprat, brisling, Clupea_sprattus

Clue #54: 87. Awkwafina's given name

4-letter answer Answer: NORA

Clue #55: 88. Hoofed creatures that sound up-to-date?

4-letter answer Answer: GNUS

Word Help: Synonyms: gnu, wildebeest

Clue #56: 91. Galore

7-letter answer Answer: APLENTY

Clue #57: 95. Social climber's obsession

6-letter answer Answer: STATUS

Word Help: Synonyms: position, condition, status

Clue #58: 97. Second-largest Portuguese-speaking country

6-letter answer Answer: ANGOLA

Word Help: Synonyms: Republic_of_Angola, Angola

Clue #59: 98. Like the cheese in fondue

6-letter answer Answer: MELTED

Word Help: Synonyms: mellow_out, thaw, disappear
Antonyms: unmelted

Clue #60: 100. How one might feel when a crossword clue is tricky

6-letter answer Answer: MISLED

Word Help: Synonyms: misdirect, mislead, misguide

Clue #61: 101. Blue Ribbon beer

5-letter answer Answer: PABST

Clue #62: 102. "The Hunger Games" venue

5-letter answer Answer: ARENA

Word Help: Synonyms: bowl, area, stadium

Clue #63: 103. South Pole trailblazer Amundsen

5-letter answer Answer: ROALD

Clue #64: 104. Bagel option

5-letter answer Answer: PLAIN

Word Help: Synonyms: bare, patent, homely
Antonyms: cheer, patterned

Clue #65: 105. Motorsports Hall-of-Famer Bobby

5-letter answer Answer: RAHAL

Clue #66: 107. Character in "The Crown"

5-letter answer Answer: DIANA

Word Help: Synonyms: Princess_Diana, Diana, Princess_of_Wales

Clue #67: 108. "Crocodile Hunter" Steve

5-letter answer Answer: IRWIN

Clue #68: 109. Digs for data

5-letter answer Answer: MINES

Word Help: Synonyms: mine

Clue #69: 113. "___ thy father and refuse thy name": Juliet

4-letter answer Answer: DENY

Word Help: Synonyms: deny, traverse, refuse
Antonyms: admit, allow

Clue #70: 116. 6, on a phone

3-letter answer Answer: MNO

Clue #71: 117. Leo's movie studio

3-letter answer Answer: MGM

Clue #72: 118. FWIW part

3-letter answer Answer: ITS

Word Help: Synonyms: information_technology, IT

Clue #73: 119. Helpful word on a class reunion name tag

3-letter answer Answer: NEE

Word Help: Synonyms: nee

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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Across Clues and Answers (32)

Clue #1: 1. Olympics event in which Germany is the traditional powerhouse

7-letter answer Answer: BOBSLED

Word Help: Synonyms: bob, bobsled, bobsleigh

Clue #2: 8. Scattered

6-letter answer Answer: SPARSE

Word Help: Synonyms: thin, sparse

Clue #3: 14. Words before ask, admit or go

7-letter answer Answer: IHAVETO

Clue #4: 15. First name of the "Princess of Pop"

6-letter answer Answer: ARIANA

Word Help: Synonyms: Ariana

Clue #5: 16. Donned quickly

7-letter answer Answer: THREWON

Clue #6: 17. Puts in order

6-letter answer Answer: TIDIES

Word Help: Synonyms: square_away, tidy, tidy_up

Clue #7: 18. Fuel for a family feud

14-letter answer Answer: SIBLINGRIVALRY

Clue #8: 20. "Oh, ___ on!"

3-letter answer Answer: ITS

Word Help: Synonyms: IT, information_technology

Clue #9: 21. Rita of the "Fifty Shades" movies

3-letter answer Answer: ORA

Word Help: Synonyms: bone, OS, atomic_number_76

Clue #10: 22. Food label abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: RDA

Clue #11: 23. Kitchen alternative to tallow

4-letter answer Answer: GHEE

Word Help: Synonyms: ghee

Clue #12: 25. Grammy-winning song (2013) that begins "The snow glows white on the mountain tonight"

7-letter answer Answer: LETITGO

Clue #13: 28. Gen-Xer's "excellent"

3-letter answer Answer: RAD

Word Help: Synonyms: radian, rad

Clue #14: 29. Black-and-yellow demarcation

10-letter answer Answer: POLICETAPE

Clue #15: 32. Cootie-free greeting

7-letter answer Answer: AIRKISS

Clue #16: 34. Foster kid in "Taxi Driver"?

5-letter answer Answer: JODIE

Clue #17: 35. Bargaining subjects

5-letter answer Answer: PLEAS

Word Help: Synonyms: supplication, plea

Clue #18: 36. Frank who wrote the music and lyrics to "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"

7-letter answer Answer: LOESSER

Clue #19: 38. Like a Mediterranean diet

10-letter answer Answer: HEARTSMART

Clue #20: 41. Endurance event, for short

3-letter answer Answer: TRI

Clue #21: 42. Bending over, perhaps

7-letter answer Answer: MOONING

Word Help: Synonyms: moon_on, moon_around, daydream

Clue #22: 43. Word before or after book

4-letter answer Answer: CASE

Word Help: Synonyms: lawsuit, sheath, compositor's_case

Clue #23: 44. "Ugh!"

3-letter answer Answer: GAH

Clue #24: 46. QB Dawson who faced Bart Starr in Super Bowl I

3-letter answer Answer: LEN

Clue #25: 47. Prune, say

3-letter answer Answer: CUT

Word Help: Synonyms: dilute, slice, burn
Antonyms: switch_on, uncut

Clue #26: 48. Exhibited perfect brakes

14-letter answer Answer: STOPPEDONADIME

Clue #27: 54. Sommelier, e.g.

6-letter answer Answer: POURER

Clue #28: 55. Tolled

7-letter answer Answer: RANGOUT

Clue #29: 56. In the shop, say

6-letter answer Answer: ONSITE

Clue #30: 57. Dish, at times

7-letter answer Answer: ANTENNA

Word Help: Synonyms: transmitting_aerial, aerial, feeler

Clue #31: 58. Was overrun

6-letter answer Answer: TEEMED

Word Help: Synonyms: swarm, pullulate, pour

Clue #32: 59. Performs a perfect dismount, e.g.

7-letter answer Answer: NAILSIT

Across Clues and Answers (32)

Clue #1: 1. Storage units

4-letter answer Answer: BITS

Word Help: Synonyms: flake, minute, moment

Clue #2: 2. "Didn't see ya there!"

4-letter answer Answer: OHHI

Clue #3: 3. Crib for a doll

16-letter answer Answer: BARBIEDREAMHOUSE

Clue #4: 4. Trim

6-letter answer Answer: SVELTE

Word Help: Synonyms: sylphlike, slim, lissome

Clue #5: 5. Literature Nobelist who wrote "Dodsworth" and "Kingsblood Royal"

5-letter answer Answer: LEWIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Sinclair_Lewis, C._S._Lewis, Lewis

Clue #6: 6. Berkshire institution

4-letter answer Answer: ETON

Clue #7: 7. Vietnamese currency

4-letter answer Answer: DONG

Word Help: Synonyms: ding, dingdong, dong

Clue #8: 8. Like "Animal Farm" and "Don Quixote"

7-letter answer Answer: SATIRIC

Word Help: Synonyms: satirical, satiric

Clue #9: 9. Flight of fancy?

10-letter answer Answer: PRIVATEJET

Clue #10: 10. "Ritorna vincitor" singer

4-letter answer Answer: AIDA

Clue #11: 11. Training facilities?

16-letter answer Answer: RAILROADSTATIONS

Clue #12: 12. Mortimer who once made a guest appearance on "The Muppet Show"

5-letter answer Answer: SNERD

Clue #13: 13. Average booster

5-letter answer Answer: EASYA

Clue #14: 19. Side order with curry

4-letter answer Answer: ROTI

Clue #15: 23. It has its peaks and valleys

5-letter answer Answer: GRAPH

Word Help: Synonyms: chart, graph, graphical_record

Clue #16: 24. Ethiopian emperor Selassie

5-letter answer Answer: HAILE

Clue #17: 25. Part of U.C.L.A.

3-letter answer Answer: LOS

Clue #18: 26. High ways

3-letter answer Answer: ELS

Word Help: Synonyms: altitude, EL, elevated_railroad

Clue #19: 27. Vehicles seen in the films "Dazed and Confused" and "Two-Lane Blacktop"

4-letter answer Answer: GTOS

Clue #20: 29. Basketball legend Maravich's nickname

10-letter answer Answer: PISTOLPETE

Clue #21: 30. Some seaside attractions

5-letter answer Answer: PIERS

Word Help: Synonyms: pier, wharfage, dock

Clue #22: 31. Disturbing, in a way

5-letter answer Answer: EERIE

Word Help: Synonyms: eery, eerie

Clue #23: 33. Name in the baking aisle

4-letter answer Answer: KARO

Clue #24: 36. Brief office hookup?

3-letter answer Answer: LAN

Word Help: Synonyms: local_area_network, LAN

Clue #25: 37. ___ chart

3-letter answer Answer: ORG

Clue #26: 39. Dismissed, with "at"

7-letter answer Answer: SNEERED

Word Help: Synonyms: sneer

Clue #27: 40. Word with game or control

4-letter answer Answer: MIND

Word Help: Synonyms: intellect, beware, head
Antonyms: forget

Clue #28: 43. Old-fashioned club

6-letter answer Answer: CUDGEL

Word Help: Synonyms: fustigate, cudgel

Clue #29: 44. Sex therapy topic

5-letter answer Answer: GSPOT

Clue #30: 45. Pay (for)

5-letter answer Answer: ATONE

Word Help: Synonyms: abye, repent, aby

Clue #31: 47. "C'mon, please?"

5-letter answer Answer: CANTI

Clue #32: 49. Starched

4-letter answer Answer: PRIM

Word Help: Synonyms: prissy, tight-laced, strait-laced

Clue #33: 50. Port WSW of Algiers

4-letter answer Answer: ORAN

Word Help: Synonyms: Oran

Clue #34: 51. Gram alternative

4-letter answer Answer: NANA

Clue #35: 52. Certain bond, informally

4-letter answer Answer: MUNI

Clue #36: 53. Ministre d'___

4-letter answer Answer: ETAT

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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Across Clues and Answers (29)

Clue #1: 1. "Looks like it's settled!"

15-letter answer Answer: THATANSWERSTHAT

Clue #2: 16. Cultural attraction in London's Covent Garden neighborhood

15-letter answer Answer: ROYALOPERAHOUSE

Clue #3: 17. Campaign reminder

15-letter answer Answer: EVERYVOTECOUNTS

Clue #4: 18. Brief moment in time

3-letter answer Answer: SEC

Word Help: Synonyms: sec, SEC, secant

Clue #5: 19. Medical drama sites, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ERS

Word Help: Synonyms: emergency_room, erbium, Er

Clue #6: 20. Queen Elizabeth II owned over 30 of them

6-letter answer Answer: CORGIS

Word Help: Synonyms: corgi, Welsh_corgi

Clue #7: 21. Sound from a crib

6-letter answer Answer: RATTLE

Word Help: Synonyms: rale, rattling, rattle

Clue #8: 24. Concave cooking items

4-letter answer Answer: WOKS

Word Help: Synonyms: wok

Clue #9: 25. One side of a list

4-letter answer Answer: PROS

Word Help: Synonyms: pro, professional
Antonyms: amateur, con

Clue #10: 26. K

4-letter answer Answer: THOU

Word Help: Synonyms: yard, thou, 1000

Clue #11: 27. ___ Jung-jae, Emmy-winning star of "Squid Game"

3-letter answer Answer: LEE

Word Help: Synonyms: downwind, Bruce_Lee, Richard_Henry_Lee
Antonyms: windward

Clue #12: 30. Sci-fi droid, familiarly

5-letter answer Answer: ARTOO

Clue #13: 32. Crux

9-letter answer Answer: MAINPOINT

Clue #14: 34. Go about

4-letter answer Answer: ROAM

Word Help: Synonyms: stray, ramble, drift

Clue #15: 35. Loose items in a purse, perhaps

5-letter answer Answer: COINS

Word Help: Synonyms: strike, coin, mint

Clue #16: 36. Reddit rule enforcers

4-letter answer Answer: MODS

Word Help: Synonyms: mod, mods

Clue #17: 37. Retro means of communication

9-letter answer Answer: FLIPPHONE

Clue #18: 39. Variety of violet

5-letter answer Answer: PANSY

Word Help: Synonyms: fagot, queer, fag

Clue #19: 40. Jaden Smith, to Will Smith

3-letter answer Answer: SON

Word Help: Synonyms: Logos, boy, Son
Antonyms: daughter, girl

Clue #20: 41. Torn

4-letter answer Answer: RENT

Word Help: Synonyms: economic_rent, snag, hire

Clue #21: 42. Hairstyles that can be "messy"

4-letter answer Answer: BUNS

Word Help: Synonyms: derriere, butt, seat

Clue #22: 43. Leaning

4-letter answer Answer: BIAS

Word Help: Synonyms: preconception, bias, predetermine

Clue #23: 44. Like Greenland

6-letter answer Answer: DANISH

Word Help: Synonyms: danish, danish_pastry, Danish

Clue #24: 46. Part of many a car's dashboard

6-letter answer Answer: CDSLOT

Clue #25: 49. "You can no more win a ___ than you can win an earthquake": Jeannette Rankin

3-letter answer Answer: WAR

Word Help: Synonyms: war, warfare, state_of_war
Antonyms: make_peace, peace

Clue #26: 50. Trendy

3-letter answer Answer: HIP

Word Help: Synonyms: hip_joint, rosehip, coxa

Clue #27: 52. Nonchalant comeback

15-letter answer Answer: HATERSGONNAHATE

Clue #28: 56. Very, very close

15-letter answer Answer: ONINTIMATETERMS

Clue #29: 57. Everybody's talking about it

15-letter answer Answer: WORDONTHESTREET

Across Clues and Answers (29)

Clue #1: 1. "___ jolie!"

4-letter answer Answer: TRES

Clue #2: 2. Appear overprotective, say

5-letter answer Answer: HOVER

Word Help: Synonyms: linger, vibrate, brood

Clue #3: 3. Mate's reply

10-letter answer Answer: AYECAPTAIN

Clue #4: 4. Natural pitch

3-letter answer Answer: TAR

Word Help: Synonyms: sea_dog, pitch, tar

Clue #5: 5. Olympian Raisman

3-letter answer Answer: ALY

Clue #6: 6. They're long stories

6-letter answer Answer: NOVELS

Word Help: Synonyms: novel

Clue #7: 7. Mushroom-to-be

5-letter answer Answer: SPORE

Word Help: Synonyms: spore

Clue #8: 8. Makes slick

4-letter answer Answer: WETS

Word Help: Synonyms: moisture, wet
Antonyms: dry

Clue #9: 9. Before, in a poem

3-letter answer Answer: ERE

Clue #10: 10. Masked bandits?

8-letter answer Answer: RACCOONS

Word Help: Synonyms: racoon, raccoon

Clue #11: 11. In a state

7-letter answer Answer: SHOOKUP

Clue #12: 12. Offerings at colleges and museums

5-letter answer Answer: TOURS

Word Help: Synonyms: duty_tour, tour_of_duty, Tours

Clue #13: 13. Was suspended

4-letter answer Answer: HUNG

Word Help: Synonyms: hang, fall, give_ear

Clue #14: 14. Bubbly option

4-letter answer Answer: ASTI

Clue #15: 15. Model Holliday

4-letter answer Answer: TESS

Clue #16: 22. Trudge

5-letter answer Answer: TROMP

Clue #17: 23. What "2" can stand for

3-letter answer Answer: TOO

Word Help: Synonyms: as_well, besides, likewise

Clue #18: 24. Puppy's plaint

5-letter answer Answer: WHINE

Word Help: Synonyms: whimper, screak, screech

Clue #19: 26. Spoil

5-letter answer Answer: TAINT

Word Help: Synonyms: defile, infect, corrupt
Antonyms: disinfect

Clue #20: 27. This is the greatest part!

10-letter answer Answer: LIONSSHARE

Clue #21: 28. Winds up

4-letter answer Answer: ENDS

Word Help: Synonyms: last, close, end
Antonyms: begin, beginning

Clue #22: 29. Its first sale was a flamingo-print zip pouch for $8

4-letter answer Answer: ETSY

Clue #23: 30. Pet sayings?

4-letter answer Answer: ARFS

Clue #24: 31. Caramel-filled sweet

4-letter answer Answer: ROLO

Clue #25: 32. Idly dreams

5-letter answer Answer: MOONS

Word Help: Synonyms: daydream, moon_around, moonlight

Clue #26: 33. Dweller near Dubai

5-letter answer Answer: OMANI

Word Help: Synonyms: Omani

Clue #27: 35. Moves slightly closer, as a baseball fielder

8-letter answer Answer: CHEATSIN

Clue #28: 38. Preceding

7-letter answer Answer: PRIORTO

Clue #29: 39. "I was reading a book about mazes ... I got lost in it," e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: PUN

Word Help: Synonyms: pun, paronomasia, punning

Clue #30: 42. Big name in bookstores

6-letter answer Answer: BARNES

Clue #31: 43. Coffee roaster's creation

5-letter answer Answer: BLEND

Word Help: Synonyms: coalesce, combine, flux

Clue #32: 44. Writer with a monument in Florence's Piazza Santa Croce

5-letter answer Answer: DANTE

Word Help: Synonyms: Dante_Alighieri, Dante

Clue #33: 45. Request by those under 21

5-letter answer Answer: HITME

Clue #34: 46. Munch

4-letter answer Answer: CHOW

Word Help: Synonyms: Chou, chuck, Zhou

Clue #35: 47. Actor Paul of "12 Years a Slave"

4-letter answer Answer: DANO

Clue #36: 48. Mix up

4-letter answer Answer: STIR

Word Help: Synonyms: fuss, call_down, touch

Clue #37: 49. "OMG!," in a modern spelling

4-letter answer Answer: WOAH

Clue #38: 51. Little annoyance

4-letter answer Answer: PEST

Word Help: Synonyms: pesterer, gadfly, blighter

Clue #39: 53. Clock standard: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: GMT

Word Help: Synonyms: GMT, Greenwich_Time, Greenwich_Mean_Time

Clue #40: 54. T-Mobile competitor, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ATT

Clue #41: 55. Old what's-___-name

3-letter answer Answer: HER

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