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NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: May 15, 2025

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NY Times Crossword Answers May 15, 2025 

Across Clues and Answers (39)

Clue #1: 1. Workplace that often has sawdust

4-letter answer Answer: SHOP

Word Help: Synonyms: snitch, shop_class, frequent
Antonyms: boycott

Clue #2: 5. Offered up gossip

6-letter answer Answer: DISHED

Word Help: Synonyms: dish-shaped, serve, patelliform

Clue #3: 11. Close one, for short

3-letter answer Answer: BFF

Clue #4: 14. Part of a house that might shade part of a patio

4-letter answer Answer: EAVE

Clue #5: 15. African creature whose name is one letter away from what its horns might do

6-letter answer Answer: IMPALA

Word Help: Synonyms: Aepyceros_melampus, impala

Clue #6: 16. Constitutional change long endorsed by NOW

3-letter answer Answer: ERA

Word Help: Synonyms: era, ERA, geological_era

Clue #7: 17. Some colorful apparel

12-letter answer Answer: TIEDYESHIRTS

Clue #8: 19. Bagel-and-schmear go-with

3-letter answer Answer: LOX

Word Help: Synonyms: lox, liquid_oxygen, LOX

Clue #9: 20. Longtime deodorant brand

5-letter answer Answer: ARRID

Clue #10: 21. Crazy about

4-letter answer Answer: INTO

Clue #11: 22. Number on a clothing tag

4-letter answer Answer: SIZE

Word Help: Synonyms: size_of_it, size, sizing

Clue #12: 23. Unnatural sight, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: ESP

Word Help: Synonyms: ESP, second_sight, clairvoyance

Clue #13: 24. Outperforms

4-letter answer Answer: TOPS

Word Help: Synonyms: upside, round_top, elevation
Antonyms: bottom

Clue #14: 26. Certain grain source

7-letter answer Answer: RYESEED

Clue #15: 28. What might bring down the house?

5-letter answer Answer: ARSON

Word Help: Synonyms: incendiarism, arson, fire-raising

Clue #16: 30. Male film character played by a female terrier named Terry

4-letter answer Answer: TOTO

Clue #17: 31. Brother Felipe, Matty or Jesus of baseball

4-letter answer Answer: ALOU

Clue #18: 32. Accessory for a guitar neck

4-letter answer Answer: CAPO

Word Help: Synonyms: capo

Clue #19: 35. Thingamajigs

5-letter answer Answer: ITEMS

Word Help: Synonyms: token, detail, particular

Clue #20: 39. Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across

15-letter answer Answer: DOUBLENEGATIVES

Clue #21: 42. "In conclusion …"

5-letter answer Answer: ANDSO

Clue #22: 43. Darn it!

4-letter answer Answer: TEAR

Word Help: Synonyms: rent, shoot, snap

Clue #23: 44. Tilt

4-letter answer Answer: LEAN

Word Help: Synonyms: inclination, tilt, leaning
Antonyms: rich, fat

Clue #24: 45. Chimney part

4-letter answer Answer: FLUE

Word Help: Synonyms: flue_pipe, labial_pipe, flue

Clue #25: 47. Secret rendezvous

5-letter answer Answer: TRYST

Word Help: Synonyms: tryst, assignation, rendezvous

Clue #26: 49. Old-fashioned homemade cleaner

7-letter answer Answer: LYESOAP

Clue #27: 52. Call for delivery?

4-letter answer Answer: PUSH

Word Help: Synonyms: push_button, tug, crusade
Antonyms: pull

Clue #28: 54. Org. concerned with nationwide traffic

3-letter answer Answer: DEA

Word Help: Synonyms: DEA, Drug_Enforcement_Administration, Drug_Enforcement_Agency

Clue #29: 56. Scent

4-letter answer Answer: ODOR

Word Help: Synonyms: odour, olfactory_property, smell

Clue #30: 57. Spoils

4-letter answer Answer: LOOT

Word Help: Synonyms: moolah, simoleons, bread

Clue #31: 59. Hoops great ___ Thomas

5-letter answer Answer: ISIAH

Clue #32: 61. Cow's chew

3-letter answer Answer: CUD

Word Help: Synonyms: cud, wad, chaw

Clue #33: 62. Des Moines's domain

12-letter answer Answer: HAWKEYESTATE

Clue #34: 64. Word after tell or catch

3-letter answer Answer: ALL

Word Help: Synonyms: whole, all, totally
Antonyms: partly, some

Clue #35: 65. Directs

6-letter answer Answer: STEERS

Word Help: Synonyms: manoeuver, head, bullock

Clue #36: 66. Sphere ... or 4πr², for the surface of a sphere

4-letter answer Answer: AREA

Word Help: Synonyms: sphere, field, surface_area

Clue #37: 67. Shortest among the top 25 most common U.S. surnames

3-letter answer Answer: LEE

Word Help: Synonyms: Shelton_Jackson_Lee, downwind, lee_side
Antonyms: windward

Clue #38: 68. Scottish cryptid, informally

6-letter answer Answer: NESSIE

Word Help: Synonyms: Nessie, Loch_Ness_monster

Clue #39: 69. Any member in the group with the 1965 hit "Turn! Turn! Turn!"

4-letter answer Answer: BYRD

Word Help: Synonyms: Richard_E._Byrd, Admiral_Byrd, Byrd

Across Clues and Answers (39)

Clue #1: 1. Small, clingy bristles on a gecko's foot

5-letter answer Answer: SETAE

Word Help: Synonyms: seta

Clue #2: 2. Establishment where things are cut and dried?

9-letter answer Answer: HAIRSALON

Clue #3: 3. Self-satisfied and then some

9-letter answer Answer: OVERPROUD

Word Help: Synonyms: overproud

Clue #4: 4. Spa service, for short

4-letter answer Answer: PEDI

Clue #5: 5. Exhibit in a natural history museum, informally

4-letter answer Answer: DINO

Clue #6: 6. Cool cat's "Roger that"

5-letter answer Answer: IMHIP

Clue #7: 7. Dizzy feeling, with "the"

5-letter answer Answer: SPINS

Word Help: Synonyms: spin_around, gyrate, twirl

Clue #8: 8. Eponym of the N.H.L.'s M.V.P. award

4-letter answer Answer: HART

Word Help: Synonyms: Lorenz_Hart, Lorenz_Milton_Hart, stag

Clue #9: 9. Charger in una corrida

6-letter answer Answer: ELTORO

Clue #10: 10. Chargers in courts, for short

3-letter answer Answer: DAS

Word Help: Synonyms: das, district_attorney, cony

Clue #11: 11. Prove untrue

5-letter answer Answer: BELIE

Word Help: Synonyms: contradict, belie, misrepresent

Clue #12: 12. Suddenly went still

5-letter answer Answer: FROZE

Word Help: Synonyms: suspend, immobilize, freeze_out
Antonyms: boil, unblock

Clue #13: 13. Like some documents in the pre-internet age

5-letter answer Answer: FAXED

Word Help: Synonyms: telefax, fax, facsimile

Clue #14: 18. Acknowledge nonverbally

5-letter answer Answer: NODTO

Clue #15: 22. With an air of haughtiness

8-letter answer Answer: SNOOTILY

Word Help: Synonyms: snobbishly, snootily, uppishly

Clue #16: 25. In days past

4-letter answer Answer: ONCE

Word Help: Synonyms: once, in_one_case, erst

Clue #17: 27. Shout in a game of tag

5-letter answer Answer: NOTIT

Clue #18: 29. Replaces

7-letter answer Answer: SUBSFOR

Clue #19: 30. Caesar wrap?

4-letter answer Answer: TOGA

Word Help: Synonyms: toga

Clue #20: 31. ___ Lovelace, mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron

3-letter answer Answer: ADA

Word Help: Synonyms: ADA, adenosine_deaminase

Clue #21: 33. Lead-in to chamber

4-letter answer Answer: ANTE

Word Help: Synonyms: ante

Clue #22: 34. Letter before cue

3-letter answer Answer: PEE

Word Help: Synonyms: water, weewee, piss

Clue #23: 36. Mark Twain tale narrated in the first person by a noted first woman

9-letter answer Answer: EVESDIARY

Clue #24: 37. Carnivore

9-letter answer Answer: MEATEATER

Clue #25: 38. Fig. written in boxes on a W-9

3-letter answer Answer: SSN

Clue #26: 40. Woman's name spelled out in a 1970 hit

4-letter answer Answer: LOLA

Clue #27: 41. Liberal ___

4-letter answer Answer: ARTS

Word Help: Synonyms: liberal_arts, fine_art, artistry

Clue #28: 46. Burning the midnight oil, say

6-letter answer Answer: UPLATE

Clue #29: 48. Beast with a horn

5-letter answer Answer: RHINO

Word Help: Synonyms: rhinoceros, rhino

Clue #30: 49. In the neighborhood

5-letter answer Answer: LOCAL

Word Help: Synonyms: topical_anesthetic, local_anesthetic, local
Antonyms: national, express

Clue #31: 50. Small bump

6-letter answer Answer: NODULE

Word Help: Synonyms: nodule, tubercle

Clue #32: 51. Word after wet, pool or chicken

6-letter answer Answer: NOODLE

Word Help: Synonyms: noggin, bean, noodle

Clue #33: 52. Slow sorts, in slang

5-letter answer Answer: POKES

Word Help: Synonyms: stab, prod, paper_bag

Clue #34: 53. Baby carriers

5-letter answer Answer: UTERI

Word Help: Synonyms: uterus, womb

Clue #35: 55. In the lead

5-letter answer Answer: AHEAD

Word Help: Synonyms: in_the_lead, before, forwards
Antonyms: backward, back

Clue #36: 58. Is behind

4-letter answer Answer: OWES

Word Help: Synonyms: owe

Clue #37: 60. Shot in the dark

4-letter answer Answer: STAB

Word Help: Synonyms: stab, pang, prod

Clue #38: 62. Sister channel of QVC

3-letter answer Answer: HSN

Clue #39: 63. Narrow amount to win by

4-letter answer Answer: NOSE

Word Help: Synonyms: poke, wind, nozzle

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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No 27372 Thursday Oct 17, 2024 NYT Crossword by August Lee-Kovach and Joel Fagliano

Across Clues :

1. Fed the kitty, perhaps, 7. Salve, 11. #1 pal, 14. Hercule's creator, 15. One who might make a comeback?, 16. Hebrew name meaning "my God", 17. Much ado about some punctuation?, 19. No pro, 20. It's often gained by knocking, 21. Only city that entirely surrounds a country, 22. Request from Oliver Twist, 23. Nutrition fig., 24. Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence?, 26. She served on the court with Antonin and Anthony, 29. Silky fabrics, 30. Hunting cap feature, 34. 1930s vice president John ___ Garner, 35. Harsh words regarding the past and the present?, 38. Harbor sights, 39. Take off, 40. Commercial success?, 42. Shipmate of Capt. Kirk, 46. Brawl over what to call a piece of writing?, 50. Toddler's need, maybe, 51. Grassy expanses, 52. Regarding, 53. Build, as a relationship, 55. Possibilities, 56. Punny summary of the battle between editor and writer seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 46-Across?, 58. Ornamental pond fish, 59. Cross paths, 60. Pill bug, e.g., 61. The Middle Ages or the Renaissance, 62. ___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park", 63. Ending point of the first marathon

Thursday Oct 17, 2024 NYT Crossword by August Lee-Kovach and Joel Fagliano

Down Clues :

1. Sprinkling on a lox bagel, 2. What is to be done?, 3. Pattern of intersecting stripes, 4. Use a spoon, say, 5. What Alexander Graham Bell suggested as the standard telephone-answering greeting, 6. Thomas Lincoln, familiarly, 7. Industry mogul, 8. Don't you forget it!, 9. Light units, 10. Violent sport, for short, 11. Flattering, as clothing, 12. First city in Europe with paved streets (1339), 13. Touch, 18. Gru's twin brother in the "Despicable Me" franchise, 22. Blue lobsters and white tigers, e.g., 24. Half-baked?, 25. Drawings that might encounter problems with intellectual property law, 27. Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth, 28. Do some grapplin', 31. Was up, 32. Big feller?, 33. Drug also called "rocket fuel" or "ozone," for short, 35. Absolutely amazing, 36. One side of a perpetual war in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four", 37. "Stop right there!", 38. Tall and pointy, as ears, 41. Uses TurboTax, perhaps, 43. Green, say, 44. Scenic spot to snorkel, 45. Overturns, 47. Dirt, 48. Climate activist Thunberg, 49. Billy Joel's "Tell ___ About It", 53. Observe Ramadan, in a way, 54. "Then again …," in a text, 56. Bon ___, 57. K.G.B. rival during the Cold War

Break down the NO. 27373 NYT Crosswords: October 17, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Fed the kitty, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATSAT




• The clue is 7. Salve. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BALM

  Possible Answer : salve, ointment, unction, unguent, balm




• The clue is 11. #1 pal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BFF




• The clue is 14. Hercule's creator. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGATHA




• The clue is 15. One who might make a comeback?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALUM

  Possible Answer : alum, ammonia_alum, alumna, grad, ammonium_alum, potash_alum, alumnus, graduate, potassium_alum




• The clue is 16. Hebrew name meaning "my God". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELI




• The clue is 17. Much ado about some punctuation?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PERIODDRAMA




• The clue is 19. No pro. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CON

  Possible Answer : bunko_game, diddle, hornswoggle, short-change, mulct, learn, gip, yard_bird, memorize, victimize, rook, convict, memorise, inmate, swindle, sting, bunco_game, nobble, goldbrick, con, hustle, gyp, con_game, bunco, yardbird, scam, flimflam, defraud, confidence_trick, bunko, confidence_game

  Possible Opposite Answer : pro




• The clue is 20. It's often gained by knocking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTRY

  Possible Answer : introduction, debut, accounting_entry, unveiling, entry, incoming, submission, entree, entryway, ledger_entry, entrance, entering, entranceway, ingress, first_appearance, launching




• The clue is 21. Only city that entirely surrounds a country. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROME

  Possible Answer : Roma, Rome, Italian_capital, Eternal_City, capital_of_Italy




• The clue is 22. Request from Oliver Twist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MORE

  Possible Answer : Sir_Thomas_More, more, more_than, to_a_greater_extent, More, Thomas_More

  Possible Opposite Answer : fewer, less




• The clue is 23. Nutrition fig.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RDA




• The clue is 24. Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUNONFUMES




• The clue is 26. She served on the court with Antonin and Anthony. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANDRA




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

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

  The answer: SATINS

  Possible Answer : satin




• The clue is 30. Hunting cap feature. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EARLAP

  Possible Answer : earflap, earlap




• The clue is 34. 1930s vice president John ___ Garner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NANCE

  Possible Answer : pouf, queen, nance, poof, fag, poove, fairy, faggot, pansy, fagot, queer




• The clue is 35. Harsh words regarding the past and the present?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENSEEXCHANGE




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

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

  The answer: BOATS

  Possible Answer : gravy_boat, gravy_holder, boat, sauceboat




• The clue is 39. Take off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEPART

  Possible Answer : start, sidetrack, deviate, depart, leave, take_off, part, go, straggle, vary, start_out, digress, set_forth, pull_up_stakes, set_out, take_leave, diverge, set_off, quit, go_away

  Possible Opposite Answer : stay, conform, come




• The clue is 40. Commercial success?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADSALE




• The clue is 42. Shipmate of Capt. Kirk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LTSULU




• The clue is 46. Brawl over what to call a piece of writing?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITLEFIGHT




• The clue is 50. Toddler's need, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAP

  Possible Answer : short_sleep, Napoleon, forty_winks, catch_a_wink, snooze, catnap, pile, cat_sleep, sleep, nap




• The clue is 51. Grassy expanses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAS

  Possible Answer : pastureland, ley, grazing_land, lea, pasture




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

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

  The answer: INRE




• The clue is 53. Build, as a relationship. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FORGE

  Possible Answer : fashion, mould, spurt, fake, contrive, smithy, shape, invent, devise, work, excogitate, spirt, mold, hammer, forge, counterfeit, formulate, form




• The clue is 55. Possibilities. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IFS




• The clue is 56. Punny summary of the battle between editor and writer seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 46-Across?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTERCATION

  Possible Answer : fracas, altercation, affray




• The clue is 58. Ornamental pond fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KOI




• The clue is 59. Cross paths. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEET

  Possible Answer : contact, run_across, fulfil, forgather, converge, assemble, run_into, match, suffer, get_together, receive, fulfill, gather, cope_with, satisfy, fit, play, fill, foregather, take_on, encounter, adjoin, sports_meeting, meet, see, come_across, touch, fitting, conform_to

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge




• The clue is 60. Pill bug, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISOPOD

  Possible Answer : isopod




• The clue is 61. The Middle Ages or the Renaissance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERA

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




• The clue is 62. ___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISLA




• The clue is 63. Ending point of the first marathon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATHENS

  Possible Answer : capital_of_Greece, Athens, Greek_capital, Athinai

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Sprinkling on a lox bagel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAPERS

  Possible Answer: play, job, prank, antic, gambol, romp, joke, capriole, put-on, trick, caper, frolic

• The clue is 2. What is to be done?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGENDA

  Possible Answer: schedule, agenda, docket, agendum, order_of_business

• The clue is 3. Pattern of intersecting stripes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TARTAN

  Possible Answer: plaid, tartan

• The clue is 4. Use a spoon, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STIR

  Possible Answer: conjure, agitate, shake, stir, stimulate, excite, raise, conjure_up, fuss, flurry, shake_up, bring_up, shift, hustle, splash, ado, invoke, budge, call_forth, evoke, arouse, bustle, touch, put_forward, call_down

• The clue is 5. What Alexander Graham Bell suggested as the standard telephone-answering greeting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHOY

• The clue is 6. Thomas Lincoln, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAD

  Possible Answer: shade, tad

• The clue is 7. Industry mogul. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BARON

  Possible Answer: business_leader, magnate, mogul, tycoon, baron, power, big_businessman, king, top_executive

• The clue is 8. Don't you forget it!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALAMO

  Possible Answer: Alamo

• The clue is 9. Light units. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUMENS

  Possible Answer: lumen, lm

• The clue is 10. Violent sport, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MMA

• The clue is 11. Flattering, as clothing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BECOMING

  Possible Answer: suit, decent, decorous, becoming, comely, seemly, turn, comme_il_faut, become, get, go

• The clue is 12. First city in Europe with paved streets (1339). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLORENCE

  Possible Answer: Florence, Firenze

• The clue is 13. Touch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FINESSE

  Possible Answer: delicacy, discreetness, diplomacy, finesse

• The clue is 18. Gru's twin brother in the "Despicable Me" franchise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRU

• The clue is 22. Blue lobsters and white tigers, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUTANTS

  Possible Answer: mutation, sport, mutant, variation

• The clue is 24. Half-baked?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RARE

  Possible Answer: rarified, rare, rarefied, uncommon

• The clue is 25. Drawings that might encounter problems with intellectual property law. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FANART

• The clue is 27. Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DENTALS

  Possible Answer: dental_consonant, dental, alveolar, alveolar_consonant

• The clue is 28. Do some grapplin'. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RASSLE

• The clue is 31. Was up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LED

  Possible Answer: chair, guide, precede, direct, leave, go, take, head, conduce, extend, run, LED, top, light-emitting_diode, pass, result, contribute, conduct, moderate, lead

  Possible Opposite Answer : follow

• The clue is 32. Big feller?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXE

  Possible Answer: ax, axe

• The clue is 33. Drug also called "rocket fuel" or "ozone," for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PCP

  Possible Answer: phencyclidine_hydrochloride, angel_dust, caregiver, health_professional, health_care_provider, phencyclidine, primary_care_provider, PCP

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

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

  The answer: TODIEFOR

• The clue is 36. One side of a perpetual war in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EASTASIA

• The clue is 37. "Stop right there!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALT

  Possible Answer: halt, lame, arrest, hold, stem, stop, stanch, freeze, check, hitch, staunch, stay, game, stoppage, kibosh, block, crippled, halting, gimpy

  Possible Opposite Answer : start

• The clue is 38. Tall and pointy, as ears. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATLIKE

• The clue is 41. Uses TurboTax, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EFILES

• The clue is 43. Green, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNRIPE

  Possible Answer: green, unripened, unripe, immature

  Possible Opposite Answer : ripe

• The clue is 44. Scenic spot to snorkel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAGOON

  Possible Answer: lagoon, laguna, lagune

• The clue is 45. Overturns. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPENDS

  Possible Answer: upend

• The clue is 47. Dirt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INTEL

• The clue is 48. Climate activist Thunberg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRETA

• The clue is 49. Billy Joel's "Tell ___ About It". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HER

• The clue is 53. Observe Ramadan, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAST

  Possible Answer: dissolute, dissipated, truehearted, tight, fasting, flying, degraded, firm, loyal, fast, immobile, degenerate, debauched, profligate, quick, riotous, libertine

  Possible Opposite Answer : slow

• The clue is 54. "Then again …," in a text. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTOH

• The clue is 56. Bon ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMI

• The clue is 57. K.G.B. rival during the Cold War. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CIA

  Possible Answer: Central_Intelligence_Agency, CIA

XWordHint Crossword Answers July 14, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (35 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (36 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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. Closest bud	3
2A	4. Put-up job	4
3A	8. Destination for some sci-fi travelers	4
4A	12. ___ and dear	4
5A	13. Magician's "Look at what I just did!"	4
6A	14. Supportive advocate, as for L.G.B.T.Q. rights	4
7A	15. Corrupting sorts, in an orchard metaphor	9
8A	17. Merest little chirp	4
9A	18. Folded French pancake	5
10A	19. ___ mode (in the fashionable style)	3
11A	20. Industry showcase	4
12A	21. Nightmares for nannies	12
13A	24. "We come in peace" speakers, in a sci-fi trope	6
14A	26. Youngest woman ever elected to Congress, familiarly	3
15A	27. + or – particle	3
16A	28. Word after twin, tanning or trundle	3
17A	31. Rapper ___ Rhymes	5
18A	35. Movie review site with a percentage rating scale	14
19A	39. Schnozzle	5
20A	40. Firefighter's tool	3
21A	41. Helpful posting at a trailhead	3
22A	42. "Stop, Look and Listen" spot, e.g., in brief	3
23A	44. Curiosity and Perseverance, for two	6
24A	47. Novelty dance with comical elbow-flapping	12
25A	52. Hasn't been canceled	4
26A	53. Stimpy's TV companion	3
27A	54. ___ peek	5
28A	57. State along a river of the same name	4
29A	58. Heading the wrong way ... or, interpreted culinarily, a hint to 15-, 21-, 35- and 47-Across	9
30A	60. Home in the woods	4
31A	61. Earring type	4
32A	62. Actress ___ Rachel Wood	4
33A	63. Half brother and rival of the goddess Athena	4
34A	64. Align	4
35A	65. Mo. with International Talk Like a Pirate Day	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Closest bud"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BFF

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2A: "4. Put-up job"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
• Similar words include: assume, shammer, fictive
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SHAM

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3A: "8. Destination for some sci-fi travelers"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the time that has elapsed
• Similar words include: retiring, past times, by
• Opposite of: present, future

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Answer: PAST

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4A: "12. ___ and dear"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move towards
• Similar words include: cheeseparing, nearly, virtually
• Opposite of: far

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Answer: NEAR

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5A: "13. Magician's "Look at what I just did!""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TADA

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6A: "14. Supportive advocate, as for L.G.B.T.Q. rights"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a friendly nation
• Similar words include: friend
• Opposite of: foe

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Answer: ALLY

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7A: "15. Corrupting sorts, in an orchard metaphor"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: BADAPPLES

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8A: "17. Merest little chirp"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the short weak cry of a young bird
• Similar words include: cheep, chirp, chirrup
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PEEP

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9A: "18. Folded French pancake"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
• Similar words include: French pancake, crepe paper, crape
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CREPE

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10A: "19. ___ mode (in the fashionable style)"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALA

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11A: "20. Industry showcase"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
• Similar words include: exposition, exhibition
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EXPO

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12A: "21. Nightmares for nannies"

12 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: SPOILEDBRATS

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13A: "24. "We come in peace" speakers, in a sci-fi trope"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
• Similar words include: foreigner, estrange, extraterrestrial being
• Opposite of: acquaintance, citizen

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Answer: ALIENS

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14A: "26. Youngest woman ever elected to Congress, familiarly"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AOC

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15A: "27. + or – particle"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ION

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16A: "28. Word after twin, tanning or trundle"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• Similar words include: bang, do it, hit the sack
• Opposite of: turn out, get up

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Answer: BED

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17A: "31. Rapper ___ Rhymes"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BUSTA

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18A: "35. Movie review site with a percentage rating scale"

14 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

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Answer: ROTTENTOMATOES

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19A: "39. Schnozzle"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Similar words include: snot, schnoz, beak
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SNOOT

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20A: "40. Firefighter's tool"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
• Similar words include: ax
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AXE

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21A: "41. Helpful posting at a trailhead"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
• Similar words include: mathematical function, mapping, single-valued function
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: MAP

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22A: "42. "Stop, Look and Listen" spot, e.g., in brief"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Similar words include: prostate specific antigen
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PSA

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23A: "44. Curiosity and Perseverance, for two"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
• Similar words include: bird of passage, rover, roamer
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ROVERS

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24A: "47. Novelty dance with comical elbow-flapping"

12 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____________

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Answer: FUNKYCHICKEN

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25A: "52. Hasn't been canceled"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ISON

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26A: "53. Stimpy's TV companion"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: REN

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27A: "54. ___ peek"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
• Similar words include: sneaky, lift, hook
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SNEAK

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28A: "57. State along a river of the same name"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
• Similar words include: OH, Ohio River, Buckeye State
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OHIO

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29A: "58. Heading the wrong way ... or, interpreted culinarily, a hint to 15-, 21-, 35- and 47-Across"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: OFFCOURSE

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30A: "60. Home in the woods"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
• Similar words include: snuggle, cuddle, draw close
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEST

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31A: "61. Earring type"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a man who is virile and sexually active
• Similar words include: scantling, dot, stud poker
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: STUD

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32A: "62. Actress ___ Rachel Wood"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EVAN

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33A: "63. Half brother and rival of the goddess Athena"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

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Answer: ARES

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34A: "64. Align"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

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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35A: "65. Mo. with International Talk Like a Pirate Day"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the month following august and preceding october
• Similar words include: Sept, September
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SEP

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Campsite crasher in the Rockies	4
2D	2. Gradually blends with	9
3D	3. Chilled coffee drink	6
4D	4. Longtime NASCAR sponsor	3
5D	5. Special request for a flight meal	5
6D	6. Singer with the best-selling album "21"	5
7D	7. Ancient fortress overlooking the Dead Sea	6
8D	8. Slice of Life or nick of Time?	8
9D	9. Assistant with a whisper mode	5
10D	10. Gave it a rest?	5
11D	11. Writing wrongs	5
12D	12. Jimmy Fallon's network	3
13D	16. Underappreciated worker, say	4
14D	22. Library ID	4
15D	23. Tea with tapioca pearls	4
16D	24. Publicizes	4
17D	25. Lake bird with a laughing call	4
18D	29. When U R due	3
19D	30. Reveal private info about, in online lingo	3
20D	32. "The audacity!"	9
21D	33. Lachrymal unit	4
22D	34. Nile reptiles	4
23D	36. Traditional sumo hairstyles	8
24D	37. Online crafts bazaar	4
25D	38. Hired soldier, in slang	4
26D	43. Unlike the direction of this clue's answer	6
27D	45. "All right. What's the big deal?"	4
28D	46. Concert sites	6
29D	47. Shrek's beloved	5
30D	48. Escort	5
31D	49. Snap, crackle or pop	5
32D	50. Sizable	5
33D	51. For kicks and giggles	5
34D	55. "I need this immediately"	4
35D	56. "She's everything. He's just ___" ("Barbie" tagline)	3
36D	59. Public health agcy.	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Campsite crasher in the Rockies"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
• Similar words include: wear, assume, behave
• Opposite of: bull

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BEAR

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2D: "2. Gradually blends with"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FADESINTO

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3D: "3. Chilled coffee drink"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that liqueur poured over shaved ice
• Similar words include: ice
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FRAPPE

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4D: "4. Longtime NASCAR sponsor"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that standard temperature and pressure
• Similar words include: s.t.p.
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STP

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5D: "5. Special request for a flight meal"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HALAL

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6D: "6. Singer with the best-selling album "21""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADELE

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7D: "7. Ancient fortress overlooking the Dead Sea"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MASADA

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8D: "8. Slice of Life or nick of Time?"

8 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PAPERCUT

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9D: "9. Assistant with a whisper mode"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ALEXA

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10D: "10. Gave it a rest?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that be able to accommodate for sleeping
• Similar words include: sleep, log Z's, kip
• Opposite of: wake

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SLEPT

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11D: "11. Writing wrongs"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
• Similar words include: typo, literal error, erratum
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TYPOS

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12D: "12. Jimmy Fallon's network"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NBC

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13D: "16. Underappreciated worker, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
• Similar words include: galley slave, drudge, navvy
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PEON

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14D: "22. Library ID"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ISBN

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15D: "23. Tea with tapioca pearls"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BOBA

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16D: "24. Publicizes"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that affected manners intended to impress others
• Similar words include: airwave, melodic line, gentle wind
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AIRS

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17D: "25. Lake bird with a laughing call"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a worthless lazy fellow
• Similar words include: birdbrain, addle-head, diver
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LOON

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18D: "29. When U R due"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Similar words include: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ETA

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19D: "30. Reveal private info about, in online lingo"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DOX

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20D: "32. "The audacity!""

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SOMENERVE

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21D: "33. Lachrymal unit"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
• Similar words include: teardrop, rent, deplume
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TEAR

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22D: "34. Nile reptiles"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Similar words include: Egyptian cobra, asp viper, Vipera aspis
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ASPS

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23D: "36. Traditional sumo hairstyles"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair
• Similar words include: topknot
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TOPKNOTS

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24D: "37. Online crafts bazaar"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ETSY

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25D: "38. Hired soldier, in slang"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MERC

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26D: "43. Unlike the direction of this clue's answer"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to the opposite side
• Similar words include: crossways, crosswise
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACROSS

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27D: "45. "All right. What's the big deal?""

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OKSO

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28D: "46. Concert sites"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
• Similar words include: locus, locale, venue
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VENUES

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29D: "47. Shrek's beloved"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FIONA

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30D: "48. Escort"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that irish prelate who deduced from the bible that creation occurred in the year 4004 bc (1581-1656)
• Similar words include: show, James Usher, James Ussher
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: USHER

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31D: "49. Snap, crackle or pop"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
• Similar words include: dissonance, disturbance, stochasticity
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOISE

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32D: "50. Sizable"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
• Similar words include: goodish, sizable, healthy
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HEFTY

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33D: "51. For kicks and giggles"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INFUN

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34D: "55. "I need this immediately""

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that as soon as possible
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ASAP

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35D: "56. "She's everything. He's just ___" ("Barbie" tagline)"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
• Similar words include: sight, cognizance
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KEN

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36D: "59. Public health agcy."

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a federal agency in the department of health and human services; located in atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
• Similar words include: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CDC

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