27450 Sun Jan 05, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 05, 2025

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Turmoil. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: STRIFE

  Possible Answer : discord, strife




• The clue is 7. Protagonist of Arabian folk tales. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ALIBABA




• The clue is 14. /. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SLASH

  Possible Answer : lash, welt, diagonal, slash, flog, jactitate, thrash_about, slice, convulse, cut, trounce, toss, strap, stroke, virgule, solidus, cut_down, thresh_about, thresh, lather, whip, thrash, separatrix, gash




• The clue is 19. They might be sewn in at a beauty parlor. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: HAIREXTENSIONS




• The clue is 21. Mustangs sometimes race with them. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: CAMAROS




• The clue is 22. Many a Quentin Tarantino film role. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: CAMEO

  Possible Answer : cameo




• The clue is 23. Classic Chevys. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: IMPALAS

  Possible Answer : impala, Aepyceros_melampus




• The clue is 24. Vanity fare?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: EGOTRIP

  Possible Answer : egotrip




• The clue is 25. Super-excited. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HYPER




• The clue is 26. Donkey Kong, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: APE

  Possible Answer : emulator, imitator, anthropoid, caricature, copycat, ape, aper




• The clue is 27. Some chords. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: TRIADS

  Possible Answer : terzetto, ternion, tercet, threesome, three, trey, common_chord, troika, III, triad, trinity, trio, trine, leash, deuce-ace, triple, triplet, 3, ternary, tierce




• The clue is 29. Trash. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PAN

  Possible Answer : tear_apart, pan_out, Pan, trash, goat_god, cooking_pan, pan, pan_off, genus_Pan




• The clue is 30. Unhappy spectators. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: BOOERS




• The clue is 31. Live interview shout-out. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HIMOM




• The clue is 32. Common sales promotion. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (16 letters)

  The answer: BUYONEGETONEFREE




• The clue is 34. End of fall?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: SAFETYNET




• The clue is 38. Increases. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: UPS

  Possible Answer : up




• The clue is 39. Made less effective, in gamer slang. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: NERFED




• The clue is 40. Like some picture frames. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OVAL

  Possible Answer : egg-shaped, oviform, elliptical, ellipse, ovoid, oval, elliptic, ovate, prolate, oval-shaped




• The clue is 41. Part of a fishing line to which a hook is attached. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SNELL




• The clue is 43. Characters from Homer and Herodotus?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ETAS

  Possible Answer : ETA, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, eta, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna




• The clue is 44. Goes higher, at an auction. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: REBIDS




• The clue is 47. Part of a modern assembly line. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: ROBOTARM




• The clue is 50. Some works of Pablo Neruda. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ODES

  Possible Answer : ode




• The clue is 54. Landmark featured in "Roman Holiday". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: TREVIFOUNTAIN




• The clue is 57. Reveals everything. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: BARESITALL




• The clue is 59. Biblical inspiration for Caleb, in Steinbeck's "East of Eden". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CAIN

  Possible Answer : Cain




• The clue is 60. Landscaper's roll-out. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SOD

  Possible Answer : sod, superoxide_dismutase, sodomite, sodomist, greensward, SOD, sward, turf, bugger




• The clue is 61. Jason of "Aquaman". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: MOMOA




• The clue is 62. Sign on a tray at a cash register … or a hint to entering 32-Across. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (21 letters)

  The answer: TAKEAPENNYLEAVEAPENNY




• The clue is 71. Like Sherlock Holmes's "game". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AFOOT

  Possible Answer : afoot, underway




• The clue is 72. Away from work, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OOO




• The clue is 73. Bit of plankton. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALGA

  Possible Answer : algae, alga




• The clue is 74. Place for some light rest?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: TANNINGBED




• The clue is 78. Band with the 2001 #1 hit "How You Remind Me" … or a hint to entering 54-Across. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: NICKELBACK




• The clue is 84. Long-running tour title for Taylor Swift. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ERAS

  Possible Answer : era, ERA, geological_era, epoch, earned_run_average




• The clue is 85. Cultural meeting place. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: ARTSALON




• The clue is 87. Washington airport, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SEATAC




• The clue is 88. Smartphone precursors, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PDAS

  Possible Answer : personal_digital_assistant, organizer, organiser, PDA, personal_organizer, personal_organiser




• The clue is 89. Typical features of locker rooms. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ODORS

  Possible Answer : olfactory_sensation, smell, scent, olfactory_property, aroma, olfactory_perception, odor, odour




• The clue is 92. European capital said to be the site of the first decorated Christmas tree. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: RIGA

  Possible Answer : capital_of_Latvia, Riga




• The clue is 93. Gin or djinn, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SPIRIT

  Possible Answer : feel, tone, spirit, flavour, disembodied_spirit, emotional_state, flavor, intent, sprightliness, feeling, smell, purport, life, heart, look, inspirit, spirit_up, liveliness




• The clue is 96. Part of overalls. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: BIB

  Possible Answer : bib, tipple




• The clue is 98. Mercilessly harsh treatment, in an expression … or a hint to entering 117-Across. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: NOQUARTER




• The clue is 101. Pivot without warning … or a hint to entering 19-Across. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: TURNONADIME




• The clue is 103. Not straight, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: CURLY

  Possible Answer : curly

  Possible Opposite Answer : straight




• The clue is 104. Pilot. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: AVIATE

  Possible Answer : fly, aviate, pilot




• The clue is 105. Questionable gift, for short?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ESP

  Possible Answer : extrasensory_perception, E.S.P., second_sight, ESP, clairvoyance




• The clue is 106. Musician once nicknamed "The Beale Street Blues Boy". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: BBKING




• The clue is 108. One of 10 on each end of a beer pong table. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: CUP

  Possible Answer : transfuse, cup, loving_cup, cupful




• The clue is 111. Tough-guy title role. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: RAMBO




• The clue is 112. "Nice going!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ATTABOY




• The clue is 114. Harsh "reading". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: RIOTACT




• The clue is 116. Part of a bridal gown. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TRAIN

  Possible Answer : take_aim, rail, gear, geartrain, develop, trail, string, educate, direct, civilise, take, school, power_train, aim, cultivate, prepare, condition, railroad_train, check, discipline, wagon_train, groom, train, civilize, gearing, coach, caravan




• The clue is 117. ¼. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: PERCENT

  Possible Answer : percent, per_centum, pct, percentage




• The clue is 118. Registers. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ENROLLS

  Possible Answer : enter, recruit, inscribe, enroll, enrol




• The clue is 119. Some bank deposits. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SILTS

  Possible Answer : silt_up, silt




• The clue is 120. Mentee. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: PROTEGE

  Possible Answer : protege




• The clue is 121. Start to boil. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: GETMAD

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Like most Iraqis. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SHIA

  Possible Answer: Shiah, Shiah_Islam, Shia

• The clue is 2. Pack (down). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TAMP

  Possible Answer: tamp_down, tamping_bar, tamp, pack, tamper

• The clue is 3. Perfect for a salad, say. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: RIPE

  Possible Answer: mature, ripe, advanced, good, right

  Possible Opposite Answer : green

• The clue is 4. Something often rolled over, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: IRA

  Possible Answer: Irish_Republican_Army, individual_retirement_account, Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, wrath, Provisional_IRA, ire, anger, IRA, ira, Provos

• The clue is 5. Was deeply affected by something. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: FELTIT

• The clue is 6. No longer in service?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: EXARMY

• The clue is 7. Passed with flying colors. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ACED

  Possible Answer: breeze_through, pass_with_flying_colors, nail, sail_through, ace, sweep_through

• The clue is 8. Agonizing occurrences in online games. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LAGS

  Possible Answer: put_behind_bars, incarcerate, interim, put_away, gaol, retardation, dawdle, fall_back, meantime, imprison, jug, meanwhile, lag, stave, immure, jail, remand, fall_behind, slowdown

• The clue is 9. Bit of text pontification. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: IMO

  Possible Answer: IMO, International_Maritime_Organization

• The clue is 10. Baby in a cave. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: BATPUP

• The clue is 11. Spreads. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ARRAYS

  Possible Answer: array, set_out, align, raiment, lay_out, range, regalia

• The clue is 12. Sound of spring?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BOING

• The clue is 13. Potentially lethal snake. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ASP

  Possible Answer: asp_viper, Vipera_aspis, Naja_haje, asp, Egyptian_cobra

• The clue is 14. Some multi-masted ships. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: SCHOONERS

  Possible Answer: schooner

• The clue is 15. "Quit hounding me!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: LAYOFF

  Possible Answer: layoff

• The clue is 16. Current measure. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: AMPERE

  Possible Answer: A, international_ampere, amp, ampere

• The clue is 17. Start to boil. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SEERED

• The clue is 18. Mess (around). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HORSE

  Possible Answer: knight, horse, buck, sawbuck, cavalry, sawhorse, horse_cavalry, Equus_caballus, gymnastic_horse

• The clue is 20. Emotional strains. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: TENSIONS

  Possible Answer: latent_hostility, tautness, tension, stress, tenseness, tensity

• The clue is 28. Last word of the New Testament. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AMEN

  Possible Answer: Amun, Amon, Amen

• The clue is 30. Second strings. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: BTEAMS

• The clue is 31. Prefix with -centric. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HELIO

• The clue is 32. Onion or garlic. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BULB

  Possible Answer: lightbulb, bulb, medulla_oblongata, medulla, incandescent_lamp, electric-light_bulb, light_bulb, electric_light

• The clue is 33. 2024 Shakira single "(___ Paréntesis)". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ENTRE

• The clue is 34. Compartmentalize. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SORT

  Possible Answer: variety, sort, kind, screen, screen_out, sieve, assort, sorting, classify, class, sort_out, separate, form

• The clue is 35. Swear. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AVER

  Possible Answer: verify, affirm, swear, allege, swan, assert, say, aver, avow

• The clue is 36. Quintet of experts on "Queer Eye," familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: FABFIVE

• The clue is 37. Late actress Garr. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TERI

• The clue is 42. Chaney of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: LON

• The clue is 43. Pointy part on a husky. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EAR

  Possible Answer: auricle, spike, capitulum, pinna, ear

• The clue is 45. Italian motorcycle brand. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DUCATI

• The clue is 46. Insta alternative. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SNAP

  Possible Answer: lose_it, ginger_nut, piece_of_cake, catch, pushover, rupture, cracking, walkover, click, snapshot, child's_play, snap_bean, gingersnap, snarl, photograph, snap, tear, break_down, bust, duck_soup, crack, shot, ginger_snap, breeze, snatch, grab, shoot, centering, picnic, cinch, elasticity, flick, press_stud, snap_fastener, snatch_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity

• The clue is 48. Prominent instrument in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" and Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OBOE

  Possible Answer: hautboy, oboe, hautbois

• The clue is 49. Revealing word. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TADA

• The clue is 50. Plains tribe. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OTOE

  Possible Answer: Oto, Otoe

• The clue is 51. "Hot ___!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: DAMN

  Possible Answer: goddam, blame, damned, damn, darn, beshrew, imprecate, curse, anathemize, goddamn, shucks, blasted, infernal, red_cent, goddamned, tinker's_damn, blamed, all-fired, tinker's_dam, hoot, blessed, deuced, shit, bedamn, maledict, darned, anathemise, bloody

  Possible Opposite Answer : bless

• The clue is 52. North Carolina campus town. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ELON

• The clue is 53. Leave rolling in the aisles. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SLAY

  Possible Answer: hit, off, polish_off, murder, slay, bump_off, dispatch, remove

• The clue is 55. Love all, essentially. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: TIE

  Possible Answer: linkup, affiliation, marry, splice, draw, tie, railroad_tie, wed, tie-in, tie-up, tie_beam, link, link_up, attach, association, necktie, sleeper, standoff, crosstie, bind, connect, bond

  Possible Opposite Answer : untie, disconnect

• The clue is 56. One of the Wilsons of Heart. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ANN

• The clue is 58. Skewer. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: IMPALE

  Possible Answer: empale, stake, spike, transfix, impale

• The clue is 60. Thruway advisory. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SLO

• The clue is 62. ___ Modern (London attraction). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TATE

  Possible Answer: Allen_Tate, Tate, John_Orley_Allen_Tate

• The clue is 63. Way off. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AFAR

  Possible Answer: afar

• The clue is 64. Coffee named for the district it's grown in. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: KONA

• The clue is 65. Many, many moons. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EONS

  Possible Answer: eon, aeon

• The clue is 66. Rejections. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NOES

  Possible Answer: atomic_number_102, no, No, nobelium

  Possible Opposite Answer : yes

• The clue is 67. Weird Al Yankovic's parody of the song "Lola". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: YODA

• The clue is 68. Little suck-up?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: VAC

  Possible Answer: vac

• The clue is 69. Antlered animal. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ELK

  Possible Answer: wapiti, American_elk, European_elk, elk, moose, red_deer, Alces_alces, Cervus_elaphus, Cervus_elaphus_canadensis

• The clue is 70. Many moons. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AGES

  Possible Answer: mature, age, years, eld, geezerhood, senesce, old_age, get_on, long_time, historic_period, maturate

  Possible Opposite Answer : rejuvenate

• The clue is 75. Gordimer who wrote "The Conservationist". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: NADINE

• The clue is 76. Non ___ (unwelcome). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: GRATA

• The clue is 77. Major K-pop septet. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: BTS

• The clue is 78. Nonverbal OK. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NOD

  Possible Answer: nod

• The clue is 79. Privy to. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: INON

• The clue is 80. The Flash's civilian identity ___ Allen. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BARRY

• The clue is 81. Bickering. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ATIT

• The clue is 82. Structure for a shark dive. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CAGE

  Possible Answer: cage_in, John_Cage, John_Milton_Cage_Jr., Cage, coop, batting_cage, cage

• The clue is 83. 1980s Chrysler debut. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: KCAR

• The clue is 86. Brain piece. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LOBE

  Possible Answer: lobe

• The clue is 88. Oxygen atoms have eight of them. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: PROTONS

  Possible Answer: proton

• The clue is 90. Queen's realm. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ROCK

  Possible Answer: rock, stone, rock_candy, rock_'n'_roll, rock_and_roll, careen, John_Rock, rock_music, sway, tilt, rock-and-roll, Rock, rock'n'roll, shake

• The clue is 91. One working the knight shift?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SQUIRE

  Possible Answer: squire, gallant

• The clue is 93. Mena of the "American Pie" films. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SUVARI

• The clue is 94. Elemental. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: PRIMAL

  Possible Answer: primaeval, primeval, key, cardinal, central, primordial, aboriginal, primal, fundamental

• The clue is 95. Pretty soon. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: INABIT

• The clue is 96. Parisian eatery. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: BISTRO

  Possible Answer: bistro

• The clue is 97. Effect. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: IMPACT

  Possible Answer: shock, touch_on, impingement, wallop, bear_on, encroachment, bear_upon, touch, affect, impact

• The clue is 99. Storing, as some ashes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: URNING

• The clue is 100. Vice president with a Nobel Peace Prize. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ALGORE

• The clue is 101. Fruit pastries. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TARTS

  Possible Answer: harlot, cyprian, working_girl, woman_of_the_street, bawd, prostitute, tart, whore, fancy_woman, lady_of_pleasure, sporting_lady, cocotte

• The clue is 102. Put off. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: DETER

  Possible Answer: dissuade, deter, discourage

  Possible Opposite Answer : persuade

• The clue is 106. Head shop purchase. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BONG

  Possible Answer: bong

• The clue is 107. Memory unit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BYTE

  Possible Answer: byte

• The clue is 108. Pacify. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CALM

  Possible Answer: cool_it, simmer_down, unagitated, chill_out, tranquillize, equanimity, still, quieten, tranquil, cool_off, calmness, calm, quiet, becalm, tranquillise, settle_down, sedate, composure, tranquilize, steady, serene, calm_air, calm_down, lull

  Possible Opposite Answer : stimulate, discomposure, stormy, agitate

• The clue is 109. Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: UCLA

• The clue is 110. Vet's concern. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PTSD

  Possible Answer: PTSD, posttraumatic_stress_disorder

• The clue is 112. TikTok, for one. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: APP

• The clue is 113. "Busy" one. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: BEE

  Possible Answer: bee

• The clue is 115. Littl'un. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: TOT

  Possible Answer: tally, add_together, sum, summate, toddler, yearling, total, add, tot_up, tote_up, tot, sum_up, bambino, add_up

July 20, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (36 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (36 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle July 20, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Alternative to manicotti	4
2A	5. Fountain offering	4
3A	9. Poem with about 16,000 lines	5
4A	14. U.S. ___	4
5A	15. Service with surge pricing	4
6A	16. There might be a good one on top of a mountain	5
7A	17. Jokes at Massachusetts General Hospital?	9
8A	19. Grads, now	5
9A	20. Some natural fences	6
10A	21. Doing some mess hall duty, in army lingo	4
11A	22. Apt name for a financial planner?	3
12A	23. Sch. with the most Pac-12 football championships	3
13A	25. ___ jure (by the law itself: Lat.)	4
14A	28. Late to a Harvard Lampoon meeting?	14
15A	32. Hubs of activity	4
16A	33. Catherine of "Home Alone"	5
17A	34. ___ story	3
18A	35. "Uncle" in chess	7
19A	38. Part of a botanical garden	7
20A	40. X-ray alternative	3
21A	41. After-dinner drink	5
22A	43. "Noted"	4
23A	44. Invitation at Beantown fish markets?	14
24A	48. Oracle	4
25A	49. Autobahn units: Abbr.	3
26A	50. Abu Dhabi's land: Abbr.	3
27A	51. Buffoon	4
28A	53. Waves, perhaps	6
29A	56. Certain Arabian Peninsula resident	5
30A	58. Unexpectedly high interest rate for a borrower from a Boston bank?	9
31A	61. Herky-jerky dance, with "the"	5
32A	62. Beyond great	4
33A	63. ___ O's (breakfast cereal)	4
34A	64. Chasm	5
35A	65. Bit of chicanery	4
36A	66. Some body art, informally	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. Alternative to manicotti"

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 medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
• 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: ZITI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Fountain offering"

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 milkshake made with malt powder
• Words that mean the same thing: malted milk, malt liquor, malted
• 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: MALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Poem with about 16,000 lines"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a greek epic poem (attributed to homer) describing the siege of troy
• 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: ILIAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. U.S. ___"

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 clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• Words that mean the same thing: out-of-doors, candid, capable
• The opposite would be: closed, covert
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Service with surge pricing"

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: UBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. There might be a good one on top of a mountain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the visual percept of a region
• Words that mean the same thing: aspect, scene, panorama
• 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: VISTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Jokes at Massachusetts General Hospital?"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

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: DOCCOMEDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Grads, now"

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 white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
• Words that mean the same thing: ammonia alum, alum, alumna
• 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: ALUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Some natural fences"

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 low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
• Words that mean the same thing: bush, shrub
• 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: SHRUBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Doing some mess hall duty, in army lingo"

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: ONKP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Apt name for a financial planner?"

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 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
• Words that mean the same thing: wrath, Provisional IRA, individual retirement account
• 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: IRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Sch. with the most Pac-12 football championships"

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: USC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. ___ jure (by the law itself: Lat.)"

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: IPSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Late to a Harvard Lampoon meeting?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: MISSINGTHEMOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Hubs of activity"

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 the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
• Words that mean the same thing: venue, locale, locus
• 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: LOCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Catherine of "Home Alone""

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: OHARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. ___ story"

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 dyspneic condition
• Words that mean the same thing: motherfucker, shortness of breath, cocksucker
• 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: SOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. "Uncle" in chess"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: IRESIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Part of a botanical garden"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: FERNERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. X-ray alternative"

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 the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
• Words that mean the same thing: magnetic resonance imaging
• 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: MRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. After-dinner drink"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that coffee with the caffeine removed
• Words that mean the same thing: decaffeinated coffee
• 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: DECAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. "Noted""

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Invitation at Beantown fish markets?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: PICKACODANYCOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Oracle"

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 a person with unusual powers of foresight
• Words that mean the same thing: illusionist, prophesier, vaticinator
• 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: SEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Autobahn units: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
• Words that mean the same thing: klick, kilometre, kilometer
• 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: KMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Abu Dhabi's land: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

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: UAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Buffoon"

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 a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
• Words that mean the same thing: goof, fathead, jackass
• 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: BOZO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Waves, perhaps"

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: SAYSHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Certain Arabian Peninsula resident"

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 native or inhabitant of oman
• 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: OMANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Unexpectedly high interest rate for a borrower from a Boston bank?"

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: LOANSHOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Herky-jerky dance, with "the""

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 mechanism that can move automatically
• Words that mean the same thing: automaton, golem
• 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: ROBOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Beyond great"

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 long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
• Words that mean the same thing: epos, epic poem, heroic poem
• 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: EPIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. ___ O's (breakfast cereal)"

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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
• 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: OREO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Chasm"

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 a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
• Words that mean the same thing: abysm
• 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: ABYSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Bit of chicanery"

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 the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
• Words that mean the same thing: chicane, shenanigan, chicanery
• 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: WILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Some body art, informally"

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 tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
• Words that mean the same thing: TAT, tat, Thematic Apperception Test
• 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: TATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 20, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. General ___, "Superman" villain	3
2D	2. Alibaba and Grubhub had them in 2014, for short	4
3D	3. Big field for start-ups, informally	4
4D	4. Facing ruin, say	8
5D	5. Center of Bollywood	6
6D	6. You can get two for a sawbuck	4
7D	7. Spearheaded	3
8D	8. Don't give up, say	3
9D	9. Nobelist Pavlov	4
10D	10. Rapper with the double-platinum album "Hard Core"	6
11D	11. "Sounds about right"	10
12D	12. Convenience often promoted in store windows	3
13D	13. "___ Rheingold" (Wagner opera)	3
14D	18. "Animal Farm" pronoun	4
15D	21. Earthy tone	5
16D	23. [groan]	3
17D	24. Scottish island home to Fingal's Cave	6
18D	26. Got the point?	6
19D	27. "Well, see you later then!"	5
20D	28. "Tuesdays With ___," Mitch Albom best seller	6
21D	29. 1990 #1 rap hit that ends "too cold, too cold"	10
22D	30. Corporal or sarge	6
23D	31. Body part that "pops"	3
24D	32. Hobbles	5
25D	36. ___ Lupino, first woman to direct a classic noir film	3
26D	37. Commercial mascot whose name sounds like that of its company	5
27D	39. Comment after a swish	8
28D	42. Podcast interruptions	3
29D	45. King of the Titans, in Greek mythology	6
30D	46. Subtlety	6
31D	47. Cries of glee	4
32D	52. Popular comic strip about a 17-year-old high school student	4
33D	53. It's rigged!	4
34D	54. What often includes a chairlift?	4
35D	55. "Law & Order: SVU" co-star	4
36D	56. British pop star Rita	3
37D	57. Soprano's group?	3
38D	58. ___ Wallace, author of "Ben-Hur"	3
39D	59. Nail polish brand with the color "Espresso Your Inner Self"	3
40D	60. Wallops	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. General ___, "Superman" villain"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.

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: ZOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Alibaba and Grubhub had them in 2014, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
• Words that mean the same thing: IPO, initial public offering, initial offering
• 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: IPOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Big field for start-ups, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
• Words that mean the same thing: technical school
• 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: TECH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Facing ruin, say"

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: INCRISIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Center of Bollywood"

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 city in western india just off the coast of the arabian sea; india's 2nd largest city (after calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western india
• Words that mean the same thing: Bombay
• 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: MUMBAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. You can get two for a sawbuck"

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: ABES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Spearheaded"

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 diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
• Words that mean the same thing: pass, top, run
• The opposite would be: follow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Don't give up, 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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Words that mean the same thing: test, judge, stress
• 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: TRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Nobelist Pavlov"

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: IVAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Rapper with the double-platinum album "Hard Core""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: LILKIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Sounds about right""

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: ISUPPOSESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Convenience often promoted in store windows"

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 a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: automated teller, atmosphere, cash machine
• 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: ATM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "___ Rheingold" (Wagner opera)"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
• Words that mean the same thing: district attorney, dassie, hyrax
• 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: DAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. "Animal Farm" pronoun"

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: OURS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Earthy tone"

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 various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
• Words that mean the same thing: ocher
• 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: OCHRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. [groan]"

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: UGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Scottish island home to Fingal's Cave"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an island in western scotland in the inner hebrides to the west of mull; site of fingal's cave
• 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: STAFFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Got the point?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that gain points in a game
• Words that mean the same thing: score, make, mark
• 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: SCORED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. "Well, see you later then!""

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: OKBYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. "Tuesdays With ___," Mitch Albom best seller"

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: MORRIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. 1990 #1 rap hit that ends "too cold, too cold""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ICEICEBABY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Corporal or sarge"

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 military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
• Words that mean the same thing: enlisted officer, noncommissioned officer
• 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: NONCOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Body part that "pops""

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 the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: auricle, pinna, spike
• 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: EAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Hobbles"

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 uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
• Words that mean the same thing: hobble, hitch, gimp
• 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: LIMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. ___ Lupino, first woman to direct a classic noir film"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency of the united nations affiliated with the world bank
• Words that mean the same thing: International Development Association
• 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: IDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Commercial mascot whose name sounds like that of its company"

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 any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
• 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: GECKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Comment after a swish"

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: NICESHOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Podcast interruptions"

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 public promotion of some product or service
• Words that mean the same thing: advertizing, advert, advertisement
• 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: ADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. King of the Titans, in Greek mythology"

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: KRONOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Subtlety"

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 subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
• Words that mean the same thing: refinement, subtlety, nicety
• 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: NUANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Cries of glee"

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 branch of the tai languages
• Words that mean the same thing: Yay
• 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: YAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Popular comic strip about a 17-year-old high school student"

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 a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
• Words that mean the same thing: pimple, hickey, zit
• 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: ZITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. It's rigged!"

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 large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: sweep, canvas, cruise
• 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: SAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. What often includes a chairlift?"

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: HORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. "Law & Order: SVU" co-star"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ICET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. British pop star Rita"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: osmium, bone, operating system
• 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: ORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Soprano's group?"

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 disorderly crowd of people
• Words that mean the same thing: gang, rabble, jam
• 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: MOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. ___ Wallace, author of "Ben-Hur""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: LEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Nail polish brand with the color "Espresso Your Inner Self""

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: OPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "60. Wallops"

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 (in india) a unit of length having different values in different localities
• Words that mean the same thing: knockout, kayo, KO
• 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: KOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	63.2%
Short Answer	12	15.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.3%
History	3	3.9%
Abbreviation	3	3.9%
Literature	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 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 Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 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 08, 2025 at 03:42 PM