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Friday, July 19, 2024

June 20, 1998 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - June 20, 1998

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

  • 1. Parentheses, e.g.: ARCS
  • 5. What partyers raise: HELL
  • 9. Part of a defense: MOAT
  • 13. Makes a bundle: BALES
  • 15. Suffix with buck: AROO
  • 16. Jason's craft: ARGO
  • 17. How Robin Hood won some contests?: BYANARROWMARGIN
  • 20. Many surgical procedures: REMOVALS
  • 21. Fuel gas: BUTANE
  • 22. Go ballistic: RAGE
  • 23. TV guides, nowadays: RATINGS
  • 24. Dyed brown?: DIDANUMBERON
  • 28. Settle down: ROOST
  • 29. Mail letters: RFD
  • 30. Poker player's declaration: IMIN
  • 34. Cobbler's tool: AWL
  • 35. Kind of nerve: SCIATIC
  • 39. Hoopla: ADO
  • 40. Power unit: WATT
  • 42. Folk rock's ___ DiFranco: ANI
  • 43. Lit: OILED
  • 45. Failed as a corn farmer?: HADANEARMISS
  • 49. Poetic analogies: SIMILES
  • 52. "Arterio-" counterpart: VENO
  • 53. Mythical character in "The Inferno": CHARON
  • 54. Of an orbital point: PERIGEAL
  • 58. What Frosty's friends said about him?: HESSUCHANICEGUY
  • 60. It holds a yard: MAST
  • 61. Pianist Gilels: EMIL
  • 62. Messenger of Gott: ENGEL
  • 63. Cinnabar, taconite, etc.: ORES
  • 64. Fishing boat: DORY
  • 65. Fictional surname of 1847: EYRE

Down:

  • 1. This answer, for instance: ABBR
  • 2. Zany Martha: RAYE
  • 3. Smacker: CLAM
  • 4. Married mujeres: SENORAS
  • 5. Cotton Club site: HARLEM
  • 6. Love child?: EROS
  • 7. Blue: LOW
  • 8. Annual college football award: LOMBARDI
  • 9. Popular cocktail: MARTINI
  • 10. Generous donation: ORGAN
  • 11. Winery process: AGING
  • 12. Color or coloratura variations: TONES
  • 14. They're brilliant: SAVANTS
  • 18. Certain sauce: RAGU
  • 19. Prefix with focus: AUTO
  • 23. Taken by force, old-style: REFT
  • 24. Western command: DRAW
  • 25. Part of the Corn Belt: IOWA
  • 26. Airhead: DOLT
  • 27. Egghead: BRAIN
  • 31. African country: MALI
  • 32. One 13th?: IDES
  • 33. Acceptances: NODS
  • 36. Rhythmic: CADENCED
  • 37. Claire and Balin: INAS
  • 38. Entablature top: CORNICE
  • 41. Yens: THIRSTS
  • 44. Half of a 1950's comedy team: IMOGENE
  • 46. 1968-69 Pirates All-Star: ALOU
  • 47. Half-and-half: EVENLY
  • 48. Gas: Prefix: AERI
  • 49. Jerk: SCHMO
  • 50. Audio translation: IHEAR
  • 51. Tricky billiard shot: MASSE
  • 54. Match: PAIR
  • 55. Like some batters: EGGY
  • 56. Violinist Leopold: AUER
  • 57. Sparky who pitched: LYLE
  • 59. Medical provider grp.: HMO
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Friday, August 9, 2024

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 | NYT crossword clues answers - Blogs

The Crossword hints blog is an one of the most popular crossword clue puzzles with answers solver. Here are the clues and answers for today nyt puzzle.

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 04, 2004

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

Across Clues and Answers:

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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

27438 Wed Dec 25, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 25, 2024

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

Wed Dec 25, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues
Wed Dec 25, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues


Across Clues with Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Franken and Sharpton. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALS

    Possible Answer : atomic_number_13, Alabama, Lou_Gehrig's_disease, aluminium, amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis, Al, AL, Heart_of_Dixie, ALS, Camellia_State, aluminum


  • The clue is 4. Like many college dorms. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COED


  • The clue is 8. Wood-shaping tool. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RASP

    Possible Answer : wood_file, rasping, rasp


  • The clue is 12. State school near the Allegheny River, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PITT

    Possible Answer : Pitt_the_Younger, Pitt, William_Pitt, First_Earl_of_Chatham, George_Dibdin_Pitt, Second_Earl_of_Chatham, George_Pitt, George_Dibdin-Pitt, Pitt_the_Elder


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

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

    The answer: SUCKA


  • The clue is 15. Kuwaiti leader. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EMIR

    Possible Answer : ameer, emir, emeer, amir


  • The clue is 16. Destination for the Taj Express. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGRA

    Possible Answer : Agra


  • The clue is 17. Upper atmosphere. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ETHER

    Possible Answer : ethyl_ether, ether, divinyl_ether, aether, ethoxyethane, quintessence, vinyl_ether, diethyl_ether


  • The clue is 18. Atmosphere in the room. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: VIBE

    Possible Answer : vibe, vibration


  • The clue is 19. Bud. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHUM

    Possible Answer : brother, pal, Oncorhynchus_keta, buddy, crony, chum, chum_salmon, sidekick


  • The clue is 20. Ding-dongs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MORONS

    Possible Answer : changeling, idiot, cretin, retard, imbecile, moron, half-wit, Moron


  • The clue is 22. "___ anges dans nos campagnes" (French carol). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LES

    Possible Answer : lupus_erythematosus, LE


  • The clue is 23. Start of an encrypted web address. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HTTPS

    Possible Answer : hypertext_transfer_protocol, HTTP


  • The clue is 25. More, on a music score. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PIU


  • The clue is 26. What some fear A.I. might become. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AWARE

    Possible Answer : cognisant, aware, cognizant, mindful

    Possible Opposite Answer : unaware, unmindful


  • The clue is 28. Format for an English final, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ESSAYTEST


  • The clue is 30. Instruction from a taxi driver. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GETIN


  • The clue is 31. ___ Blanc. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MONT


  • The clue is 32. Best in a hot dog competition. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OUTEAT


  • The clue is 33. Outfits. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GETUPS

    Possible Answer : outfit, rig, turnout, getup


  • The clue is 37. Actress Rooney of 2015's "Carol". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MARA

    Possible Answer : Dolichotis_patagonum, mara, Mara


  • The clue is 39. Sailor's "Stop!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AVAST


  • The clue is 40. Large waterfalls. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CATARACTS

    Possible Answer : cataract


  • The clue is 45. Unidentified person, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RANDO


  • The clue is 46. Ox's stablemate in a traditional Nativity scene. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASS

    Possible Answer : rear, shag, nooky, seat, tush, derriere, buns, fanny, arsenic, tooshie, screw, stern, behind, bum, rump, AS, fucking, keister, prat, atomic_number_33, bottom, nates, rear_end, fuck, piece_of_ass, tail, posterior, butt, fundament, backside, ass, shtup, As, arse, American_Samoa, hindquarters, screwing, buttocks, nookie, tail_end, Eastern_Samoa, piece_of_tail, hind_end, roll_in_the_hay, can


  • The clue is 47. Skate park jump. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OLLIE


  • The clue is 48. OLED alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LCD

    Possible Answer : LCD, liquid_crystal_display


  • The clue is 49. Insect with a single ear found on its chest. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MANTIS

    Possible Answer : mantid, mantis


  • The clue is 52. Watch over. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TEND

    Possible Answer : incline, be_given, lean, tend, run


  • The clue is 53. Hungarian violinist Leopold. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AUER


  • The clue is 55. Base boss, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SARGE


  • The clue is 56. "Every cloud ___ silver lining". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HASA


  • The clue is 57. Animated clownfish. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEMO


  • The clue is 58. Name derived from the Greek for "peace". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IRENE


  • The clue is 59. Whence the gingerbread man. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OVEN

    Possible Answer : oven


  • The clue is 60. Funny Arnaz. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DESI


  • The clue is 61. Votes for. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AYES


  • The clue is 62. Pairs of jolly bells?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELS

    Possible Answer : ALT, el, overhead_railway, altitude, elevation, elevated_railroad, EL, elevated_railway, elevated


Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

    The answer: APACHE

    Possible Answer: Apache, apache

  • The clue is 2. What might be strung from the item hidden in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LIGHTS

    Possible Answer: fire_up, lighting, luminousness, get_off, lighter, alight, get_down, light, illume, visible_radiation, lightness, spark, visible_light, illumine, ignite, perch, Inner_Light, fall, luminance, light_source, sparkle, luminosity, igniter, brightness, brightness_level, dismount, light_up, illuminate, Christ_Within, illumination, Light_Within, unhorse, twinkle, Light, ignitor

    Possible Opposite Answer : extinguish, dark

  • The clue is 3. Walks with confidence. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STRUTS

    Possible Answer: prance, sashay, strut, cock, ruffle, swagger, tittup

  • The clue is 4. Prepare, as a watermelon. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CUTOPEN

  • The clue is 5. Holiday carol … or a literal hint to what can be drawn by connecting nine letters when this puzzle is finished. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OCHRISTMASTREE

  • The clue is 6. Just manage, as a win. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EKEOUT

  • The clue is 7. Mend, as a stocking. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DARN

    Possible Answer: tinker's_damn, patch, red_cent, darn, tinker's_dam, hoot, shucks, mend, shit, damn

  • The clue is 8. Cleric's title: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REV

    Possible Answer: rpm, revolutions_per_minute, rev_up, rev

  • The clue is 9. "Have you started without me?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AMILATE

  • The clue is 10. Region near the North Pole. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SIBERIA

    Possible Answer: Siberia

  • The clue is 11. What might be set under the item hidden in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PRESENT

    Possible Answer: represent, stage, portray, present_tense, present, exhibit, deliver, pose, nowadays, gift, salute, face, award, acquaint, submit, demo, give, lay_out, demonstrate, confront, show, introduce

    Possible Opposite Answer : future, absent

  • The clue is 13. Florida city or bay. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TAMPA

    Possible Answer: Tampa

  • The clue is 14. School yr. part. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEM

  • The clue is 21. Arizona's ___ National Park. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAGUARO

    Possible Answer: Carnegiea_gigantea, saguaro, sahuaro

  • The clue is 24. Red nose during wintertime, maybe?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SYMPTOM

    Possible Answer: symptom

  • The clue is 27. Like fresh paint. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WET

    Possible Answer: fuddled, smashed, sozzled, lactating, pie-eyed, blind_drunk, loaded, stiff, crocked, wet, besotted, soaked, moisture, pixilated, tight, blotto, squiffy, sloshed, plastered, pissed, cockeyed, slopped, soused

    Possible Opposite Answer : dry

  • The clue is 29. Go-___. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOS

  • The clue is 32. Singer Rita. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORA

    Possible Answer: oculus_sinister, bone, osmium, os, Os, atomic_number_76, OS, operating_system

  • The clue is 33. What might be draped from the item hidden in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GARLAND

    Possible Answer: Judy_Garland, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei, Garland, miscellany, florilegium, wreath

  • The clue is 34. One seeking refuge from a dangerous situation. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EVACUEE

    Possible Answer: evacuee

  • The clue is 35. Some two-seaters. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TANDEMS

    Possible Answer: tandem_bicycle, tandem, bicycle-built-for-two

  • The clue is 36. Euro competitor, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: USD

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

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

    The answer: ATSIGNS

  • The clue is 40. Tweety Bird, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CANARY

    Possible Answer: snitch, canary_yellow, stool_pigeon, canary_bird, sneaker, stoolpigeon, fink, sneak, snitcher, stoolie, canary-yellow, canary

  • The clue is 41. Even if, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALTHO

  • The clue is 42. Rend. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CLEAVE

    Possible Answer: rive, cohere, stick, adhere, split, cling, cleave

  • The clue is 43. What might be hung from the item hidden in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TINSEL

    Possible Answer: tinsel

  • The clue is 44. Civics, for example. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEDANS

    Possible Answer: sedan, saloon, sedan_chair

  • The clue is 50. Where most of the world's rice and tea is grown. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASIA

    Possible Answer: Asia

  • The clue is 51. Word repeated in the lyric "Do you ___ what I ___?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEE

    Possible Answer: get_wind, find, view, picture, envision, interpret, come_across, visualize, visit, learn, determine, understand, figure, go_through, run_across, visualise, catch, watch, ensure, get_a_line, reckon, construe, fancy, examine, check, see_to_it, find_out, pick_up, take_in, escort, image, realise, consider, see, hear, ascertain, experience, run_into, encounter, control, go_steady, project, assure, attend, regard, take_care, look, witness, get_word, insure, go_out, date, meet, discover, realize

  • The clue is 54. King of France. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROI

    Possible Answer: return_on_invested_capital, ROI, return_on_investment

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Sunday, August 24, 2025

January 26, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Friday, January 26, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 26, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

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. Life-jacket stuffing"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
  • Similar words include: white silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra, vegetable silk
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KAPOK

2A: "6. Respond to an S O S"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
  • Similar words include: facilitate, assistance, service
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HELP

3A: "10. How wild ones run"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that frenzied as if possessed by a demon
  • Similar words include: murderously, possessed, demoniacal
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMOK

4A: "14. Solo"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that isolated from others
  • Similar words include: solo, only, solitary
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALONE

5A: "15. Kind of code"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
  • Similar words include: arena, expanse, region
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AREA

6A: "16. Tidal wave"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who evokes boredom
  • Similar words include: eagre, assume, carry
  • Opposite of: interest
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BORE

7A: "17. Prepares potatoes, in a way"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
  • Similar words include: Sir Tim Rice, Elmer Reizenstein, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RICES

8A: "18. Religious lore"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HIEROLOGY

9A: "20. Jaunty"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  • Similar words include: dapper, spruce, raffish
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAKISH

10A: "22. G. O'Hara's pop song: 1918"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KKKKATY

11A: "23. Milton's serpent monster"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELLOPS

12A: "25. Down a comestible"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that take in solid food
  • Similar words include: exhaust, consume, rust
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EAT

13A: "26. Naïve"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
  • Similar words include: uncultured, uncultivated, ingenuous
  • Opposite of: disingenuous, artful
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARTLESS

14A: "28. Tried for lofty goals"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  • Similar words include: aim, shoot for, draw a bead on
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASPIRED

15A: "32. Where to borrow bks."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIB

16A: "33. Manila measures"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large quantity of written matter
  • Similar words include: ream
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REAMS

17A: "35. Eight-ball material"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
  • Similar words include: pearl, off-white, tusk
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IVORY

18A: "36. Conductor Buketoff"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IGOR

19A: "38. Hungarian "cubist""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUBIK

20A: "40. French magazine"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELLE

21A: "41. Angry fan"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BOOER

22A: "43. Long-eared S.A. rodents"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that hindu god of death; opposite of kama
  • Similar words include: Mara, mara, Dolichotis patagonum
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MARAS

23A: "45. Celtic Neptune"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sea personified; father of manannan; corresponds to welsh llyr
  • Similar words include: Lir
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LER

24A: "46. Annoying"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - edmund burke; ; - mark twain
  • Similar words include: boring, dull, tedious
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IRKSOME

25A: "48. Tyrannize"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
  • Similar words include: crush, suppress, persecute
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OPPRESS

26A: "50. Piper's due"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something that remunerates
  • Similar words include: give, devote, bear
  • Opposite of: default
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PAY

27A: "51. Like some bills"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that without payment
  • Similar words include: amateur, recreational, volunteer
  • Opposite of: paid
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNPAID

28A: "52. Coincide in part"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
  • Similar words include: intersection, convergence, lap
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OVERLAP

29A: "55. Mail suits"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that protective covering made of metal and used in combat
  • Similar words include: armour, armor
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARMORS

30A: "58. Typical Tyson triumphs"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a very attractive or seductive looking woman
  • Similar words include: beauty, sweetheart, kayo
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KNOCKOUTS

31A: "60. Carroll's "slithy ___""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TOVES

32A: "61. Moola"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that informal terms for money
  • Similar words include: shekels, moolah, dough
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GELT

33A: "62. Deer: Ger."

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REHE

34A: "63. "While memory holds ___ ... ": Shak."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASEAT

35A: "64. Bikini tops"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
  • Similar words include: bra, brassiere, bandeau
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BRAS

36A: "65. Limned"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states actor (born in ireland); father of georgiana emma barrymore (1827-1862)
  • Similar words include: draw off, trace, take in
  • Opposite of: push, repel
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DREW

37A: "66. Kin of wimps"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
  • Similar words include: nerd, dweeb, swot
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NERDS

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1D: "1. Bassist Gary ___"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KARR

2D: "2. Suffix for margin or Saturn"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALIA

3D: "3. Soft-cover volume"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that your personal financial means
  • Similar words include: pocket book, purse, handbag
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: POCKETBOOK

4D: "4. Oona or Tip"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONEILL

5D: "5. "Big Red Bus" author"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KESSLER

6D: "6. Gotcha!"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HAH

7D: "7. Actors Estrada and Rhodes"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERIKS

8D: "8. Amaryllis family member"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
  • Similar words include: Allium porrum, scallion
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEEK

9D: "9. Inventor of celluloid"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that place temporarily
  • Similar words include: park
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PARKES

10D: "10. ___ absolute (construction oft used by Caesar)"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
  • Similar words include: ablative case
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ABLATIVE

11D: "11. Debatable"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
  • Similar words include: arguable, deliberate, debatable
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MOOT

12D: "12. Bacchic party"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any act of immoderate indulgence
  • Similar words include: splurge, debauch, debauchery
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORGY

13D: "13. Lock's buddy"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
  • Similar words include: paint, primal, key fruit
  • Opposite of: atonality
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KEY

14D: "19. Giraffe's cousin"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
  • Similar words include: Okapia johnstoni
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OKAPI

15D: "21. Fire extinguisher"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HOSER

16D: "24. Psalm, to a prêtre"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PSAUME

17D: "26. Ironclad defense, usually"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
  • Similar words include: exculpation, excuse, self-justification
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALIBI

18D: "27. Harshness"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something hard to endure
  • Similar words include: asperity, grimness, severeness
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RIGOR

19D: "28. " ... arms/Are strong ___ bands": Longfellow"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASIRON

20D: "29. Reinvested in C.D.'s, e.g."

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROLLEDOVER

21D: "30. Novelist Gardner et al."

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERLES

22D: "31. Cloth colorers"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone whose job is to dye cloth
  • Similar words include: dyer
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DYERS

23D: "34. President of Gabon: 1961-67"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a master's degree in business
  • Similar words include: Master in Business Administration, Master in Business
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MBA

24D: "37. Social payment"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem
  • Similar words include: respectfulness, prise, value
  • Opposite of: disesteem, disrespect
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RESPECTS

25D: "39. Greek letter"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the 10th letter of the greek alphabet
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KAPPA

26D: "42. "Masters Without Slaves" author"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROARK

27D: "44. Frugal"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a resident of sparta
  • Similar words include: severe, ascetic, ascetical
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPARTAN

28D: "47. Petruchio, to Kate"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MYLORD

29D: "49. Having cracks and crevices"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RIMOSE

30D: "51. Kaufman's "___ Down Staircase""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UPTHE

31D: "52. Lollapalooza"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that in operation or operational
  • Similar words include: unrivalled, unitary, i
  • Opposite of: off
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONER

32D: "53. Palm or sole"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: VOLA

33D: "54. Violinist Leopold"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AUER

34D: "56. Peruse"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something that is read
  • Similar words include: translate, register, learn
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: READ

35D: "57. J.F.K. speedsters"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SSTS

36D: "58. U.S.S.R. security police"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that formerly the predominant security police organization of soviet russia
  • Similar words include: Soviet KGB, Committee for State Security
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KGB

37D: "59. Stitch"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
  • Similar words include: run up, stitch, tailor
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEW

Puzzle Stats

37 Across
37 Down
74 Total

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