December 15, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (41 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (41 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle December 15, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. All-encompassing	4
2A	5. Wear, as something snazzy	5
3A	10. Bag with an NPR logo, maybe	4
4A	14. Parisian priest	4
5A	15. Comic Fields on old Ed Sullivan shows	5
6A	16. Well-ventilated	4
7A	17. Sleeping spot for a baby	4
8A	18. Stars-and-stripes land, informally	5
9A	19. Something dropped in a mystery novel	4
10A	20. Where one might find Boston news reporters?	14
11A	23. "You crack me up," in a text	3
12A	24. With 25-Across, "___ saying ..."	3
13A	25. See 24-Across	3
14A	26. Use a "+" sign	3
15A	28. Sound from a floorboard	5
16A	30. Bronze finisher's place	5
17A	32. British rule in India	3
18A	33. PBS-funding org.	3
19A	35. "___ be an honor!"	3
20A	36. Crab traps	4
21A	37. Where a Baltimore news reader's desk might be found?	11
22A	40. Go for the gold?	4
23A	42. Prefix with political or physics	3
24A	43. Org. for Kings and Senators	3
25A	44. U.N.C. and Clemson are in it	3
26A	45. Lowest workers	5
27A	47. Talk show queen named after a figure in Ruth	5
28A	51. Bit of animation	3
29A	52. What a boater might have hands-on experience with?	3
30A	53. ___-Magnon	3
31A	55. Annual video game competition, for short	3
32A	56. Beaten to a news scoop in Los Angeles?	14
33A	60. Bright part of Rudolph	4
34A	61. Welcome at the door	5
35A	62. Short, quick breath	4
36A	63. The ugly duckling, eventually	4
37A	64. Start over on a blackboard	5
38A	65. Together, in music	4
39A	66. Donations to the poor	4
40A	67. "___ anything"	5
41A	68. One of 28 in Monopoly	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. All-encompassing"

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: ATOZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Wear, as something snazzy"

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 an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
• Words that mean the same thing: summercater, sportsman, romp
• 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: SPORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Bag with an NPR logo, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a capacious bag or basket
• Words that mean the same thing: holdall, tug, carryall
• 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: TOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Parisian priest"

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: PERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Comic Fields on old Ed Sullivan shows"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: TOTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Well-ventilated"

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 open to or abounding in fresh air
• Words that mean the same thing: windy, aery, ethereal
• 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: AIRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Sleeping spot for a baby"

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 baby bed with high sides made of slats
• Words that mean the same thing: pony, cribbage, trot
• 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: CRIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Stars-and-stripes land, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: USOFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Something dropped in a mystery novel"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a slight indication
• Words that mean the same thing: cue, hint, clew
• 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: CLUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Where one might find Boston news reporters?"

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: AROUNDTHEGLOBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. "You crack me up," in a text"

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: LOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. With 25-Across, "___ saying ...""

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: ASI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. See 24-Across"

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 state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: comprise, equal, follow
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Use a "+" sign"

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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: sum, total, tot
• The opposite would be: subtract, take away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Sound from a floorboard"

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 squeaking sound
• Words that mean the same thing: squeak, skreak, screech
• 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: CREAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Bronze finisher's place"

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 one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
• Words that mean the same thing: 3rd, tertiary, third gear
• 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: THIRD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. British rule in India"

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 british dominion over india (1757-1947)
• 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: RAJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. PBS-funding org."

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: NEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. "___ be an honor!""

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: ITD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Crab traps"

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 metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
• Words that mean the same thing: great deal, mass, sens
• 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: POTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Where a Baltimore news reader's desk might be found?"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: UNDERTHESUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Go for the gold?"

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 excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
• 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: MINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Prefix with political or physics"

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

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: GEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Org. for Kings and Senators"

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: NHL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. U.N.C. and Clemson are in it"

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 command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the united states air force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
• Words that mean the same thing: Air Combat Command
• 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: ACC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. Lowest workers"

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 laborer who is obliged to do menial work
• Words that mean the same thing: peon, drudge, galley slave
• 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: PEONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. Talk show queen named after a figure in Ruth"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: OPRAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Bit of animation"

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: CEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. What a boater might have hands-on experience with?"

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 an implement used to propel or steer a boat
• 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: OAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. ___-Magnon"

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 electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
• Words that mean the same thing: oscilloscope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, scope
• 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: CRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Annual video game competition, for short"

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: EVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Beaten to a news scoop in Los Angeles?"

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: BEHINDTHETIMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Bright part of Rudolph"

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 organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
• Words that mean the same thing: poke, nuzzle, intrude
• 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: NOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Welcome at the door"

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: SEEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Short, quick breath"

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 noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
• Words that mean the same thing: puff, trouser, heave
• 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: PANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. The ugly duckling, eventually"

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 stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
• Words that mean the same thing: tramp, roam, vagabond
• 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: SWAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. Start over on a blackboard"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remove from memory or existence
• Words that mean the same thing: rub out, wipe out, score out
• The opposite would be: record
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "65. Together, in music"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: ADUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "66. Donations to the poor"

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 money or goods contributed to the poor
• 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: ALMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "67. "___ anything""

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: ASKME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "68. One of 28 in Monopoly"

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 legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
• Words that mean the same thing: title, human action, human activity
• 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: DEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword December 15, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. H.S. math for some college-bound students	6
2D	2. Misbehaving toddler	6
3D	3. Cal Ripken, for his entire major-league career	6
4D	4. Indian ox	4
5D	5. Male calendar figures	5
6D	6. Sticky note	6
7D	7. "But then again ...," in a text	4
8D	8. Permeated by	8
9D	9. Locale for an outdoor Japanese party	9
10D	10. ___ Bell	4
11D	11. John D. Rockefeller, for one	8
12D	12. "Yup, absolutely right"	7
13D	13. See 21-Down	3
14D	21. With 13-Down, means of viewing sans telescope	5
15D	22. "Acid"	3
16D	27. Record spinners, informally	3
17D	29. Diarist Frank	4
18D	31. Try to pick up	5
19D	34. Greece/Turkey separator	9
20D	36. Part of orange juice that's not juice	4
21D	37. Bearded figure in a classic poster	8
22D	38. Stocks up on again	8
23D	39. "Darn it!"	5
24D	40. Cheese go-with	3
25D	41. Nickname for the 1967 N.F.L. Championship Game, famously played at about -15°	7
26D	45. Hawaiian taro dish	3
27D	46. Sharp split	6
28D	48. Like "A Star Is Born," repeatedly	6
29D	49. One of 17 in Monopoly	6
30D	50. Threw, as a party	6
31D	54. Actress Zellweger	5
32D	57. Female grouses	4
33D	58. Cutting board wood	4
34D	59. Surface competitor	4
35D	60. Source of information leaked by Edward Snowden, for short	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. H.S. math for some college-bound students"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.

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: APCALC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Misbehaving toddler"

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 an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• Words that mean the same thing: brat, little terror, threat
• 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: TERROR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Cal Ripken, for his entire major-league career"

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 mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
• Words that mean the same thing: Old World oriole, American oriole, New World oriole
• 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: ORIOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Indian ox"

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 domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in india and east asia
• 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: ZEBU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Male calendar figures"

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 man who is virile and sexually active
• Words that mean the same thing: scantling, rivet, he-man
• 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: STUDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Sticky note"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: POSTIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "But then again ...," in a text"

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: OTOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Permeated by"

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: RIFEWITH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Locale for an outdoor Japanese party"

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: TEAGARDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. ___ Bell"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
• Words that mean the same thing: wetback, greaser
• 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: TACO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. John D. Rockefeller, for one"

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: OILBARON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Yup, absolutely right""

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: TRUEDAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. See 21-Down"

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 organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: heart, centre, center
• 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: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. With 13-Down, means of viewing sans telescope"

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 completely unclothed
• Words that mean the same thing: raw, au naturel, bare
• 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: NAKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Acid""

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 powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
• Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
• 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: LSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "27. Record spinners, informally"

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 person who announces and plays popular recorded music
• Words that mean the same thing: disk jockey, disk-jockey, DJ
• 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: DJS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "29. Diarist Frank"

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 queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
• 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: ANNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "31. Try to pick up"

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: HITON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "34. Greece/Turkey separator"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: AEGEANSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "36. Part of orange juice that's not juice"

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 any soft or soggy mass
• Words that mean the same thing: mush, flesh, pulp magazine
• 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: PULP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "37. Bearded figure in a classic poster"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: UNCLESAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Stocks up on again"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a repeated order for the same merchandise
• Words that mean the same thing: reorder
• 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: REORDERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. "Darn it!""

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 new branch
• Words that mean the same thing: take, frivol away, fritter
• 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: SHOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Cheese go-with"

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 waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
• Words that mean the same thing: macintosh, mack, mackintosh
• 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: MAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Nickname for the 1967 N.F.L. Championship Game, famously played at about -15°"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: ICEBOWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "45. Hawaiian taro dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
• 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: POI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. Sharp split"

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 division of a group into opposing factions
• Words that mean the same thing: split
• 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: SCHISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Like "A Star Is Born," repeatedly"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: make over, remake, redo
• 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: REMADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. One of 17 in Monopoly"

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 a line of approach
• Words that mean the same thing: boulevard
• 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: AVENUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Threw, as a party"

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 be the host of or for
• Words that mean the same thing: host
• 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: HOSTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Actress Zellweger"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: RENEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "57. Female grouses"

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 adult female chicken
• Words that mean the same thing: hen, biddy
• 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: HENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "58. Cutting board wood"

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 hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
• Words that mean the same thing: Tectona grandis, teakwood
• 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: TEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "59. Surface competitor"

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: IPAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Source of information leaked by Edward Snowden, for short"

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 the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
• Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
• 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: NSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	63.2%
Short Answer	16	21.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.3%
Science/Technology	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	35
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 Tuesday, 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 20, 2025 at 05:15 PM

XWordHint Crossword Answers September 14, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (60 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (74 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. New H.S. student	5
2A	6. They're here today, gone tomorrow	4
3A	10. Complete	4
4A	14. Swanky Tokyo shopping district	5
5A	19. Supplier of oxygenated blood	5
6A	20. Very similar	9
7A	22. Shaped like a kiwi fruit	5
8A	23. Orange creature in an arcade game	5
9A	24. Trees native to the Yukon	9
10A	25. Young bucks, say	5
11A	26. Supplier of 110-Across	15
12A	29. Locale of the oracle of Apollo	6
13A	32. Some tots' transports	6
14A	36. Allhallows ___	3
15A	37. Trees on the National Mall	4
16A	40. Nintendo character with a long, sticky tongue	5
17A	43. Emmy-winning actress Edebiri	3
18A	44. Celebration dedicated to a saint	8
19A	46. Vessel that infuses and pours	10
20A	48. Italian for "year"	4
21A	49. Reason to atone	3
22A	50. Lindsay who played both twins in 1998's "The Parent Trap"	5
23A	51. Monumental	4
24A	52. Voice of 110-Across	8
25A	54. Artist and co-creator of 91- and 110-Across	10
26A	56. Confectioner said to have co-created Rocky Road ice cream	3
27A	57. Liverpool's borders?	3
28A	58. Bowie collaborator Brian	3
29A	59. Key that a Mac lacks	3
30A	60. 1949 short that marked the first appearance of 91- and 110-Across	15
31A	69. Left-wing activist movement	6
32A	72. Sax who invented the saxophone	7
33A	73. ___ horse	6
34A	77. Emulate an owl	4
35A	78. Closely tracking	9
36A	80. Love letters?	4
37A	81. Apropos	3
38A	82. It pumps up the volume	3
39A	84. What a queen may lay	6
40A	87. ___ Wong, co-star of "Always Be My Maybe"	3
41A	88. Signature sound of 91-Across	8
42A	91. Target of 110-Across	10
43A	93. Partner of a pestle	6
44A	94. Broadband connection, in brief	3
45A	95. North Carolina college town	4
46A	96. Eccentric	5
47A	97. Personal trainer's count	4
48A	98. "That's useful information"	7
49A	101. Unscheduled slots	9
50A	106. P, to Pythagoras	3
51A	107. DuBois's portrayer in the film "A Streetcar Named Desire"	5
52A	110. Devious character who's the subject of this puzzle	11
53A	112. Company that once offered "50 Free Hours" CDs	3
54A	113. Bert's best buddy	5
55A	114. Supervised	7
56A	115. Upper limit	3
57A	116. "Huh?," in Honduras	3
58A	117. Mercilessly mock	5
59A	118. Part of Wayne's world?	7
60A	119. Nonkosher sandwich, in brief	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. New H.S. student"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FROSH

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2A: "6. They're here today, gone tomorrow"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
• Similar words include: cult, rage, furore
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FADS

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3A: "10. Complete"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ATOZ

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4A: "14. Swanky Tokyo shopping district"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: GINZA

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5A: "19. Supplier of oxygenated blood"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AORTA

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6A: "20. Very similar"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALOTALIKE

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7A: "22. Shaped like a kiwi fruit"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an egg-shaped object
• Similar words include: elliptical, prolate, oval
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OVOID

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8A: "23. Orange creature in an arcade game"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: QBERT

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9A: "24. Trees native to the Yukon"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REDALDERS

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10A: "25. Young bucks, say"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
• Similar words include: kotow, truckle, fawn
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FAWNS

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11A: "26. Supplier of 110-Across"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACMECORPORATION

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12A: "29. Locale of the oracle of Apollo"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an ancient greek city on the slopes of mount parnassus; site of the oracle of delphi
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DELPHI

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13A: "32. Some tots' transports"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
• Similar words include: trike, tricycle, velocipede
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRIKES

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14A: "36. Allhallows ___"

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: evening, eventide, even
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EVE

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15A: "37. Trees on the National Mall"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Similar words include: elmwood, elm, elm tree
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ELMS

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16A: "40. Nintendo character with a long, sticky tongue"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YOSHI

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17A: "43. Emmy-winning actress Edebiri"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AYO

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18A: "44. Celebration dedicated to a saint"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FEASTDAY

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19A: "46. Vessel that infuses and pours"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TEAPITCHER

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20A: "48. Italian for "year""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANNO

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21A: "49. Reason to atone"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that estrangement from god
• Similar words include: boob, sinning, sinfulness
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SIN

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22A: "50. Lindsay who played both twins in 1998's "The Parent Trap""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a buddhist who has attained nirvana
• Similar words include: Arhat, Arhant
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOHAN

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23A: "51. Monumental"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - w.r.inge
• Similar words include: vast, immense, Brobdingnagian
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HUGE

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24A: "52. Voice of 110-Across"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MELBLANC

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25A: "54. Artist and co-creator of 91- and 110-Across"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHUCKJONES

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26A: "56. Confectioner said to have co-created Rocky Road ice cream"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EDY

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27A: "57. Liverpool's borders?"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Similar words include: elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELS

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28A: "58. Bowie collaborator Brian"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ENO

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29A: "59. Key that a Mac lacks"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Similar words include: altitude, EL, elevation
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALT

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30A: "60. 1949 short that marked the first appearance of 91- and 110-Across"

15 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FASTANDFURRYOUS

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31A: "69. Left-wing activist movement"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANTIFA

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32A: "72. Sax who invented the saxophone"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADOLPHE

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33A: "73. ___ horse"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native of ancient troy
• Similar words include: trojan horse, Dardan, Dardanian
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TROJAN

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34A: "77. Emulate an owl"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
• Similar words include: hiss, tinker's dam, damn
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: HOOT

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35A: "78. Closely tracking"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of following someone secretly
• Similar words include: shade, tailing, overshadow
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SHADOWING

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36A: "80. Love letters?"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: XOXO

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37A: "81. Apropos"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Similar words include: pertinent, minded, apposite
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: APT

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38A: "82. It pumps up the volume"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Similar words include: A, ampere, adenylic acid
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMP

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39A: "84. What a queen may lay"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANTEGG

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40A: "87. ___ Wong, co-star of "Always Be My Maybe""

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
• Similar words include: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALI

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41A: "88. Signature sound of 91-Across"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEEPBEEP

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42A: "91. Target of 110-Across"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that speedy largely terrestrial bird found from california and mexico to texas
• Similar words include: chaparral cock, Geococcyx californianus
• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROADRUNNER

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43A: "93. Partner of a pestle"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
• Similar words include: howitzer, trench mortar
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MORTAR

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44A: "94. Broadband connection, in brief"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
• Similar words include: digital subscriber line
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DSL

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45A: "95. North Carolina college town"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELON

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46A: "96. Eccentric"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• Similar words include: barmy, loco, batty
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KOOKY

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47A: "97. Personal trainer's count"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Similar words include: rep, repp
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REPS

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48A: "98. "That's useful information""

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ITHELPS

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49A: "101. Unscheduled slots"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OPENDATES

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50A: "106. P, to Pythagoras"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 17th letter of the greek alphabet
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RHO

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51A: "107. DuBois's portrayer in the film "A Streetcar Named Desire""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english film actress (1913-1967)
• Similar words include: Vivien Leigh
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEIGH

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52A: "110. Devious character who's the subject of this puzzle"

11 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WILEECOYOTE

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53A: "112. Company that once offered "50 Free Hours" CDs"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AOL

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54A: "113. Bert's best buddy"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ERNIE

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55A: "114. Supervised"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that watch and direct
• Similar words include: manage, superintend, oversee
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OVERSAW

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56A: "115. Upper limit"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
• Similar words include: goop, liquid ecstasy, Georgia home boy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MAX

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57A: "116. "Huh?," in Honduras"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: QUE

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58A: "117. Mercilessly mock"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RAGON

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59A: "118. Part of Wayne's world?"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a film about life in the western united states during the period of exploration and development
• Similar words include: horse opera, western sandwich, westerly
• Opposite of: eastern

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Answer: WESTERN

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60A: "119. Nonkosher sandwich, in brief"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
• Similar words include: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BLT

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Page for online answers	3
2D	2. Stick up	3
3D	3. Source of minerals	3
4D	4. Part of many purses	5
5D	5. It's buried to make peace	7
6D	6. Cost of a cab	4
7D	7. Baldwin of "The Boss Baby"	4
8D	8. Imbecile	4
9D	9. Overhead light?	4
10D	10. Gucci who pioneered bamboo-handled handbags	4
11D	11. Auditorium balcony, e.g.	4
12D	12. Cajun cooking staple	4
13D	13. Shaving on citrus desserts	4
14D	14. "You have my blessing"	7
15D	15. Russian ruler nicknamed "The Moneybag"	5
16D	16. This very moment	3
17D	17. Wine also known as Primitivo, familiarly	3
18D	18. Purchased spots	3
19D	21. View from St. Moritz	3
20D	27. Certain taco topping	9
21D	28. "Uh-uh"	9
22D	29. Run down	6
23D	30. Tied up	6
24D	31. With little excess	6
25D	33. Big ___ Burger, fictional Hawaiian fast-food chain in "Pulp Fiction"	6
26D	34. Cream that's said to combat dark circles	6
27D	35. Holding the biggest grudge	6
28D	38. Prime retail area: Abbr.	6
29D	39. Match up, as two devices	4
30D	40. Oscar-winning Michelle	4
31D	41. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum site	4
32D	42. Dazed and confused	6
33D	45. ___ story	3
34D	46. R&B group with the #1 hit "Waterfalls"	3
35D	47. Stand-up comic Margaret	3
36D	53. It falls in the fall	4
37D	55. Day, in Dijon	4
38D	60. Be part of the crowd, with "in"	3
39D	61. "That feels incredible!"	3
40D	62. Silence-enforcing doc	3
41D	63. Avoid, as a falling anvil	5
42D	64. Spokeswoman in Progressive commercials	3
43D	65. Rising	6
44D	66. Some megafauna, informally	6
45D	67. Summer cabin, maybe	6
46D	68. "Go ___!" (Boston cheer)	3
47D	69. Captain in a classic novel	4
48D	70. "Uh-uh"	4
49D	71. Head over head?	5
50D	74. Actress Pflug	5
51D	75. Rod in a hot rod	4
52D	76. Word after film or pinot	4
53D	78. Vocally combine talking and crooning	9
54D	79. H.S. diploma alternative	3
55D	82. Tummy-toning tool	8
56D	83. Renowned N.Y.C. venue for divas	8
57D	85. Energy-saving vehicle	8
58D	86. Guzzle	8
59D	89. Raw fish dish	4
60D	90. Be a buttinsky	3
61D	92. Lack of a voice	5
62D	97. Witherspoon of "A Wrinkle in Time"	5
63D	98. Modern locale of ancient Babylon	4
64D	99. You, to Shakespeare	4
65D	100. Ozone layer issue	4
66D	101. Accented exclamations	4
67D	102. Two-in-one shampoo and conditioner brand	4
68D	103. Paris's Panthéon, for one	4
69D	104. Latin list shortener, in brief	4
70D	105. Risqué message	4
71D	108. Italian architect Ponti	3
72D	109. Nest builder	3
73D	110. Awe	3
74D	111. "___ heard enough!"	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Page for online answers"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FAQ

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2D: "2. Stick up"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
• Similar words include: fleece, hook, overcharge
• Opposite of: undercharge

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Answer: ROB

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3D: "3. Source of minerals"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ORE

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4D: "4. Part of many purses"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
• Similar words include: lash, lather, flog
• Opposite of: unstrap

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STRAP

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5D: "5. It's buried to make peace"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by north american indians
• Similar words include: tomahawk
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HATCHET

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6D: "6. Cost of a cab"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agenda of things to do
• Similar words include: make out, menu, transportation
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FARE

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7D: "7. Baldwin of "The Boss Baby""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALEC

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8D: "8. Imbecile"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone whose style is out of fashion
• Similar words include: fogy, fogey, fossil
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DODO

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9D: "9. Overhead light?"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Similar words include: star topology, hotshot, lead
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STAR

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10D: "10. Gucci who pioneered bamboo-handled handbags"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALDO

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11D: "11. Auditorium balcony, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
• Similar words include: tier up, grade, level
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TIER

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12D: "12. Cajun cooking staple"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• Similar words include: gumbo, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OKRA

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13D: "13. Shaving on citrus desserts"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
• Similar words include: tanginess, relish, spice up
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ZEST

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14D: "14. "You have my blessing""

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GOFORIT

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15D: "15. Russian ruler nicknamed "The Moneybag""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IVANI

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16D: "16. This very moment"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the momentary present
• Similar words include: nowadays, straight off, directly
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NOW

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17D: "17. Wine also known as Primitivo, familiarly"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ZIN

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18D: "18. Purchased spots"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a public promotion of some product or service
• Similar words include: advertisement, advertising, advert
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADS

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19D: "21. View from St. Moritz"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any high mountain
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALP

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20D: "27. Certain taco topping"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MILDSALSA

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21D: "28. "Uh-uh""

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ITHINKNOT

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22D: "29. Run down"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
• Similar words include: smirch, asperse, denigrate
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEFAME

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23D: "30. Tied up"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make level or straight
• Similar words include: even, even out, flush
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EVENED

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24D: "31. With little excess"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEANLY

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25D: "33. Big ___ Burger, fictional Hawaiian fast-food chain in "Pulp Fiction""

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KAHUNA

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26D: "34. Cream that's said to combat dark circles"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EYEGEL

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27D: "35. Holding the biggest grudge"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that causing misery or pain or distress
• Similar words include: huffy, painful, tender
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOREST

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28D: "38. Prime retail area: Abbr."

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MAINST

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29D: "39. Match up, as two devices"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
• Similar words include: synchronize, synchronise
• Opposite of: desynchronize, desynchronise

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Answer: SYNC

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30D: "40. Oscar-winning Michelle"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: YEOH

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31D: "41. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum site"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
• Similar words include: Oahu Island
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: OAHU

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32D: "42. Dazed and confused"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug
• Similar words include: spacy, spaced-out
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPACEY

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33D: "45. ___ story"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a dyspneic condition
• Similar words include: breathlessness, dickhead, prick
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOB

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34D: "46. R&B group with the #1 hit "Waterfalls""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that considerate and solicitous care
• Similar words include: tender loving care
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TLC

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35D: "47. Stand-up comic Margaret"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHO

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36D: "53. It falls in the fall"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
• Similar words include: leafage, foliage, riffle
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LEAF

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37D: "55. Day, in Dijon"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JOUR

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38D: "60. Be part of the crowd, with "in""

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a display of bad temper
• Similar words include: outfit, check, equip
• Opposite of: unfit, disagree

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FIT

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39D: "61. "That feels incredible!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Similar words include: ooh
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AAH

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40D: "62. Silence-enforcing doc"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NDA

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41D: "63. Avoid, as a falling anvil"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
• Similar words include: circumvent, evade, parry
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DODGE

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42D: "64. Spokeswoman in Progressive commercials"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FLO

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43D: "65. Rising"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that directed up
• Similar words include: upwardly, upwards, up
• Opposite of: down, downwards

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UPWARD

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44D: "66. Some megafauna, informally"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
• Similar words include: rhinoceros, rhino
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RHINOS

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45D: "67. Summer cabin, maybe"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that property that is leased or rented out or let
• Similar words include: lease, letting, renting
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RENTAL

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46D: "68. "Go ___!" (Boston cheer)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOX

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47D: "69. Captain in a classic novel"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that according to the old testament he was a pagan king of israel and husband of jezebel (9th century bc)
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AHAB

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48D: "70. "Uh-uh""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOPE

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49D: "71. Head over head?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOTEM

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50D: "74. Actress Pflug"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: JOANN

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51D: "75. Rod in a hot rod"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AXLE

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52D: "76. Word after film or pinot"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOIR

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53D: "78. Vocally combine talking and crooning"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPEAKSING

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54D: "79. H.S. diploma alternative"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GED

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55D: "82. Tummy-toning tool"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ABROLLER

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56D: "83. Renowned N.Y.C. venue for divas"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: METOPERA

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57D: "85. Energy-saving vehicle"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GREENCAR

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58D: "86. Guzzle"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GULPDOWN

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59D: "89. Raw fish dish"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tall coarse perennial american herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
• Similar words include: Phytolacca americana, scoke, carrier bag
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: POKE

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60D: "90. Be a buttinsky"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
• Similar words include: crowbar, prize, prise
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PRY

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61D: "92. Lack of a voice"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOSAY

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62D: "97. Witherspoon of "A Wrinkle in Time""

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REESE

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63D: "98. Modern locale of ancient Babylon"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a republic in the middle east in western asia; the ancient civilization of mesopotamia was in the area now known as iraq
• Similar words include: Al-Iraq, Irak, Republic of Iraq
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IRAQ

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64D: "99. You, to Shakespeare"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
• Similar words include: chiliad, yard, K
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THOU

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65D: "100. Ozone layer issue"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an opening into or through something
• Similar words include: muddle, hollow, kettle of fish
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HOLE

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66D: "101. Accented exclamations"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OLES

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67D: "102. Two-in-one shampoo and conditioner brand"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
• Similar words include: impertinent, saucy, irreverent
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PERT

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68D: "103. Paris's Panthéon, for one"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
• Similar words include: grave
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOMB

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69D: "104. Latin list shortener, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ETAL

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70D: "105. Risqué message"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Think of something that the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEXT

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71D: "108. Italian architect Ponti"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

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• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GIO

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72D: "109. Nest builder"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that adult female chicken
• Similar words include: biddy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HEN

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73D: "110. Awe"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a joke that seems extremely funny
• Similar words include: belly laugh, howler, scream
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: WOW

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74D: "111. "___ heard enough!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IVE

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Today's Puzzle Stats

60 Across Clues

74 Down Clues

134 Total Clues

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