February 24, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, February 24, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

February 24, 2022 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Parties with smokers	6
2A	7. "In what universe?!"	4
3A	11. Positive consideration	3
4A	14. Make available	6
5A	15. "Holy cannoli!"	4
6A	16. Spreadsheet part	3
7A	17. Wight, e.g.?	11
8A	19. ___ Productions (company behind the James Bond films)	3
9A	20. Deployed, as a naval officer	4
10A	21. Rum drum	4
11A	22. Soul mates, for short	4
12A	23. Experienced certain growing pains	7
13A	25. Emulate the Lonely Goatherd	5
14A	28. Crunch bar and Cadbury Creme Egg, e.g.?	12
15A	32. Give it a twirl!	5
16A	35. Tennis's Nadal, familiarly	4
17A	36. Test for coll. seniors	3
18A	37. Word after gay or fashion	4
19A	38. Thingamajigs	5
20A	40. One observing the holiday of Arba'een	4
21A	41. Common Thanksgiving activity	3
22A	42. Home for the Himalayas	4
23A	43. When some local news comes on	5
24A	44. 1995's "Johnny Mnemonic," e.g.?	12
25A	48. With the heels elevated	5
26A	49. Smash success	7
27A	53. Landlocked African country	4
28A	55. Go yachting	4
29A	57. Medieval club	4
30A	58. Squirreled away	3
31A	59. Sloth, e.g.?	11
32A	62. With 63-Across, test for pupils	3
33A	63. See 62-Across	4
34A	64. Beat overwhelmingly	6
35A	65. It may be revolutionary	3
36A	66. Monocle, basically	4
37A	67. Apartment building V.I.P.s	6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Parties with smokers"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARBQS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. "In what universe?!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Positive consideration"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an athlete who plays for pay
• Words that mean the same thing: professional
• The opposite would be: amateur, con
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Make available"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. "Holy cannoli!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Spreadsheet part"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Words that mean the same thing: words, dustup, course
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Wight, e.g.?"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LONGIISLAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. ___ Productions (company behind the James Bond films)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the longest division of geological time
• Words that mean the same thing: aeon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Deployed, as a naval officer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that in the direction of the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: seaward, seawards
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Rum drum"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the quantity a cask will hold
• Words that mean the same thing: barrel, caskful
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Soul mates, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Experienced certain growing pains"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that grow teeth; cut the baby teeth
• Words that mean the same thing: teethe
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEETHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Emulate the Lonely Goatherd"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
• Words that mean the same thing: descant, warble
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YODEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Crunch bar and Cadbury Creme Egg, e.g.?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARDCCANDIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Give it a twirl!"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
• Words that mean the same thing: nightstick, wand, billy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BATON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Tennis's Nadal, familiarly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Test for coll. seniors"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Word after gay or fashion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
• Words that mean the same thing: image, ikon, picture
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Thingamajigs"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
• Words that mean the same thing: point, detail, item
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. One observing the holiday of Arba'een"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one of the two main branches of orthodox islam; mainly in iran
• Words that mean the same thing: Shiah Islam, Shiah
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Common Thanksgiving activity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period of time spent sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: short sleep, catch a wink, catnap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Home for the Himalayas"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. When some local news comes on"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. 1995's "Johnny Mnemonic," e.g.?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILENTMMOVIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. With the heels elevated"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Smash success"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
• Words that mean the same thing: smash hit, blockbuster
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEGAHIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Landlocked African country"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Chad, Chadic, Chadic language
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Go yachting"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: navigate, cruise, sweep
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Medieval club"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
• Words that mean the same thing: macer, Chemical Mace, macebearer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Squirreled away"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that prevent from being seen or discovered
• Words that mean the same thing: veil, enshroud, cover
• The opposite would be: show
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Sloth, e.g.?"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAPITALSSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. With 63-Across, test for pupils"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: eyeball, optic, centre
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. See 62-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
• Words that mean the same thing: test, examination
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Beat overwhelmingly"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
• Words that mean the same thing: expel, spreadeagle, rout
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. It may be revolutionary"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• Words that mean the same thing: warfare, state of war
• The opposite would be: make peace, peace
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Monocle, basically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
• Words that mean the same thing: electron lens, lens of the eye, lens system
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Apartment building V.I.P.s"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
• Words that mean the same thing: super, superintendent
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle February 24, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. What most clarinets are tuned to	5
2D	2. Became apparent	5
3D	3. ___ Montgomery, retired W.N.B.A. star	5
4D	4. Shameless fund-raising drive, informally	8
5D	5. Who is this in France	3
6D	6. See 31-Down	6
7D	7. Handled sharp objects?	4
8D	8. Deliberately amateurish filming technique	8
9D	9. Particle with a superscript	3
10D	10. Flavor of the month	3
11D	11. When pilots go through their checklists	9
12D	12. Feature of Arthur Ashe Stadium since 2016	4
13D	13. Has	4
14D	18. Youth health and safety org.	4
15D	22. Resting place	3
16D	24. Chinese dynasty from 206 B.C. to A.D. 220	3
17D	26. Keystone Kops, e.g.	4
18D	27. What makes you unique	3
19D	29. Band with the first platinum-selling double album	5
20D	30. Northernmost county of Pennsylvania	4
21D	31. With 6-Down, former White House press secretary portrayed by Melissa McCarthy on "S.N.L."	4
22D	32. Donation receptacles	4
23D	33. Source of a purple purée	4
24D	34. Washing machine that opens upward	9
25D	38. Analogy words	4
26D	39. Window, of a sort	8
27D	40. Gets foggy	8
28D	42. Leaf-cutter, e.g.	3
29D	43. 2008 bailout recipient	3
30D	45. Abolish	3
31D	46. Leave out	4
32D	47. Both consonants in "geek," phonetically	6
33D	50. Celerity	5
34D	51. Less sympathetic	5
35D	52. Is prone	5
36D	53. Mull (over)	4
37D	54. "Greetings!"	4
38D	56. Goes (for)	4
39D	59. Animation frame	3
40D	60. Eliminate	3
41D	61. "Rugrats" grandpa	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. What most clarinets are tuned to"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BFLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Became apparent"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that come into existence; take on form or shape
• Words that mean the same thing: develop, arise, uprise
• The opposite would be: sit down, go to bed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. ___ Montgomery, retired W.N.B.A. star"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Shameless fund-raising drive, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEGATHON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Who is this in France"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: QUI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. See 31-Down"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that completely neat and clean
• Words that mean the same thing: speckless, spick, spic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPICER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Handled sharp objects?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
• Words that mean the same thing: awl
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Deliberately amateurish filming technique"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAKYCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Particle with a superscript"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Flavor of the month"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
• Words that mean the same thing: craze, cult, furor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. When pilots go through their checklists"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PREFLIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Feature of Arthur Ashe Stadium since 2016"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
• Words that mean the same thing: ceiling, cap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Has"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that have ownership or possession of
• Words that mean the same thing: have, possess, own
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Youth health and safety org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Resting place"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: love, have sex, sleep together
• The opposite would be: get up, turn out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Chinese dynasty from 206 B.C. to A.D. 220"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
• Words that mean the same thing: Han dynasty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Keystone Kops, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an awkward stupid person
• Words that mean the same thing: gawk, clod, oaf
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. What makes you unique"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Band with the first platinum-selling double album"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the best people or things in a group
• Words that mean the same thing: ointment, clobber, lick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Northernmost county of Pennsylvania"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. With 6-Down, former White House press secretary portrayed by Melissa McCarthy on "S.N.L.""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Donation receptacles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a container; usually has a lid
• Words that mean the same thing: ABA transit number, binful, BIN
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Source of a purple purée"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Washing machine that opens upward"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOPLOADER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Analogy words"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Window, of a sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIMESPAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Gets foggy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAMSUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Leaf-cutter, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. 2008 bailout recipient"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Abolish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: oddment, stop, last
• The opposite would be: beginning, begin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Leave out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• Words that mean the same thing: exclude, miss, overlook
• The opposite would be: attend to, include
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Both consonants in "geek," phonetically"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate
• Words that mean the same thing: velar consonant, velar
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VELARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Celerity"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
• Words that mean the same thing: rush, precipitation, hastiness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Less sympathetic"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
• Words that mean the same thing: arctic, icy, wintry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Is prone"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
• Words that mean the same thing: incline, tend, lean
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Mull (over)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a wad of something chewable as tobacco
• Words that mean the same thing: plug, mastication, masticate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. "Greetings!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Goes (for)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
• Words that mean the same thing: design, draw a bead on, purport
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Animation frame"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "60. Eliminate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
• Words that mean the same thing: ax
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "61. "Rugrats" grandpa"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	66.7%
Short Answer	18	23.1%
History	3	3.8%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 11, 2025 at 05:17 PM

XWordHint Crossword Answers September 07, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (41 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (37 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. Actress Longoria or Mendes	3
2A	4. Word after op or pop	3
3A	7. Jabbers on a plane?	6
4A	13. Hip-hop's ___ Wayne	3
5A	14. "If I ___ a Carpenter"	4
6A	16. First-year professional athlete	6
7A	17. Illegal	8
8A	19. Meal, formally	6
9A	20. Not working, as a phone	4
10A	21. Tool for winter fishing	6
11A	23. Affirmative	3
12A	24. To be, in Barcelona	5
13A	26. Made level	6
14A	28. Apple all-in-one computer	4
15A	30. Contribute something more	3
16A	31. Hoppy brews, for short	4
17A	35. Dependable, upstanding guy	6
18A	37. Key often near Caps Lock	3
19A	38. Bog down	4
20A	39. What a hen lays	3
21A	40. Robes tied with obis	7
22A	43. Bit of acne, informally	3
23A	44. How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927	4
24A	46. ___ and Driver (magazine)	3
25A	47. "Holy cannoli!"	6
26A	49. Fret	4
27A	50. Kipling novel or its young hero	3
28A	51. Singer Bareilles	4
29A	52. "Beats me!"	6
30A	55. Indian princes	5
31A	58. Rotor speed fig.	3
32A	61. Ordered (around)	6
33A	63. Carry	4
34A	64. Wizard's mixture	6
35A	66. Not now, but later	8
36A	68. Cut out	6
37A	69. List, as in a reference	4
38A	70. Yea's opposite	3
39A	71. Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling	6
40A	72. "Let's ___!" ("Dinner's on!")	3
41A	73. Org. checking carry-on bags	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Actress Longoria or Mendes"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: EVA

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2A: "4. Word after op or pop"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Similar words include: prowess, artistry, fine art
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ART

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3A: "7. Jabbers on a plane?"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
• Similar words include: elbow, articulatio cubiti, cubitus
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELBOWS

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4A: "13. Hip-hop's ___ Wayne"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LIL

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5A: "14. "If I ___ a Carpenter""

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Similar words include: follow, make up, live
• Opposite of: differ

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WERE

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6A: "16. First-year professional athlete"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
• Similar words include: cub, greenhorn
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROOKIE

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7A: "17. Illegal"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
• Similar words include: wrongful, outlaw, unconventional
• Opposite of: lawful

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UNLAWFUL

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8A: "19. Meal, formally"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the food served and eaten at one time
• Similar words include: meal
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: REPAST

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9A: "20. Not working, as a phone"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that people who are no longer living
• Similar words include: absolutely, drained, perfectly
• Opposite of: living, live

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEAD

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10A: "21. Tool for winter fishing"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ICESAW

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11A: "23. Affirmative"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an affirmative
• Opposite of: no
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YES

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12A: "24. To be, in Barcelona"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ESTAR

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13A: "26. Made level"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EVENED

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14A: "28. Apple all-in-one computer"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IMAC

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15A: "30. Contribute something more"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Similar words include: add up, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, minimal brain damage
• Opposite of: subtract, take away

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Answer: ADD

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16A: "31. Hoppy brews, for short"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IPAS

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17A: "35. Dependable, upstanding guy"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics
• Similar words include: mensh
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: MENSCH

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18A: "37. Key often near Caps Lock"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bill in a restaurant
• Similar words include: lozenge, check, tab key
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TAB

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19A: "38. Bog down"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• Similar words include: quagmire, entangle, morass
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MIRE

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20A: "39. What a hen lays"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
• Similar words include: ballock, testis, nut
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EGG

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21A: "40. Robes tied with obis"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by japanese
• Similar words include: kimono
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KIMONOS

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22A: "43. Bit of acne, informally"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
• Similar words include: pimple, hickey
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ZIT

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23A: "44. How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any activity that is performed alone without assistance
• Similar words include: unaccompanied, alone
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOLO

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24A: "46. ___ and Driver (magazine)"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Similar words include: automobile, railroad car, railway car
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CAR

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25A: "47. "Holy cannoli!""

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: YOWZAH

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26A: "49. Fret"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that agitation resulting from active worry
• Similar words include: sweat, lather, swither
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STEW

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27A: "50. Kipling novel or its young hero"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KIM

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28A: "51. Singer Bareilles"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SARA

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29A: "52. "Beats me!""

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOCLUE

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30A: "55. Indian princes"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prince or king in india
• Similar words include: genus Raja, raja, rajah
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAJAS

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31A: "58. Rotor speed fig."

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rate of revolution of a motor
• Similar words include: revolutions per minute, rev
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: RPM

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32A: "61. Ordered (around)"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that raise in a relief
• Similar words include: stamp, boss, emboss
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BOSSED

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33A: "63. Carry"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a capacious bag or basket
• Similar words include: carryall, lug, tote bag
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TOTE

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34A: "64. Wizard's mixture"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
• Similar words include: philosophers' stone, philosopher's stone
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ELIXIR

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35A: "66. Not now, but later"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INAWHILE

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36A: "68. Cut out"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove or make invisible
• Similar words include: cancel, edit, erase
• Opposite of: record

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Answer: DELETE

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37A: "69. List, as in a reference"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
• Similar words include: quote, reference, name
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CITE

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38A: "70. Yea's opposite"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that not this merely but also; not only so but
• Opposite of: yea
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NAY

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39A: "71. Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a port city of south central ukraine on an arm of the black sea
• Similar words include: Odesa
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ODESSA

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40A: "72. "Let's ___!" ("Dinner's on!")"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take in solid food
• Similar words include: corrode, eat up, feed
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EAT

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41A: "73. Org. checking carry-on bags"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Similar words include: Transportation Security Administration
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TSA

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Deftly avoid	5
2D	2. Plants with tendrils	5
3D	3. Electric with excitement	10
4D	4. Cry over a newborn	3
5D	5. Home loan overhaul, in brief	4
6D	6. Halt to hostilities	5
7D	7. Some gofers	10
8D	8. Handbag fashion label from Madrid	5
9D	9. Playful knock on the noggin	3
10D	10. Give the thumbs-up	4
11D	11. Sagacious	4
12D	12. Divisions in a tennis match	4
13D	15. Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares	13
14D	18. President after Washington	5
15D	22. Alternative to a convertible or station wagon	5
16D	25. Hat holder	4
17D	27. Barely visible, as light from a star	3
18D	29. Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band	10
19D	32. Dive offering slices	10
20D	33. Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g.	4
21D	34. Meyers of late night	4
22D	35. Clutter	4
23D	36. Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short	4
24D	41. Slips in a slot at the post office	5
25D	42. Fly to new heights	4
26D	45. Dominate, in sports slang	3
27D	48. "I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my ___ did grow": William Blake	5
28D	53. Passing notices, informally	5
29D	54. Counting-out rhyme opener	5
30D	56. Book made obsolescent by GPS	5
31D	57. "Buh-bye!"	5
32D	58. Attempt anew	4
33D	59. Said "guilty," say	4
34D	60. One of 26 in a marathon	4
35D	62. Contents of an Excel spreadsheet	4
36D	65. Kisses, symbolically	3
37D	67. Like some dog kisses	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Deftly avoid"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that escape, either physically or mentally
• Similar words include: escape, dodge, evade
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ELUDE

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2D: "2. Plants with tendrils"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
• Similar words include: vine
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: VINES

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3D: "3. Electric with excitement"

10 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ALLATINGLE

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4D: "4. Cry over a newborn"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AWW

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5D: "5. Home loan overhaul, in brief"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: REFI

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6D: "6. Halt to hostilities"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
• Similar words include: cease-fire, armistice
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TRUCE

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7D: "7. Some gofers"

10 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: ERRANDBOYS

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8D: "8. Handbag fashion label from Madrid"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states composer (born in austria) who collaborated with lerner on several musicals (1901-1987)
• Similar words include: Frederick Loewe
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LOEWE

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9D: "9. Playful knock on the noggin"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the law enforcement agency of the justice department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
• Similar words include: Federal Bureau of Prisons, sock, bebop
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BOP

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10D: "10. Give the thumbs-up"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an endorsement
• Similar words include: fine, hunky-dory, okey
• Opposite of: disapprove

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Answer: OKAY

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11D: "11. Sagacious"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a way of doing or being
• Similar words include: fresh, impertinent, overbold
• Opposite of: foolish

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Answer: WISE

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12D: "12. Divisions in a tennis match"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Similar words include: Set, determine, typeset
• Opposite of: rise

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Answer: SETS

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13D: "15. Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares"

13 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: ELEVATORMUSIC

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14D: "18. President after Washington"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that american revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the boston tea party and signer of the declaration of independence (1722-1803)
• Similar words include: President John Adams, President John Quincy Adams, go
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ADAMS

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15D: "22. Alternative to a convertible or station wagon"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
• Similar words include: sedan chair, saloon
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SEDAN

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16D: "25. Hat holder"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that framework for holding objects
• Similar words include: wring, single-foot, squeeze
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RACK

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17D: "27. Barely visible, as light from a star"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
• Similar words include: slow, dull, slur
• Opposite of: undimmed, focus

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Answer: DIM

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18D: "29. Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: CHICKCOREA

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19D: "32. Dive offering slices"

10 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

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Answer: PIZZAJOINT

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20D: "33. Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARIA

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21D: "34. Meyers of late night"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
• Similar words include: Set
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SETH

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22D: "35. Clutter"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of confusion and disorderliness
• Similar words include: stack, great deal, messiness
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MESS

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23D: "36. Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: EGOT

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24D: "41. Slips in a slot at the post office"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
• Similar words include: ring armor, chain armour, post
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MAILS

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25D: "42. Fly to new heights"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of rising upward into the air
• Similar words include: soar up, hang glide, surge
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SOAR

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26D: "45. Dominate, in sports slang"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that have ownership or possession of
• Similar words include: possess, ain, have
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OWN

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27D: "48. "I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my ___ did grow": William Blake"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
• Similar words include: ire, ira, anger
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: WRATH

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28D: "53. Passing notices, informally"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
• Similar words include: obituary, necrology, obit
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: OBITS

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29D: "54. Counting-out rhyme opener"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EENIE

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30D: "56. Book made obsolescent by GPS"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
• Similar words include: telamon, atlas vertebra, book of maps
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ATLAS

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31D: "57. "Buh-bye!""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SEEYA

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32D: "58. Attempt anew"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
• Similar words include: remake, reconstruct, remodel
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: REDO

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33D: "59. Said "guilty," say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that appeal or request earnestly
• Similar words include: plead
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: PLED

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34D: "60. One of 26 in a marathon"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
• Similar words include: mi, knot, sea mile
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MILE

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35D: "62. Contents of an Excel spreadsheet"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Similar words include: datum, information, data point
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DATA

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36D: "65. Kisses, symbolically"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
• Similar words include: atomic number 54, 10, ex
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: XES

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37D: "67. Like some dog kisses"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that wetness caused by water
• Similar words include: stiff, pixilated, blind drunk
• Opposite of: dry

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Answer: WET

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Today's Puzzle Stats

41 Across Clues

37 Down Clues

78 Total Clues

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