No 27,387 Fri Nov 01, 2024 NYT by Spencer Leach

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 01, 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. Like some tracks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVAL

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




• The clue is 5. ___ Demand Action (gun control advocacy group). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOMS

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




• The clue is 9. Deadly biters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASPS

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




• The clue is 13. Where opposites don't attract?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LESBIANBAR




• The clue is 16. Small scale business?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DELI

  Possible Answer : deli, food_shop, delicatessen




• The clue is 17. Help resolve, as a conflict. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEESCALATE




• The clue is 18. Answer irritably. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAP

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity




• The clue is 19. Nixon established it in 1970, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPA

  Possible Answer : EPA, Environmental_Protection_Agency




• The clue is 20. Words on a red tag, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIS




• The clue is 21. Cause. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEADTO




• The clue is 23. Family group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLAN

  Possible Answer : kinship_group, clan, tribe, kin, kindred, kin_group




• The clue is 24. Large amount, facetiously. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JILLION

  Possible Answer : zillion, gazillion, billion, trillion, jillion, million




• The clue is 25. Golden retriever who ends up with a chocolate lab?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHARLIEBUCKET




• The clue is 29. Bit of Muslim attire. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIJAB

  Possible Answer : hijab




• The clue is 30. Accumulating bowlful while eating edamame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PODS

  Possible Answer : seedcase, cod, seedpod, fuel_pod, pod




• The clue is 31. Measure of heat, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BTU

  Possible Answer : BTU, B.Th.U., British_thermal_unit




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

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

  The answer: AVOWS

  Possible Answer : avow, avouch, swear, affirm, assert, swan, verify, aver

  Possible Opposite Answer : disavow




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

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

  The answer: ORG




• The clue is 36. Eggs-terminates?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPAYS

  Possible Answer : castrate, spay, neuter, alter




• The clue is 38. Nebraska senator Fischer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEB

  Possible Answer : debutante, deb




• The clue is 39. ___-Ball. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKEE




• The clue is 40. Shoes, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KICKS

  Possible Answer : kick_back, bitch, bang, plain, beef, recoil, charge, complain, boot, sound_off, kicking, kvetch, give_up, quetch, flush, rush, thrill, kick, gripe, squawk

  Possible Opposite Answer : cheer




• The clue is 41. November handout. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVOTEDSTICKER




• The clue is 45. Assent to un hombre. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SISENOR




• The clue is 47. Wine list heading. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDS

  Possible Answer : loss, bolshy, Bolshevik, redness, red_ink, Red_River, red, Marxist, Red, bolshie

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain




• The clue is 48. Lined up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INAROW




• The clue is 49. Pro ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BONO




• The clue is 50. "___ Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!" (long-running British reality show). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMA




• The clue is 53. Sensei's domain. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOJO




• The clue is 54. "I" lift?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGOBOOSTER




• The clue is 57. Animal on the flags of Spain, Montenegro and Sri Lanka. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LION

  Possible Answer : Lion, lion, Leo_the_Lion, Leo, king_of_beasts, Panthera_leo, social_lion




• The clue is 58. Product that reduces static cling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRYERSHEET




• The clue is 59. London-born actor who was People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2018. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELBA




• The clue is 60. "Dress for Less" sloganeer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROSS

  Possible Answer : Nellie_Tayloe_Ross, Nellie_Ross, Betsy_Ross, Betsy_Griscom_Ross, Ross, Sir_Ronald_Ross, John_Ross, James_Clark_Ross, Sir_John_Ross, Sir_James_Clark_Ross




• The clue is 61. Wearers of the Star of Life, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMTS

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Dated a while back?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLDE

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

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

  The answer: VEEP

• The clue is 3. Like Pi for much of "Life of Pi". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASEA

  Possible Answer: seaward, asea, seawards

• The clue is 4. Barbell abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LBS

  Possible Answer: pound, lb

• The clue is 5. Native East African people. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAASAI

• The clue is 6. In which computer chips are used?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONLINEPOKER

• The clue is 7. Degs. for aspiring entrepreneurs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MBAS

  Possible Answer: MBA, Master_in_Business_Administration, Master_in_Business

• The clue is 8. Parked it. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAT

  Possible Answer: Sabbatum, sit, pose, baby-sit, seat, sit_around, posture, ride, Sat, Saturday, sit_down, model

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise

• The clue is 9. Marketing department success. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADSALE

• The clue is 10. Line from an unhappy diner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SENDITBACK

• The clue is 11. Writer of the "Phaedrus" circa 370 B.C.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLATO

  Possible Answer: Plato

• The clue is 12. Nurse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIPON

• The clue is 14. "Yeah, you're lying". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICALLBS

• The clue is 15. Archaeologist's finds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RELICS

  Possible Answer: souvenir, keepsake, token, relic

• The clue is 22. Sighting at Yellowstone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELK

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

• The clue is 23. Where something rankling might stick. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRAW

  Possible Answer: crop, craw

• The clue is 24. Bench coverings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JUDGESROBES

• The clue is 25. Home to N'Djamena. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHAD

  Possible Answer: Chad, Republic_of_Chad, Tchad, Chadic_language, chad, Lake_Chad, Chadic

• The clue is 26. Queen's residence. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIVE

  Possible Answer: hive, beehive

• The clue is 27. "Hey, whatever pays the bills". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AJOBISAJOB

• The clue is 28. Drumming one's fingers, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BORED

  Possible Answer: world-weary, bore, blase, drill, tire, bored

  Possible Opposite Answer : interest

• The clue is 32. Little one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TYKE

  Possible Answer: minor, tiddler, nipper, tyke, nestling, child, shaver, small_fry, tike, boor, Tyke, churl, kid, fry, barbarian, peasant, Goth, youngster

• The clue is 33. Locale of a 1991 coup attempt by the Gang of Eight, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USSR

  Possible Answer: Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics, Russia, USSR, Soviet_Union

• The clue is 36. Some snowmobiles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKIDOOS

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

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

  The answer: PICS

  Possible Answer: picture_show, photo, movie, motion_picture, flick, exposure, moving-picture_show, motion-picture_show, photograph, pic, moving_picture, film, picture

• The clue is 39. Put away. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STOWED

  Possible Answer: stow

• The clue is 42. "Romeo and Juliet" setting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VERONA

  Possible Answer: Verona

• The clue is 43. Noted surname in avant-garde art. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONO

  Possible Answer: Ono, Yoko_Ono

• The clue is 44. Certain saxophones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENORS

  Possible Answer: strain, tenor_voice, tenor

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

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

  The answer: SIDLE

  Possible Answer: sashay, sidle

• The clue is 46. Packed like sardines, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INOIL

• The clue is 49. Australian lad. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOYO

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

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

  The answer: ITEM

  Possible Answer: point, detail, particular, item, token

• The clue is 51. What all straight lines on the surface of a sphere do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEET

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

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

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

  The answer: ARTS

  Possible Answer: art, fine_art, artistic_production, artistic_creation, artwork, prowess, nontextual_matter, humanistic_discipline, humanities, graphics, arts, liberal_arts, artistry

• The clue is 55. Watchdog's warning. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRR

• The clue is 56. Part of a pronoun pair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHE

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Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Going ___

4-letter answer Answer: ATIT

Clue #2: 5. Clarifying words

6-letter answer Answer: THATIS

Clue #3: 11. Student's concern, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: GPA

Word Help: Synonyms: grade_point_average, GPA

Clue #4: 14. Girl in Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"

5-letter answer Answer: ALICE

Clue #5: 15. Use a Sharpie on, perhaps

6-letter answer Answer: REDACT

Word Help: Synonyms: rewriter, redactor, frame

Clue #6: 16. Undefeated boxer Laila

3-letter answer Answer: ALI

Word Help: Synonyms: Muhammad_Ali, Ali, Cassius_Marcellus_Clay

Clue #7: 17. Platinum-selling singer who co-starred in the films "Moonlight" and "Hidden Figures"

12-letter answer Answer: JANELLEMONAE

Clue #8: 19. Family transport

3-letter answer Answer: VAN

Word Help: Synonyms: avant-garde, vanguard, caravan

Clue #9: 20. Certain chain movie theaters

4-letter answer Answer: AMCS

Clue #10: 21. Egyptian snake

3-letter answer Answer: ASP

Word Help: Synonyms: Vipera_aspis, asp, Egyptian_cobra

Clue #11: 22. Proof (or disproof) of paternity

7-letter answer Answer: DNATEST

Clue #12: 24. Corkscrew-shaped pasta

6-letter answer Answer: ROTINI

Clue #13: 26. Lion's home

7-letter answer Answer: DETROIT

Word Help: Synonyms: Motor_City, Detroit, Motown

Clue #14: 27. "Creature" that might "attack" a small child

13-letter answer Answer: TICKLEMONSTER

Clue #15: 31. Shed tears

3-letter answer Answer: SOB

Word Help: Synonyms: breathlessness, shortness_of_breath, whoreson

Clue #16: 34. Like snow leopards and giant pandas

5-letter answer Answer: ASIAN

Word Help: Synonyms: Asian, Asiatic

Clue #17: 35. King of Norway and Sweden from 1844 to 1859

6-letter answer Answer: OSCARI

Clue #18: 36. Only known warm-blooded fish

4-letter answer Answer: OPAH

Word Help: Synonyms: opah, Lampris_regius, moonfish

Clue #19: 38. Not much

4-letter answer Answer: ATAD

Clue #20: 40. Like fine wine and cheese

4-letter answer Answer: AGED

Word Help: Synonyms: get_on, senior, of_age
Antonyms: young, rejuvenate

Clue #21: 41. The aughts, e.g.

6-letter answer Answer: DECADE

Word Help: Synonyms: decade, decennium, ten

Clue #22: 44. "Für ___" (Beethoven dedication)

5-letter answer Answer: ELISE

Clue #23: 47. Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality," e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: ODE

Word Help: Synonyms: ode

Clue #24: 48. Homing devices?

13-letter answer Answer: ANKLEMONITORS

Clue #25: 51. Done without much care, informally

7-letter answer Answer: HALFASS

Clue #26: 52. Something not to quit, they say

6-letter answer Answer: DAYJOB

Clue #27: 56. Excels at school

7-letter answer Answer: GETSANA

Clue #28: 57. Year in Rio

3-letter answer Answer: ANO

Word Help: Synonyms: Revolutionary_Organization_of_Socialist_Muslims, Fatah_Revolutionary_Council, ANO

Clue #29: 59. Cool, in slang

4-letter answer Answer: DOPE

Word Help: Synonyms: dope_up, locoweed, pot

Clue #30: 60. Bit of light

3-letter answer Answer: RAY

Word Help: Synonyms: irradiate, beam_of_light, ray

Clue #31: 61. What to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across

12-letter answer Answer: MAKELEMONADE

Clue #32: 64. Experiencing little to no amorous attraction, informally

3-letter answer Answer: ARO

Clue #33: 65. List ender

6-letter answer Answer: ETALII

Clue #34: 66. Kind of sax

5-letter answer Answer: TENOR

Word Help: Synonyms: tenor, strain, tenor_voice

Clue #35: 67. A/C measure

3-letter answer Answer: BTU

Word Help: Synonyms: British_thermal_unit, BTU, B.Th.U.

Clue #36: 68. "Not so!," e.g.

6-letter answer Answer: DENIAL

Word Help: Synonyms: disaffirmation, abnegation, defence
Antonyms: prosecution

Clue #37: 69. Line up, in a way

4-letter answer Answer: SYNC

Word Help: Synonyms: sync, synchronize, synchronise
Antonyms: desynchronise, desynchronize

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Unforgettable place?

5-letter answer Answer: ALAMO

Word Help: Synonyms: Alamo

Clue #2: 2. Bit of color

5-letter answer Answer: TINCT

Word Help: Synonyms: tint, tinge, tinct

Clue #3: 3. Seals the deal, informally

6-letter answer Answer: ICESIT

Clue #4: 4. Business card abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: TEL

Clue #5: 5. "Chic" modifier

4-letter answer Answer: TRES

Clue #6: 6. Rope fiber

4-letter answer Answer: HEMP

Word Help: Synonyms: hemp, hangman's_halter, hempen_necktie

Clue #7: 7. Fuss

3-letter answer Answer: ADO

Word Help: Synonyms: fuss, flurry, stir

Clue #8: 8. Partners often work in this

6-letter answer Answer: TANDEM

Word Help: Synonyms: tandem, tandem_bicycle, in_tandem

Clue #9: 9. "Oh yeah? Watch me!"

7-letter answer Answer: ICANTOO

Clue #10: 10. The "S" of T.S. Eliot

7-letter answer Answer: STEARNS

Clue #11: 11. Tried something new, perhaps

9-letter answer Answer: GAVEITAGO

Clue #12: 12. Drunk out of one's mind

9-letter answer Answer: PLASTERED

Word Help: Synonyms: smashed, besotted, poultice

Clue #13: 13. Is not, informally

4-letter answer Answer: AINT

Clue #14: 14. Cracked, as a door

4-letter answer Answer: AJAR

Word Help: Synonyms: ajar

Clue #15: 18. Pastor's flock

5-letter answer Answer: LAICS

Clue #16: 23. Puccini opera

5-letter answer Answer: TOSCA

Clue #17: 25. Actress Vardalos

3-letter answer Answer: NIA

Clue #18: 26. North American peak named by the Koyukon Athabascans

6-letter answer Answer: DENALI

Word Help: Synonyms: Mt._McKinley, Mount_McKinley, Denali

Clue #19: 28. Rio maker

3-letter answer Answer: KIA

Clue #20: 29. Gets darker, say

6-letter answer Answer: LATENS

Clue #21: 30. Carousel, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: RIDE

Word Help: Synonyms: mount, rag, depend_upon
Antonyms: walk

Clue #22: 31. Drink with a straw

4-letter answer Answer: SODA

Word Help: Synonyms: washing_soda, pop, soda

Clue #23: 32. Kind of surgery

9-letter answer Answer: OPENHEART

Clue #24: 33. Remark that may immediately follow an insult or a compliment

9-letter answer Answer: BACKATYOU

Clue #25: 37. They might be decked in December

5-letter answer Answer: HALLS

Word Help: Synonyms: hallway, mansion, manse

Clue #26: 39. Morse bit

3-letter answer Answer: DIT

Word Help: Synonyms: dot, dit

Clue #27: 42. Maligned

7-letter answer Answer: DEFAMED

Word Help: Synonyms: besmirch, smear, calumniate

Clue #28: 43. Send off

7-letter answer Answer: EMANATE

Word Help: Synonyms: emanate, exhale, give_forth

Clue #29: 45. Twin city in the Bible

5-letter answer Answer: SODOM

Word Help: Synonyms: sodom, Sodom

Clue #30: 46. Notable time period

3-letter answer Answer: ERA

Word Help: Synonyms: ERA, epoch, era

Clue #31: 49. Resident of Japan's third-largest city

6-letter answer Answer: OSAKAN

Clue #32: 50. Host of the 2000 Olympics

6-letter answer Answer: SYDNEY

Word Help: Synonyms: Sydney

Clue #33: 53. Two-syllable woman's name that becomes a one-syllable woman's name if you drop the last letter

5-letter answer Answer: JOANN

Clue #34: 54. Film portmanteau, informally

5-letter answer Answer: OPDOC

Clue #35: 55. "Divine medicine," per the Greek physician Paracelsus

4-letter answer Answer: BEER

Word Help: Synonyms: beer

Clue #36: 56. Snatch

4-letter answer Answer: GRAB

Word Help: Synonyms: seize, take_hold_of, catch

Clue #37: 57. Actress Shawkat of "Arrested Development"

4-letter answer Answer: ALIA

Clue #38: 58. Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson

4-letter answer Answer: NEIL

Clue #39: 62. Certain Ivy Leaguer

3-letter answer Answer: ELI

Clue #40: 63. Tense parts of sports matches, for short

3-letter answer Answer: OTS

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XWordHint Crossword Answers June 01, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 01, 2025

Published on Sunday, June 01, 2025 • Updated daily

Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 01 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (66)

Clue #1: 1. Warm shade of brown

5-letter answer Answer: PECAN

Word Help: Synonyms: pecan, pecan_tree, Carya_illinoensis

Clue #2: 6. Otherwise

4-letter answer Answer: ELSE

Clue #3: 10. Place

5-letter answer Answer: STEAD

Word Help: Synonyms: position, place, stead

Clue #4: 15. "In that case …"

4-letter answer Answer: IFSO

Clue #5: 19. Warm shade of white

5-letter answer Answer: IVORY

Word Help: Synonyms: off-white, bone, tusk

Clue #6: 20. Leader of the world's smallest country

4-letter answer Answer: POPE

Word Help: Synonyms: Catholic_Pope, Vicar_of_Christ, Bishop_of_Rome

Clue #7: 21. Vice follower

5-letter answer Answer: VERSA

Clue #8: 22. Cambodian cash

4-letter answer Answer: RIEL

Word Help: Synonyms: riel

Clue #9: 23. LEGAL NICETY

21-letter answer Answer: GENETICALLYENGINEERED

Clue #10: 27. Whole lot

4-letter answer Answer: SLEW

Word Help: Synonyms: flock, remove, quite_a_little

Clue #11: 28. "___, so good!" (furniture store pun)

4-letter answer Answer: SOFA

Word Help: Synonyms: sofa, lounge, couch

Clue #12: 29. Example of industry in Proverbs 6:6-9

3-letter answer Answer: ANT

Word Help: Synonyms: ant, pismire, emmet

Clue #13: 30. They might be ripe for changing

7-letter answer Answer: DIAPERS

Word Help: Synonyms: diaper, napkin, nappy

Clue #14: 31. Polish language

4-letter answer Answer: EDIT

Word Help: Synonyms: delete, blue-pencil, edit_out

Clue #15: 33. Camera inits.

3-letter answer Answer: SLR

Clue #16: 35. Coerced (into)

7-letter answer Answer: PRESSED

Word Help: Synonyms: crusade, exhort, entreat

Clue #17: 37. Magicians' cries

5-letter answer Answer: TADAS

Clue #18: 39. EARTH

13-letter answer Answer: CHANGEOFHEART

Clue #19: 42. Bridge support

5-letter answer Answer: PYLON

Word Help: Synonyms: pylon, power_pylon

Clue #20: 43. Suffers the cost

4-letter answer Answer: PAYS

Word Help: Synonyms: yield, give, wage
Antonyms: default

Clue #21: 44. Substance adapted to lab use by Fanny Hesse in 1881

4-letter answer Answer: AGAR

Word Help: Synonyms: agar, nutrient_agar, agar-agar

Clue #22: 45. Grow weary

4-letter answer Answer: TIRE

Word Help: Synonyms: wear_down, tyre, wear_out
Antonyms: interest, refresh

Clue #23: 47. Kind of policy that encourages transparency from leadership

8-letter answer Answer: OPENDOOR

Clue #24: 49. "OMG, enough!"

3-letter answer Answer: TMI

Clue #25: 51. Northwestern abode

4-letter answer Answer: DORM

Word Help: Synonyms: dorm, dormitory, hall

Clue #26: 54. Rent

3-letter answer Answer: LET

Word Help: Synonyms: get, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Army_of_the_Righteous
Antonyms: prevent, forbid

Clue #27: 55. GLIBNESS

13-letter answer Answer: MIXEDBLESSING

Clue #28: 58. One "M" of the M.M.R. vaccine

7-letter answer Answer: MEASLES

Word Help: Synonyms: morbilli, measles, rubeola

Clue #29: 60. Inflation meas.

3-letter answer Answer: PSI

Word Help: Synonyms: psi, pounds_per_square_inch

Clue #30: 61. "Paradise ___"

4-letter answer Answer: LOST

Word Help: Synonyms: fall_back, baffled, bemused
Antonyms: keep, gain

Clue #31: 62. Pepsi, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: COLA

Word Help: Synonyms: dope, Aspinwall, genus_Cola

Clue #32: 64. Big Apple airport code

3-letter answer Answer: LGA

Clue #33: 65. Guess

9-letter answer Answer: TAKEASTAB

Clue #34: 69. Obvious choice

9-letter answer Answer: NOBRAINER

Clue #35: 73. Org. enabled by the 16th Amendment

3-letter answer Answer: IRS

Word Help: Synonyms: Internal_Revenue_Service, IRS

Clue #36: 74. Smell

4-letter answer Answer: ODOR

Word Help: Synonyms: olfactory_perception, odor, aroma

Clue #37: 76. On

4-letter answer Answer: ATOP

Word Help: Synonyms: atop

Clue #38: 77. Darn, say

3-letter answer Answer: SEW

Word Help: Synonyms: run_up, sew_together, tailor

Clue #39: 79. Home of Morehouse College

7-letter answer Answer: ATLANTA

Word Help: Synonyms: capital_of_Georgia, battle_of_Atlanta, Atlanta

Clue #40: 83. RESIST

13-letter answer Answer: TWISTEDSISTER

Clue #41: 87. One may be fawning

3-letter answer Answer: DOE

Word Help: Synonyms: Energy, Department_of_Energy, doe

Clue #42: 88. European capital through which the Akerselva flows

4-letter answer Answer: OSLO

Word Help: Synonyms: capital_of_Norway, Oslo, Christiania

Clue #43: 90. Chill

3-letter answer Answer: ICE

Word Help: Synonyms: crank, methamphetamine, ICE

Clue #44: 91. Pod or husk, botanically

8-letter answer Answer: SEEDCASE

Word Help: Synonyms: cod, seedcase, pod

Clue #45: 92. Army NCO

4-letter answer Answer: SSGT

Clue #46: 94. Word after game or floor

4-letter answer Answer: PLAN

Word Help: Synonyms: contrive, program, project

Clue #47: 96. Sweden joined it in 2024

4-letter answer Answer: NATO

Word Help: Synonyms: NATO, North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization

Clue #48: 98. Consumed

5-letter answer Answer: EATEN

Word Help: Synonyms: deplete, corrode, rust

Clue #49: 99. RAGES

13-letter answer Answer: SWITCHEDGEARS

Clue #50: 103. Peddled things

5-letter answer Answer: WARES

Word Help: Synonyms: waste, consume, war
Antonyms: make_peace

Clue #51: 104. Hawaiian song of farewell

7-letter answer Answer: ALOHAOE

Clue #52: 105. Meas. roughly equivalent to 10 billion 12-Downs

3-letter answer Answer: BTU

Word Help: Synonyms: B.Th.U., British_thermal_unit, BTU

Clue #53: 106. Bit of equipment for a vault

4-letter answer Answer: POLE

Word Help: Synonyms: rod, celestial_pole, punt

Clue #54: 107. Layer

7-letter answer Answer: STRATUM

Word Help: Synonyms: stratum, layer, social_class

Clue #55: 109. Surveillance org.

3-letter answer Answer: NSA

Word Help: Synonyms: National_Security_Agency, NSA

Clue #56: 111. Nerve

4-letter answer Answer: GALL

Word Help: Synonyms: insolence, rancor, cheekiness

Clue #57: 113. Give for free

4-letter answer Answer: COMP

Word Help: Synonyms: comprehensive_examination, comprehensive, comp

Clue #58: 117. ROYAL PERMIT

21-letter answer Answer: TEMPORARILYOUTOFORDER

Clue #59: 121. Number after zwei

4-letter answer Answer: DREI

Clue #60: 122. Carbon copy

5-letter answer Answer: CLONE

Word Help: Synonyms: ringer, knockoff, clon

Clue #61: 123. Weakness

4-letter answer Answer: FLAW

Word Help: Synonyms: flaw, blemish, defect

Clue #62: 124. Confident bearing

5-letter answer Answer: POISE

Word Help: Synonyms: poise, cool, sang-froid

Clue #63: 125. ___ Lee

4-letter answer Answer: SARA

Clue #64: 126. Cut down

5-letter answer Answer: HEWED

Word Help: Synonyms: hew, hew_out

Clue #65: 127. Hot things, briefly

4-letter answer Answer: FADS

Word Help: Synonyms: cult, rage, fad

Clue #66: 128. Adjust

5-letter answer Answer: TWEAK

Word Help: Synonyms: pick_off, fine-tune, tweak

Across Clues and Answers (66)

Clue #1: 1. Unlikely fliers, in a saying

4-letter answer Answer: PIGS

Word Help: Synonyms: hog, pig, copper

Clue #2: 2. First name in stunts

4-letter answer Answer: EVEL

Clue #3: 3. Obstacle course element

4-letter answer Answer: CONE

Word Help: Synonyms: cone_shape, strobile, cone

Clue #4: 4. "Is that all you have to tell me?"

9-letter answer Answer: AREWEDONE

Clue #5: 5. Big Apple media inits.

3-letter answer Answer: NYT

Clue #6: 6. Park known as a "permanent world's fair"

5-letter answer Answer: EPCOT

Clue #7: 7. Take things easy

4-letter answer Answer: LOAF

Word Help: Synonyms: bum_about, lounge_around, lurk

Clue #8: 8. Ostentatious

7-letter answer Answer: SPLASHY

Word Help: Synonyms: splashy, showy, flamboyant

Clue #9: 9. ___ sauce (condiment also called nitsume)

3-letter answer Answer: EEL

Word Help: Synonyms: eel

Clue #10: 10. Nonspeaking character in "Frozen"

4-letter answer Answer: SVEN

Clue #11: 11. Aid-de-camp?

7-letter answer Answer: TENTPEG

Clue #12: 12. Piece of work?

3-letter answer Answer: ERG

Word Help: Synonyms: erg

Clue #13: 13. Excluding

9-letter answer Answer: ASIDEFROM

Clue #14: 14. Bakery treat

6-letter answer Answer: DANISH

Word Help: Synonyms: Danish, danish, danish_pastry

Clue #15: 15. "In case my message isn't landing …"

7-letter answer Answer: IREPEAT

Clue #16: 16. It might begin with a false alarm

9-letter answer Answer: FIREDRILL

Clue #17: 17. Fortuneteller

4-letter answer Answer: SEER

Word Help: Synonyms: prophet, prophesier, seer

Clue #18: 18. Early automaker

4-letter answer Answer: OLDS

Word Help: Synonyms: old

Clue #19: 24. Egyptian fertility goddess

4-letter answer Answer: ISIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Directorate_for_Inter-Services_Intelligence, Isis, Inter-Services_Intelligence

Clue #20: 25. Muffler material, maybe

4-letter answer Answer: YARN

Word Help: Synonyms: recital, thread, yarn

Clue #21: 26. Comfort

4-letter answer Answer: EASE

Word Help: Synonyms: still, simpleness, relaxation
Antonyms: difficulty

Clue #22: 32. Fantasy role-playing game, for short

5-letter answer Answer: DANDD

Clue #23: 34. Endures

5-letter answer Answer: LASTS

Word Help: Synonyms: last, hold_up, finis

Clue #24: 36. Way out of town, perhaps

4-letter answer Answer: ROAD

Word Help: Synonyms: road, route

Clue #25: 37. Author's assistant

6-letter answer Answer: TYPIST

Word Help: Synonyms: typist

Clue #26: 38. Loss of the ability to read

6-letter answer Answer: ALEXIA

Word Help: Synonyms: visual_aphasia, word_blindness, alexia

Clue #27: 39. Is so inclined

7-letter answer Answer: CARESTO

Clue #28: 40. Narrow the gap with, competitively

6-letter answer Answer: GAINON

Clue #29: 41. Branching diagram

4-letter answer Answer: TREE

Word Help: Synonyms: corner, tree_diagram, Tree

Clue #30: 42. Ceremony

4-letter answer Answer: POMP

Word Help: Synonyms: eclat, pomp, gaudery

Clue #31: 43. Some collared shirts

5-letter answer Answer: POLOS

Word Help: Synonyms: polo, Marco_Polo, Polo

Clue #32: 46. Figures in some storied abductions, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ETS

Clue #33: 48. Regional divisions in Russia

7-letter answer Answer: OBLASTS

Clue #34: 50. It may be dropped for effect

3-letter answer Answer: MIC

Clue #35: 52. Lose progress, in a way

7-letter answer Answer: RELAPSE

Word Help: Synonyms: fall_back, recidivate, retrogress
Antonyms: get_well

Clue #36: 53. Members of a priestly caste of ancient Persia

4-letter answer Answer: MAGI

Word Help: Synonyms: magus, Magi, Wise_Men

Clue #37: 56. German town

5-letter answer Answer: STADT

Clue #38: 57. Rudely revel in victory, say

5-letter answer Answer: GLOAT

Word Help: Synonyms: glee, gloat, triumph

Clue #39: 59. Japanese honorific

3-letter answer Answer: SAN

Clue #40: 63. Two-version marketing experiments

7-letter answer Answer: ABTESTS

Clue #41: 66. Rio maker

3-letter answer Answer: KIA

Clue #42: 67. Puzzlemaker Rubik

4-letter answer Answer: ERNO

Clue #43: 68. Fiddler's skill

6-letter answer Answer: BOWING

Word Help: Synonyms: bow, stoop, defer

Clue #44: 70. Wyoming's Cheyenne Frontier Days, e.g.

5-letter answer Answer: RODEO

Word Help: Synonyms: rodeo

Clue #45: 71. What you will

6-letter answer Answer: ESTATE

Word Help: Synonyms: estate_of_the_realm, land, demesne

Clue #46: 72. Brand with cup sizes from "minis" to "world's largest"

6-letter answer Answer: REESES

Clue #47: 75. Rock's Ocasek

3-letter answer Answer: RIC

Clue #48: 78. Small songbird

4-letter answer Answer: WREN

Word Help: Synonyms: jenny_wren, Wren, Sir_Christopher_Wren

Clue #49: 79. Oft-skipped podcast parts

3-letter answer Answer: ADS

Word Help: Synonyms: advertisement, advertizement, advert

Clue #50: 80. Fling

4-letter answer Answer: TOSS

Word Help: Synonyms: throw_out, toss_away, flip

Clue #51: 81. Accessory in a Jane Fonda workout video

9-letter answer Answer: LEGWARMER

Clue #52: 82. He's a head of the pack

9-letter answer Answer: ALPHAMALE

Clue #53: 84. French upper house

5-letter answer Answer: SENAT

Clue #54: 85. Faultless

5-letter answer Answer: IDEAL

Word Help: Synonyms: nonpareil, apotheosis, nonesuch

Clue #55: 86. Faux gardener, so to speak

9-letter answer Answer: SCARECROW

Word Help: Synonyms: straw_man, strawman, scarecrow

Clue #56: 89. Butter substitute

4-letter answer Answer: OLEO

Word Help: Synonyms: margarin, oleomargarine, marge

Clue #57: 93. Popular food fish or its genus name

7-letter answer Answer: TILAPIA

Word Help: Synonyms: Tilapia, genus_Tilapia

Clue #58: 95. Fundamental building block of DNA

7-letter answer Answer: ADENINE

Word Help: Synonyms: adenine, A

Clue #59: 97. Green often found in mixed greens

7-letter answer Answer: ARUGULA

Word Help: Synonyms: rocket_salad, roquette, arugula

Clue #60: 100. Revealer of "the man behind the curtain"

4-letter answer Answer: TOTO

Clue #61: 101. Center of mass?

6-letter answer Answer: CHURCH

Word Help: Synonyms: church_building, church_service, Christian_church

Clue #62: 102. Site with a "Clothing, Shoes & Accessories" section

4-letter answer Answer: EBAY

Clue #63: 103. Fairy tale villain

4-letter answer Answer: WOLF

Word Help: Synonyms: woman_chaser, Wolf, brute

Clue #64: 106. Clears of snow, say

5-letter answer Answer: PLOWS

Word Help: Synonyms: turn, treat, plough

Clue #65: 107. Conventions: Abbr.

4-letter answer Answer: STDS

Word Help: Synonyms: venereal_infection, dose, venereal_disease

Clue #66: 108. Trillion: Prefix

4-letter answer Answer: TERA

Word Help: Synonyms: Pidlimdi, Tera, Yamaltu

Clue #67: 110. Runner on runners

4-letter answer Answer: SLED

Word Help: Synonyms: sleigh, sledge, sled

Clue #68: 112. Somewhat

4-letter answer Answer: ATAD

Clue #69: 114. Slobbery cartoon pet

4-letter answer Answer: ODIE

Clue #70: 115. Arizona's third-largest city

4-letter answer Answer: MESA

Word Help: Synonyms: table, Mesa, mesa

Clue #71: 116. Early education option, for short

4-letter answer Answer: PREK

Clue #72: 118. Desirable formation for ducks

3-letter answer Answer: ROW

Word Help: Synonyms: words, course, row

Clue #73: 119. Awry

3-letter answer Answer: OFF

Word Help: Synonyms: remove, sour, cancelled
Antonyms: on

Clue #74: 120. Elect

3-letter answer Answer: OPT

Word Help: Synonyms: choose, prefer, opt

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