0914 NYT Crossword Sat, Sept 13, 2024 | Puzzle Answers

Complete Guide to NYT Crossword Saturday, Sept 13, 2024 | Puzzle Answers

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 NYT Crossword puzzle answers and clues for Saturday, September 13, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Red in the face, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASHAMED

  Possible Answer : ashamed

  Possible Opposite Answer : unashamed




• The clue is 8. Bumped things. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FISTS

  Possible Answer : fist, clenched_fist




• The clue is 13. Baseball mascot with a fluffy green snout. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PHANATIC




• The clue is 15. Home to Sun Valley. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDAHO

  Possible Answer : Gem_State, ID, Idaho




• The clue is 16. Many Renaissance thinkers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POLYMATHS

  Possible Answer : polymath




• The clue is 18. Woman in dire need?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RENEE




• The clue is 19. "___ Sea Lice" (collaborative album by Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOTTA




• The clue is 20. Peyton Manning, for much of his N.F.L. career. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COLT

  Possible Answer : colt, Colt




• The clue is 22. Sister label of Volt Records. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAX




• The clue is 23. Brand seen on Canadian highway signs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSO




• The clue is 24. Interjection of interest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHCOOL




• The clue is 26. Case worker: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATT




• The clue is 27. Job that anyone could see themselves doing?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: WINDOWWASHER




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

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

  The answer: ANNEAL

  Possible Answer : normalize, anneal, temper




• The clue is 31. Actress Weaving of 2022's "Babylon". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAMARA

  Possible Answer : samara, key_fruit, key




• The clue is 32. Highly rated French vineyards. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRUS

  Possible Answer : crus




• The clue is 33. Cry of delight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YAY

  Possible Answer : Yay




• The clue is 35. Muscles used in rowing, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LATS

  Possible Answer : lats, latissimus_dorsi, lat




• The clue is 36. Doesn't stick out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FITSIN




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

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

  The answer: TOTALS

  Possible Answer : come, tote_up, aggregate, add_together, add, totality, add_up, sum, amount, total, tot_up, sum_up, summate, number, tot, tally




• The clue is 40. "No backing out now". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: ITSADONEDEAL




• The clue is 42. It once ran the headline "Santa Dies on Xmas Trip": Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NYT




• The clue is 43. Dentist's concern. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENAMEL

  Possible Answer : enamel, tooth_enamel




• The clue is 44. Celeb with a #1 single and an acting Oscar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHER




• The clue is 48. When repeated, college party chant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHUG

  Possible Answer : chug




• The clue is 50. What the ancient Romans called the "Cupid stone," considering it a symbol of love. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPAL

  Possible Answer : opal




• The clue is 51. Aid in skyscraper construction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRANE

  Possible Answer : Hart_Crane, crane, Stephen_Crane, stretch_out, Harold_Hart_Crane, Crane, Grus




• The clue is 52. Seen enough. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HADIT




• The clue is 54. Hard things to ignore, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELEPHANTS

  Possible Answer : elephant




• The clue is 56. Musical character who sings "Just You Wait". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELIZA




• The clue is 57. Where a rope ladder might lead. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TREEFORT




• The clue is 58. M.I.T. school. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLOAN




• The clue is 59. Apollo was conceived in them. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIXTIES

  Possible Answer : mid-sixties, sixty, sixties, 60, LX, 1960s

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Gala, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APPLE

  Possible Answer: orchard_apple_tree, Malus_pumila, apple

• The clue is 2. Dismisses unceremoniously. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOOS

  Possible Answer: shoo, shoo_away, shoo_off

• The clue is 3. Pulls up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALTS

  Possible Answer: hold, stem, stoppage, check, freeze, arrest, block, stop, halt, staunch, stanch, stay, hitch, kibosh

  Possible Opposite Answer : start

• The clue is 4. Where the average American lives. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANYTOWNUSA

• The clue is 5. Word with the same meaning in English, Swahili and Mandarin, among other languages. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAMA

  Possible Answer: mommy, mummy, mama, momma, Mama, mom, mammy, mamma, mum, ma

• The clue is 6. Connections might hinge on it, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

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

• The clue is 7. Senior class tradition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DITCHDAY

• The clue is 8. Something trimmed after purchase. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIR

  Possible Answer: true_fir, fir, fir_tree

• The clue is 9. 3/15, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDES

  Possible Answer: ides

• The clue is 10. Accessories for some bell ringers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANTAHATS

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

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

  The answer: THEATERS

  Possible Answer: theater_of_operations, theatre, dramatics, field_of_operations, theatre_of_operations, field, dramaturgy, theater, dramatic_art, house

• The clue is 12. Trying way too hard, in modern lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOEXTRA

• The clue is 14. Soda shop purchase. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHOCOLATEMALT

• The clue is 17. Not busy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLOW

  Possible Answer: ho-hum, tedious, slack, slowly, obtuse, deadening, easy, tardily, slacken, wearisome, sluggish, boring, decelerate, dumb, slow, dense, retard, behind, slow_down, slow_up, irksome, dull, dim, tiresome

  Possible Opposite Answer : fast, quickly, accelerate

• The clue is 21. Pulls with a water-skiing boat, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOWS

  Possible Answer: towage, tow

• The clue is 24. 50/50. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONE

  Possible Answer: i, unmatchable, ane, 1, unitary, peerless, single, unity, matchless, ace, unrivaled, nonpareil, one, unrivalled, I, one_and_only, unmatched

• The clue is 25. Yellow Teletubby. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAALAA

• The clue is 28. Acting as a spy, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INSIDE

  Possible Answer: at_bottom, indoors, interior, inwardly, in_spite_of_appearance, at_heart, deep_down, privileged, inside, within, inner

  Possible Opposite Answer : outside, outwardly, outdoors

• The clue is 29. Kind of boat affected by a wind advisory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMALLCRAFT

• The clue is 30. Setting for a sitting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARTSTUDIO

• The clue is 32. Administrative center. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CITYHALL

• The clue is 34. Some long-distance callers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YODELERS

• The clue is 36. "To Kill a Mockingbird" family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FINCHES

  Possible Answer: finch

• The clue is 37. Bad idea. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONO

• The clue is 39. Business card abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEL

• The clue is 41. Cat's "handle" for her kitten. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAPE

  Possible Answer: nape, scruff, nucha

• The clue is 45. Capital city on the Red River. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HANOI

  Possible Answer: Hanoi, capital_of_Vietnam

• The clue is 46. ___-deux. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTRE

• The clue is 47. They can be whole, half or quarter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RESTS

  Possible Answer: catch_one's_breath, remain, repose, remainder, breathe, rest, residuum, ease, eternal_rest, stay, roost, residue, relaxation, pillow, rest_period, respite, eternal_sleep, residual, balance, reside, perch, quietus, sleep, lie, relief, take_a_breather

  Possible Opposite Answer : be_active, change

• The clue is 49. City near Memphis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GIZA

  Possible Answer: Giza, Gizeh, El_Giza

• The clue is 51. Puppy chow ingredient. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHEX

• The clue is 53. Salon offering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAN

  Possible Answer: tan, suntan, tangent, sunburn, burn, bronze, topaz

• The clue is 55. Canadian province: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEI

  Possible Answer: Ieoh_Ming_Pei, Pei, I._M._Pei

Xwordhint Crossword Answers - August 12, 2025 | Today NYT Vibez

Published on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lover who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Today is Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

🔍 Across Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

🧩 1A: "1. Take to the slopes"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SKI

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🧩 2A: "4. Abolitionist Tubman"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: HARRIET

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🧩 3A: "11. Shade of gray or blond"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
• Similar words include: ash tree
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASH

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🧩 4A: "14. "That's rough!""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OOF

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🧩 5A: "15. Quantities"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a quantity of money
• Similar words include: quantity, total, measure
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMOUNTS

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🧩 6A: "16. Dubai's country, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UAE

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🧩 7A: "17. Pales in comparison"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CANTHOLDACANDLE

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🧩 8A: "20. Greeting in Oahu"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Similar words include: ciao
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALOHA

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🧩 9A: "21. French article"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Similar words include: LE, lupus erythematosus
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LES

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🧩 10A: "22. Countrified"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that living in or characteristic of farming or country life
• Opposite of: urban
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RURAL

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🧩 11A: "23. After the buzzer"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
• Similar words include: belated, of late, tardily
• Opposite of: early

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LATE

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🧩 12A: "24. Typical People cover subject, informally"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CELEB

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🧩 13A: "26. Pharmacy bottlefuls, informally"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a master's degree in education
• Similar words include: Master of Education, MEd
• Pattern: ____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MEDS

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🧩 14A: "27. Edible Christmas ornament"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CANDYCANE

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🧩 15A: "30. Planet with the most moons (274)"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SATURN

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🧩 16A: "33. Not out of the ordinary"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something regarded as a normative example
• Similar words include: pattern, rule, formula
• Opposite of: paranormal, abnormal

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NORMAL

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🧩 17A: "37. Container for oranges"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
• Similar words include: crateful
• Opposite of: uncrate

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CRATE

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🧩 18A: "38. Certain significant others, informally"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BFS

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🧩 19A: "41. 2016 Disney movie"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOANA

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🧩 20A: "42. King, in Latin"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
• Similar words include: male monarch, king
• Opposite of: queen, female monarch

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REX

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🧩 21A: "43. Visual features of a 27-Across"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that v-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
• Similar words include: denude, pillage, deprive
• Opposite of: dress

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STRIPES

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🧩 22A: "46. U.S. soldiers"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
• Similar words include: gilbert, GI, Gi
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GIS

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🧩 23A: "47. Blown away"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that inspire awe in
• Similar words include: awestricken, awful, awestruck
• Opposite of: unawed

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AWED

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🧩 24A: "49. ___ cart (type of food stand)"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HALAL

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🧩 25A: "50. University in western Pennsylvania, familiarly"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a british playwright who created the fictional character sweeney todd (1799-1855)
• Similar words include: George Pitt, First Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Younger
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PITT

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🧩 26A: "51. Chicana, for example"

📏 15 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MEXICANAMERICAN

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🧩 27A: "54. Bad news for vegetation"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state or condition being blighted
• Similar words include: plague
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BLIGHT

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🧩 28A: "55. 1990s-'00s sitcom starring Brandy"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MOESHA

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🧩 29A: "56. Rapper ___ Wayne"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LIL

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🧩 30A: "57. Conscience-stricken"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
• Opposite of: unashamed
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASHAMED

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🧩 31A: "61. He/___"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HIM

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🧩 32A: "62. Time to look ahead"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

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

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EVE

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🧩 33A: "63. Birds phonetically suggested by a feature of 17-, 27- and 51-Across"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical america having a very large thin-walled beak
• Similar words include: toucan
• Pattern: _______

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOUCANS

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🧩 34A: "64. Fútbol cheer"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OLE

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🧩 35A: "65. ___ Moines"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
• Similar words include: stilbestrol, stilbesterol, diethylstilboestrol
• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DES

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🧩 36A: "66. Prepared to pray"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rest one's weight on one's knees
• Similar words include: kneel
• Pattern: _____

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KNELT

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🧩 37A: "67. Partner of "ty""

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

🔓 Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PLS

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🔍 Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

🧩 1D: "1. L.A.'s region"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SOCAL

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🧩 2D: "2. Eucalyptus eater"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Think of something that sluggish tailless australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
• Similar words include: native bear, kangaroo bear, Phascolarctos cinereus
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: KOALA

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🧩 3D: "3. "Otherwise ...""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IFNOT

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🧩 4D: "4. "Serves you right!""

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HAHA

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🧩 5D: "5. "Te ___" ("I love you," in Spanish)"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMO

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🧩 6D: "6. Like some R's and oats"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that move by turning over or rotating
• Similar words include: roam, twine, ramble
• Opposite of: unwind

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Answer: ROLLED

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🧩 7D: "7. "As I was saying before I was so ___ interrupted ...""

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Think of something that in an impolite manner
• Similar words include: discourteously, impolitely
• Opposite of: politely, courteously

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Answer: RUDELY

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🧩 8D: "8. Shortly"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: INASEC

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🧩 9D: "9. And the like, for short"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ETC

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🧩 10D: "10. Russian ruler of old"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Similar words include: czar, tzar
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TSAR

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🧩 11D: "11. Lorde who wrote "Sister Outsider""

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AUDRE

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🧩 12D: "12. Partner of soup"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SALAD

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🧩 13D: "13. What the Beyoncé title "6 Inch" refers to"

📏 5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Think of something that the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
• Similar words include: heel, blackguard, reheel
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HEELS

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🧩 14D: "18. Online publication of Vox Media"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: THECUT

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🧩 15D: "19. Tres o cuatro"

📏 6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NUMERO

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🧩 16D: "24. "Have I Got News for You" channel"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CNN

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🧩 17D: "25. Prohibit"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a decree that prohibits something
• Similar words include: forbiddance, prohibition, shun
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BAN

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🧩 18D: "28. Greek war god"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
• Similar words include: ar, are
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARES

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🧩 19D: "29. Chances at awards, informally"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOMS

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🧩 20D: "30. Like this: ESMCLDRBA"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to move hurriedly
• Similar words include: throw together, beat, skin
• Opposite of: unscramble

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Answer: SCRAMBLED

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🧩 21D: "31. "Has our broadcast started?""

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: AREWELIVE

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🧩 22D: "32. People living abroad for financial reasons"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

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• Pattern: _________

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Answer: TAXEXILES

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🧩 23D: "34. Business selling trick coins and marked decks"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _________

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Answer: MAGICSHOP

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🧩 24D: "35. Law professor played by Kerry Washington in 2016's "Confirmation""

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ANITAHILL

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🧩 25D: "36. Things alphabetized in telephone books"

📏 9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: _________

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Answer: LASTNAMES

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🧩 26D: "38. Raisin ___"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BRAN

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🧩 27D: "39. Sneaker brand"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
• Similar words include: filament, filum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: FILA

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🧩 28D: "40. A dispiritingly large percentage of phone calls"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a canned meat made largely from pork
• Similar words include: junk e-mail
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SPAM

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🧩 29D: "44. "No worries""

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: THATSOK

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🧩 30D: "45. He or I, but not she"

📏 7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an abstract part of something
• Similar words include: constituent, factor, chemical element
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ELEMENT

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🧩 31D: "48. Like, informally"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the site of an archeological exploration
• Similar words include: shaft, delve, cut into
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DIG

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🧩 32D: "50. Dessert with a shell"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
• Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PIE

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🧩 33D: "52. Casual conversation"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an informal conversation
• Similar words include: confabulate, confabulation, gossip
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CHAT

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🧩 34D: "53. Cones' counterparts in the eye"

📏 4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long thin implement made of metal or wood
• Similar words include: perch, gat, rod
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RODS

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🧩 35D: "58. Follower of Attila"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a member of a nomadic people who invaded europe in the 4th century
• Similar words include: Krauthead, Boche, Jerry
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HUN

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🧩 36D: "59. Great serve"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: sweep through, nail, single
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ACE

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🧩 37D: "60. Opposite of bien"

📏 3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

🎯 Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MAL

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74 Total Clues

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