XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 05, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 05 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (41)
Clue #1: 1. Toggle on a digital clock
Clue #2: 5. Leader of brothers
Clue #3: 10. Gillette razor
Clue #4: 14. *Confirm to be true
Clue #5: 15. Like 2027 and 2029, but not 2025
Clue #6: 16. *Someone who knows how the sausage gets made?
Clue #7: 17. Works traditionally performed with musical accompaniment in ancient Greece
Clue #8: 18. Goliath
Clue #9: 19. Coach's charge
Clue #10: 20. Rainwater clearer
Clue #11: 22. Unwanted "ingredient" when assembling s'mores, say
Clue #12: 23. ___ love
Clue #13: 24. Mr. Spock, e.g.
Antonyms: citizen, acquaintance
Clue #14: 26. Clamorous
Clue #15: 28. Cunning sort
Clue #16: 30. "Finally!"
Clue #17: 33. Li'l belly
Clue #18: 34. *Formal expressions of praise
Clue #19: 38. Diminutive suffix in Spanish
Clue #20: 39. Like some coffees and mob targets
Clue #21: 41. Nickname for Louis Armstrong
Clue #22: 42. Activist Brockovich
Clue #23: 43. Neighbor of "#" on a telephone keypad
Clue #24: 44. Supporting
Clue #25: 45. Stir up
Clue #26: 46. The Forbidden City's Meridian ___
Clue #27: 47. *One who's conspicuously excellent
Clue #28: 49. One standing near a pond, maybe
Clue #29: 50. Animal symbol of innocence
Clue #30: 52. Biblical beast
Clue #31: 54. Stunning 17,000-year-old discovery in France's Lascaux Cave
Clue #32: 57. Companionship?
Clue #33: 59. A club might be seen on one
Clue #34: 60. General name on a Chinese menu
Clue #35: 63. Emphatic instruction for entering the answers to this puzzle's 10 starred clues?
Clue #36: 67. Flat sign
Clue #37: 68. Alley ___
Clue #38: 69. Clichéd
Clue #39: 70. Cluster in an archipelago
Clue #40: 71. *Street urchins
Clue #41: 72. Professional writer of a sort
Across Clues and Answers (41)
Clue #1: 1. Proclaim
Antonyms: disavow
Clue #2: 2. Lead-in to care
Clue #3: 3. Necessity for a reservation, perhaps
Clue #4: 4. Word that can redundantly follow "I"
Clue #5: 5. Inclined
Clue #6: 6. Actor Cox of "Succession"
Clue #7: 7. *Armed thieves
Clue #8: 8. Midwest city whose name consists of two interjections
Clue #9: 9. This clue's number + one
Clue #10: 10. Not approximate, say
Antonyms: potential
Clue #11: 11. Setting for a Laura Ingalls Wilder book series
Clue #12: 12. Garner
Clue #13: 13. Huge fan club, so to speak
Clue #14: 21. "Blame It on ___" (1984 Michael Caine rom-com)
Clue #15: 23. Shoot into the pocket, in snooker
Clue #16: 25. Telephone no. add-ons
Clue #17: 27. Hasty
Clue #18: 28. *Removing lumps from, in a way
Clue #19: 29. Saint in the Caribbean
Clue #20: 31. Barrier to entry
Clue #21: 32. *Like dress shirts, typically
Antonyms: unbuttoned, unbutton
Clue #22: 35. Emergency item on a ship
Clue #23: 36. Langston Hughes poem published during the Harlem Renaissance
Clue #24: 37. Light shade
Clue #25: 40. *Showed for the first time
Clue #26: 42. *Buying a gallon of milk, picking up the laundry, etc.
Clue #27: 47. Antidotes, perhaps
Clue #28: 48. Food subject to internet debate over whether or not it's a sandwich
Clue #29: 51. Kilns for hops
Clue #30: 53. Neighbors of Croats
Clue #31: 54. Not supporting
Antonyms: pro
Clue #32: 55. Down Under bounders
Clue #33: 56. Cultivate
Clue #34: 58. Have down
Antonyms: ignore
Clue #35: 59. What Indiana Jones famously isn't fond of
Clue #36: 60. Get ready to hit all the right notes?
Antonyms: untune
Clue #37: 61. 1970s tennis champ Smith
Clue #38: 62. Home of the historic Oscarshall Palace
Clue #39: 64. Cost of doing business, maybe
Clue #40: 65. Doomed from the get-go, for short
Clue #41: 66. Cave dweller
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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Thursday, August 22, 2024
2408 Thu Aug 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints
Across Clues :
1. Confident claim, 5. Tootsie treat?, 9. Enclosed rhyme scheme, 13. Stone measure, 15. Modern-day home of Persepolis, 16. Godsend, 17. MEDALS, 19. "Cheers" bartender Woody, 20. Crafty inits., 21. Baseball pitcher's feat, informally, 22. Irritated, 23. They work through a lot of baggage, for short, 24. GOBI DESERT, 27. Quite some time, 29. Source of the Golden Fleece, 30. What doesn't look the best naked?, 31. Choir section, 33. Not so loud, 36. "SAY WHAT?", 40. Acting unconsciously, 41. Prevailing spirit, 43. Game piece in Mastermind, 46. Legislative subject of the 2020 miniseries "Mrs. America," for short, 47. Spain's longest river, 48. NEOLITH, 54. "Scientia potentia ___" ("Knowledge is power"), 55. Lassie's owner on old TV, 56. Premier couple's retreat?, 57. Furtive laugh, 58. Troll's lookalike, 59. RUMMY, 62. Land that split from Zanzibar in 1861, 63. Medicinal form, 64. Word with screen or space, 65. Self images?, 66. Sleep restlessly, 67. Something passed down the line
Down Clues :
1. Cold beverage popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, 2. Sleeveless top, 3. Small marching band?, 4. Vote in opposition, 5. Word that can precede or follow "player", 6. Flynn of Hollywood's Golden Age, 7. 41, to 43, 8. Popular crowd, 9. Top of the order?, 10. Foot warmer, 11. Young male lover, informally, 12. Foul shot following a basket, in hoops lingo, 14. Blue reef fish, 18. Heartache, 22. Reproductive cell, 25. Lover of Euridice, in opera, 26. Scratching post scratchers, 28. Middle-of-the-road, 32. With a clear head, 33. Zippo, 34. Sound asleep, 35. Formal ceremony, 37. About 2 1/2 pints of beer, 38. Catchphrase for moviedom's "International Man of Mystery", 39. Vikings, e.g., 42. "That'll show ya!", 43. Buns, 44. Tough nut to crack, 45. Fitness fanatic, in slang, 49. What seers read, 50. University of North Carolina team, to fans, 51. Pastoral poems, 52. Keanu Reeves role, 53. Stampeders in "The Lion King", 59. Spot-on, 60. Birthplace of bossa nova, 61. Joke
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| Thu Aug 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints |
Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 22, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Confident claim. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ICAN
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The clue is 5. Tootsie treat?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PEDI
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The clue is 9. Enclosed rhyme scheme. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ABBA
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The clue is 13. Stone measure. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CARAT
Possible Answer : karat, carat, kt
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The clue is 15. Modern-day home of Persepolis. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: IRAN
Possible Answer : Islamic_Republic_of_Iran, Persia, Iran
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The clue is 16. Godsend. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: BOON
Possible Answer : boon, blessing
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The clue is 17. MEDALS. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: EMMYAWARDS
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The clue is 19. "Cheers" bartender Woody. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: BOYD
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The clue is 20. Crafty inits.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: DIY
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The clue is 21. Baseball pitcher's feat, informally. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NONO
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The clue is 22. Irritated. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: GOTTO
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The clue is 23. They work through a lot of baggage, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TSA
Possible Answer : Transportation_Security_Administration, TSA
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The clue is 24. GOBI DESERT. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: GEOLOCATION
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The clue is 27. Quite some time. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EONS
Possible Answer : eon, aeon
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The clue is 29. Source of the Golden Fleece. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: RAM
Possible Answer : wad, random_memory, random-access_memory, Aries_the_Ram, read/write_memory, RAM, random_access_memory, cram, ram, drive, crash, chock_up, pound, Aries, Ram, tup, force, jampack, jam, ram_down
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The clue is 30. What doesn't look the best naked?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: EYE
Possible Answer : oculus, middle, centre, eyeball, eye, center, heart, optic
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The clue is 31. Choir section. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ALTOS
Possible Answer : alto, countertenor, contralto
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The clue is 33. Not so loud. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SOFTER
Possible Answer : delicate, diffuse, indulgent, sonant, easy, piano, subdued, gentle, diffused, voiced, soft, flabby, easygoing, balmy, flaccid, lenient, cushy, mild
Possible Opposite Answer : forte, hard, hardened, unvoiced, loud
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The clue is 36. "SAY WHAT?". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)
The answer: ESSAYQUESTION
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The clue is 40. Acting unconsciously. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ONAUTO
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The clue is 41. Prevailing spirit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ETHOS
Possible Answer : ethos
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The clue is 43. Game piece in Mastermind. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: PEG
Possible Answer : wooden_leg, oarlock, thole, tholepin, peg_down, rowlock, pin, nail, peg, stick, nog, pegleg, leg, nail_down
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The clue is 46. Legislative subject of the 2020 miniseries "Mrs. America," for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ERA
Possible Answer : geological_era, ERA, earned_run_average, epoch, era
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The clue is 47. Spain's longest river. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EBRO
Possible Answer : Ebro_River, Ebro
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The clue is 48. NEOLITH. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: ANYOLDTHING
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The clue is 54. "Scientia potentia ___" ("Knowledge is power"). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: EST
Possible Answer : Eastern_Time, EST, Eastern_Standard_Time
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The clue is 55. Lassie's owner on old TV. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TIMMY
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The clue is 56. Premier couple's retreat?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EDEN
Possible Answer : Shangri-la, promised_land, Eden, Garden_of_Eden, paradise, heaven, nirvana
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The clue is 57. Furtive laugh. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: HEH
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The clue is 58. Troll's lookalike. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OGRE
Possible Answer : demon, ogre, monster, devil, fiend
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The clue is 59. RUMMY. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: AREYOUGAME
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The clue is 62. Land that split from Zanzibar in 1861. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OMAN
Possible Answer : Muscat_and_Oman, Oman, Sultanate_of_Oman
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The clue is 63. Medicinal form. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: PILL
Possible Answer : tablet, anovulatory_drug, lozenge, contraceptive_pill, birth_control_pill, oral_contraceptive_pill, pill, anovulant, oral_contraceptive, tab
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The clue is 64. Word with screen or space. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SAVER
Possible Answer : rescuer, saver, recoverer
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The clue is 65. Self images?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TATS
Possible Answer : cheapness, sleaze, tackiness, TAT, Thematic_Apperception_Test, tat, intertwine
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The clue is 66. Sleep restlessly. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TOSS
Possible Answer : thresh_about, chuck_out, discard, toss_out, put_away, pass, slash, thrash, convulse, thrash_about, toss, chuck, cast_aside, fling, pitch, throw_out, cast_out, sky, throw_away, cast_away, flip, dispose, jactitate, toss_away, thresh
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The clue is 67. Something passed down the line. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: GENE
Possible Answer : factor, gene, cistron
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Cold beverage popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: ICEDTEA
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The clue is 2. Sleeveless top. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: CAMISOLE
Possible Answer: underbodice, camisole
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The clue is 3. Small marching band?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: ARMYANTS
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The clue is 4. Vote in opposition. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: NAY
Possible Answer: nay
Possible Opposite Answer : yea
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The clue is 5. Word that can precede or follow "player". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PIANO
Possible Answer: forte-piano, pianissimo, softly, piano, soft, pianoforte
Possible Opposite Answer : forte
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The clue is 6. Flynn of Hollywood's Golden Age. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ERROL
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The clue is 7. 41, to 43. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: DAD
Possible Answer: dada, pop, dad, daddy, papa, pappa, pa
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The clue is 8. Popular crowd. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: INS
Possible Answer: IN, In, inch, in, INS, Indiana, Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service, atomic_number_49, indium, Hoosier_State
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The clue is 9. Top of the order?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ABBOT
Possible Answer: abbot, archimandrite
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The clue is 10. Foot warmer. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BOOTIE
Possible Answer: bootie, bootee
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The clue is 11. Young male lover, informally. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BOYTOY
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The clue is 12. Foul shot following a basket, in hoops lingo. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ANDONE
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The clue is 14. Blue reef fish. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TANG
Possible Answer: bladderwrack, piquancy, savour, bladder_fucus, relish, sea_tang, tang, Fucus_serratus, piquance, sea_tangle, smack, flavour, sapidity, serrated_wrack, piquantness, black_rockweed, Tang_dynasty, Fucus_vesiculosus, Tang, nip, zest, tanginess, savor, flavor
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The clue is 18. Heartache. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: WOE
Possible Answer: suffering, woe, woefulness
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The clue is 22. Reproductive cell. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: GAMETE
Possible Answer: gamete
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The clue is 25. Lover of Euridice, in opera. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ORFEO
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The clue is 26. Scratching post scratchers. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CATS
Possible Answer: barf, retch, purge, regurgitate, true_cat, hombre, computerized_axial_tomography, be_sick, cat-o'-nine-tails, Arabian_tea, computed_axial_tomography, cast, spew, computed_tomography, African_tea, disgorge, computerized_tomography, honk, bozo, chuck, Caterpillar, qat, CT, vomit, regorge, CAT, vomit_up, guy, big_cat, sick, upchuck, spue, cat, khat, puke, throw_up, kat, quat
Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down
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The clue is 28. Middle-of-the-road. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOSO
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The clue is 32. With a clear head. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SANELY
Possible Answer: sanely, reasonably, sensibly
Possible Opposite Answer : insanely, unreasonably
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The clue is 33. Zippo. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SQUAT
Possible Answer: underslung, shit, jack, squatting, diddlyshit, squatty, scrunch, hunker_down, stumpy, low-set, knee_bend, diddly-squat, diddly-shit, dumpy, diddley, chunky, squat, crouch, doodly-squat, diddly, diddlysquat, scrunch_up, hunker
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The clue is 34. Sound asleep. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OUT
Possible Answer: come_out, taboo, kayoed, prohibited, KO'd, knocked_out, stunned, verboten, away, out, tabu, forbidden, proscribed, come_out_of_the_closet, extinct
Possible Opposite Answer : safe
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The clue is 35. Formal ceremony. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: RITE
Possible Answer: ritual, religious_rite, rite
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The clue is 37. About 2 1/2 pints of beer. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: YARD
Possible Answer: cubic_yard, one_thousand, railway_yard, grand, curtilage, K, chiliad, railyard, M, thousand, G, pace, 1000, yard, grounds, thou
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The clue is 38. Catchphrase for moviedom's "International Man of Mystery". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: OHBEHAVE
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The clue is 39. Vikings, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: NORSEMEN
Possible Answer: Norseman, Norse, Norwegian
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The clue is 42. "That'll show ya!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: SOTHERE
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The clue is 43. Buns. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: PATOOT
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The clue is 44. Tough nut to crack. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ENIGMA
Possible Answer: brain-teaser, riddle, secret, closed_book, mystery, enigma, conundrum
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The clue is 45. Fitness fanatic, in slang. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: GYMRAT
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The clue is 49. What seers read. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OMENS
Possible Answer: portent, betoken, prefigure, foreshadow, prognostic, predict, bode, foretell, prognostication, presage, portend, auspicate, omen, prognosticate, forecast, augur, prodigy
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The clue is 50. University of North Carolina team, to fans. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HEELS
Possible Answer: dog, cad, hound, bounder, list, reheel, blackguard, heel
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The clue is 51. Pastoral poems. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: IDYLS
Possible Answer: bucolic, idyll, pastoral, pastorale, eclogue, idyl
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The clue is 52. Keanu Reeves role. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: NEO
Possible Answer: neo
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The clue is 53. Stampeders in "The Lion King". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: GNUS
Possible Answer: gnu, wildebeest
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The clue is 59. Spot-on. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: APT
Possible Answer: clever, disposed, apt, pertinent, given, minded, liable, tending, apposite
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The clue is 60. Birthplace of bossa nova. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: RIO
Possible Answer: Rio_de_Janeiro, Rio
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The clue is 61. Joke. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: GAG
Possible Answer: jest, laugh, strangle, retch, heave, suffocate, fret, muzzle, choke, quip, gag, jape, joke
