NYT0903 Tuesday Sep 03, 2024 NYT Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Fanged menaces, 5. Word with League or Spring, 9. "What's the big ___?", 13. Clown role in Chinese opera, 14. Crayon choice, 16. Dallas hoopers, informally, 17. Brand of kitchen storage containers, 19. Pub pints, 20. Mathematical suffix with quin- or sex-, 21. $1,000,000, casually, 22. Alley division, 23. Can. province between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 24. The second "S" of U.S.S.R., 26. Hug, 29. Gender identity prefix, 30. Overly, 31. Strong desire, 34. Fracas, 38. Political configurations suggested by the answers (and their circled letters) at 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across?, 42. Egyptian symbols of life, 43. Parisian pal, 44. Helpful suggestion, 45. "___ who you know" (networking principle), 47. Force of nature?, 50. When the skeletons in one's closet might be brought out, 55. Smidgen, 56. Cain's victim, 57. Feeling crummy, 58. Call off, as a takeoff, 60. Second part of a notable Latin boast, 61. Alexander Hamilton, politically, 64. Upper hand, 65. Small component of an immune response, 66. Pale yellow cheese, 67. Groks, 68. Run-D.M.C. or De La Soul, 69. Actress Hatcher

Down Clues :

1. Play division, 2. Close, 3. Story that jumps off the page?, 4. "Last" thing in a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, 5. Farm measure, 6. Argument, 7. Site of a famous 1836 battle, 8. Kind of acid used to make Silly Putty, 9. "No more for me, thanks", 10. ___ Lama, 11. Some bets in roulette, 12. Flexibility, for a dancer, 15. Archeological find, 18. Director Kazan, 24. Big name in mattresses, 25. Goals, 26. ___ James, 2008 film role for Beyoncé, 27. Like a well-manicured lawn, 28. Junkyard dog, 32. Student-run class?, 33. Digitally endorse, 35. Use one's winnings for the next bet, in casino lingo, 36. Give off, 37. Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g., 39. Baseball franchise with a bell in its logo, 40. "___ your other question ...", 41. Ending for law or saw, 46. "You Belong With Me" singer, 48. "Take a Chance on Me" group, 49. Rainbow hue, 50. Privileged group, 51. Put up with, 52. Shelf, 53. Yard sign word, 54. Grandparent, e.g., 58. Folk singer Guthrie, 59. Ruler at the Winter Palace, 62. Name found in "Yale library," appropriately, 63. "Spare me the deets!"

Tuesdat Sep 03, 2024 NYT Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 03, 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. Fanged menaces. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASPS

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




• The clue is 5. Word with League or Spring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAB

  Possible Answer : Arabian, Arab




• The clue is 9. "What's the big ___?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEA

  Possible Answer : idea, melodic_theme, estimate, musical_theme, approximation, theme, thought, mind, estimation




• The clue is 13. Clown role in Chinese opera. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHOU

  Possible Answer : Chow_dynasty, Chow, Zhou_dynasty, Zhou, Chou_dynasty, Chou, cabbage, cream_puff, chou




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

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

  The answer: COLOR

  Possible Answer : colouring, coloring, coloration, emblazon, vividness, people_of_colour, coloring_material, semblance, colorise, people_of_color, color_in, distort, color, discolor, tinge, colourize, colourise, colouring_material, colour_in, colour, colorize, discolour, gloss, colouration

  Possible Opposite Answer : black-and-white, discolor, colorlessness




• The clue is 16. Dallas hoopers, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAVS




• The clue is 17. Brand of kitchen storage containers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUPPERWARE




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

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

  The answer: ALES

  Possible Answer : ale




• The clue is 20. Mathematical suffix with quin- or sex-. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUPLE




• The clue is 21. $1,000,000, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIL

  Possible Answer : Swedish_mile, mil, cubic_centimetre, ml, mile, millilitre, milliliter, cubic_centimeter, cc




• The clue is 22. Alley division. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LANE

  Possible Answer : lane




• The clue is 23. Can. province between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEI

  Possible Answer : Ieoh_Ming_Pei, Pei, I._M._Pei




• The clue is 24. The second "S" of U.S.S.R.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOCIALIST

  Possible Answer : socialistic, socialist

  Possible Opposite Answer : capitalistic




• The clue is 26. Hug. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMBRACE

  Possible Answer : embracing, sweep_up, comprehend, cover, embrace, bosom, embracement, adopt, squeeze, hug, espouse, encompass




• The clue is 29. Gender identity prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CIS

  Possible Answer : curie, CIS, Ci, Commonwealth_of_Independent_States




• The clue is 30. Overly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOO

  Possible Answer : besides, too, likewise, to_a_fault, also, as_well, overly, excessively




• The clue is 31. Strong desire. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: URGE

  Possible Answer : cheer, press, exhort, recommend, inspire, root_on, barrack, urge_on, itch, advocate, impulse, pep_up, urge




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

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

  The answer: MELEE

  Possible Answer : melee, scrimmage, battle_royal




• The clue is 38. Political configurations suggested by the answers (and their circled letters) at 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: TWOPARTYSYSTEMS




• The clue is 42. Egyptian symbols of life. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANKHS




• The clue is 43. Parisian pal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMIE




• The clue is 44. Helpful suggestion. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIP

  Possible Answer : bakshish, fee, baksheesh, hint, peak, backsheesh, confidential_information, bakshis, tumble, tip, tip_off, gratuity, steer, tap, bung, topple, crown, tilt, top, angle, tiptoe, lean, point, tippytoe, wind, summit, slant, crest, pourboire, lead




• The clue is 45. "___ who you know" (networking principle). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITS

  Possible Answer : information_technology, IT




• The clue is 47. Force of nature?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRAVITY

  Possible Answer : soberness, graveness, somberness, sobriety, solemnity, gravitational_attraction, gravitation, sombreness, gravitational_force, gravity

  Possible Opposite Answer : levity




• The clue is 50. When the skeletons in one's closet might be brought out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALLOWEEN

  Possible Answer : Halloween, Hallowe'en, Allhallows_Eve




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

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

  The answer: BIT

  Possible Answer : piece, moment, scrap, turn, snatch, routine, bite, prick, spot, burn, chip, minute, flake, sting, mo, bit, morsel, second, seize_with_teeth, fleck, act, number




• The clue is 56. Cain's victim. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABEL

  Possible Answer : Niels_Henrik_Abel, Abel, Niels_Abel




• The clue is 57. Feeling crummy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILL

  Possible Answer : poorly, sick, complaint, ill, ailment, ominous, badly, inauspicious

  Possible Opposite Answer : well




• The clue is 58. Call off, as a takeoff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABORT

  Possible Answer : abort




• The clue is 60. Second part of a notable Latin boast. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIDI




• The clue is 61. Alexander Hamilton, politically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEDERALIST

  Possible Answer : federalist, Federalist




• The clue is 64. Upper hand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDGE

  Possible Answer : bound, march, edge, inch, adjoin, abut, butt_against, butt_on, border, butt, boundary, sharpness




• The clue is 65. Small component of an immune response. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TCELL




• The clue is 66. Pale yellow cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDAM

  Possible Answer : Edam




• The clue is 67. Groks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEES

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




• The clue is 68. Run-D.M.C. or De La Soul. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRIO

  Possible Answer : 3, tierce, threesome, triplet, leash, triple, trey, ternion, III, trine, triad, tercet, trinity, three, terzetto, troika, trio, deuce-ace, ternary




• The clue is 69. Actress Hatcher. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TERI

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Play division. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACT

  Possible Answer: human_activity, play, turn, enactment, do, move, routine, playact, human_action, act_as, pretend, work, deed, dissemble, bit, represent, roleplay, behave, act, number

  Possible Opposite Answer : refrain

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

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

  The answer: SHUT

  Possible Answer: shut_out, keep_out, exclude, close, closed, unopen, shut

  Possible Opposite Answer : admit, open

• The clue is 3. Story that jumps off the page?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POPUPBOOK

• The clue is 4. "Last" thing in a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUPPER

  Possible Answer: supper

• The clue is 5. Farm measure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACRE

  Possible Answer: Acre, Accho, Akka, Akko, acre

• The clue is 6. Argument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROW

  Possible Answer: run-in, rowing, words, quarrel, dustup, course, wrangle, row

• The clue is 7. Site of a famous 1836 battle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALAMO

  Possible Answer: Alamo

• The clue is 8. Kind of acid used to make Silly Putty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BORIC

  Possible Answer: boric, boracic

• The clue is 9. "No more for me, thanks". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMALLSET

• The clue is 10. ___ Lama. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DALAI

• The clue is 11. Some bets in roulette. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVENS

  Possible Answer: evening, eve, flush, level, even, eventide, even_out

• The clue is 12. Flexibility, for a dancer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASSET

  Possible Answer: asset, plus

  Possible Opposite Answer : liability

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

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

  The answer: RELIC

  Possible Answer: souvenir, token, relic, keepsake

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

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

  The answer: ELIA

  Possible Answer: Charles_Lamb, Elia, Lamb

• The clue is 24. Big name in mattresses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERTA

• The clue is 25. Goals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIMS

  Possible Answer: aim, bearing, train, draw_a_bead_on, shoot_for, aspire, intention, take_aim, purpose, objective, target, purport, get, heading, direct, place, object, calculate, propose, drive, intent, point, design, take

• The clue is 26. ___ James, 2008 film role for Beyoncé. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETTA

• The clue is 27. Like a well-manicured lawn. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOWN

  Possible Answer: cut, mow, mown, cut_down, mop, pout

  Possible Opposite Answer : unmown

• The clue is 28. Junkyard dog. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUR

  Possible Answer: cur, mutt, mongrel

• The clue is 32. Student-run class?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GYM

  Possible Answer: gym, gymnasium

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

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

  The answer: ESIGN

• The clue is 35. Use one's winnings for the next bet, in casino lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LETITRIDE

• The clue is 36. Give off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMIT

  Possible Answer: give_off, let_out, breathe, give_out, let_loose, utter, emit, pass_off

  Possible Opposite Answer : absorb

• The clue is 37. Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESPY

  Possible Answer: spot, spy, descry, espy

• The clue is 39. Baseball franchise with a bell in its logo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PHILLIES

• The clue is 40. "___ your other question ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTO

• The clue is 41. Ending for law or saw. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YER

• The clue is 46. "You Belong With Me" singer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWIFT

  Possible Answer: Jonathan_Swift, western_fence_lizard, swift, Swift, Gustavus_Franklin_Swift, fleet, Sceloporus_occidentalis, Dean_Swift, blue-belly

• The clue is 48. "Take a Chance on Me" group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABBA

• The clue is 49. Rainbow hue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIOLET

  Possible Answer: purple, violet, purplish, reddish_blue

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

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

  The answer: HAVES

  Possible Answer: suffer, give_birth, own, deliver, have_got, take_in, induce, have, throw, feature, possess, sustain, get, experience, bear, wealthy_person, ingest, cause, let, receive, stimulate, give, hold, take, birth, rich_person, consume, make, accept

  Possible Opposite Answer : abstain, lack, refuse

• The clue is 51. Put up with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABIDE

  Possible Answer: stay, digest, abide, endure, bide, suffer, tolerate, put_up, support, brook, stand, stick_out, stomach, bear

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

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

  The answer: LEDGE

  Possible Answer: ledge, shelf

• The clue is 53. Yard sign word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELECT

  Possible Answer: elite, chosen, elect

• The clue is 54. Grandparent, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELDER

  Possible Answer: senior, older, sr., elder, elderberry_bush

• The clue is 58. Folk singer Guthrie. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARLO

• The clue is 59. Ruler at the Winter Palace. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSAR

  Possible Answer: tsar, czar, tzar

• The clue is 62. Name found in "Yale library," appropriately. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELI

• The clue is 63. "Spare me the deets!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TMI

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Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Schoolroom that serves as a studio

6-letter answer Answer: ARTLAB

Clue #2: 7. Original airer of "Doctor Who"

3-letter answer Answer: BBC

Clue #3: 10. Covenant

4-letter answer Answer: PACT

Word Help: Synonyms: pact, treaty, accord

Clue #4: 14. Give a lashing

6-letter answer Answer: BERATE

Word Help: Synonyms: call_on_the_carpet, call_down, lecture

Clue #5: 15. Whom Will Smith played in a 2001 sports biopic

3-letter answer Answer: ALI

Word Help: Synonyms: Cassius_Clay, Ali, Cassius_Marcellus_Clay

Clue #6: 16. Son of Zeus and Hera

4-letter answer Answer: ARES

Word Help: Synonyms: ar, Ares, are

Clue #7: 17. Sweetener in some diet sodas

6-letter answer Answer: STEVIA

Word Help: Synonyms: stevia

Clue #8: 18. *Cat breed named after an Indonesian island from which it didn't originate

8-letter answer Answer: BALINESE

Word Help: Synonyms: Balinese

Clue #9: 20. Places to carry out some takeout orders, for short?

3-letter answer Answer: ORS

Word Help: Synonyms: Oregon, operating_theater, surgery

Clue #10: 21. Light unit

5-letter answer Answer: LUMEN

Word Help: Synonyms: lm, lumen

Clue #11: 23. "Not in the ___!"

5-letter answer Answer: LEAST

Word Help: Synonyms: to_the_lowest_degree, least
Antonyms: most

Clue #12: 24. *It's "read" as a stern warning

7-letter answer Answer: RIOTACT

Clue #13: 26. *Relative of a snowboard

7-letter answer Answer: MONOSKI

Clue #14: 28. ___ Men (group that won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Dance Recording)

4-letter answer Answer: BAHA

Clue #15: 29. Old tone

5-letter answer Answer: SEPIA

Word Help: Synonyms: genus_Sepia, Sepia, sepia

Clue #16: 31. Is for the people?

3-letter answer Answer: ARE

Word Help: Synonyms: exist, follow, embody
Antonyms: differ

Clue #17: 32. Daffy Duck speaking feature

4-letter answer Answer: LISP

Word Help: Synonyms: LISP, lisp, list-processing_language

Clue #18: 34. "I wanna!"

5-letter answer Answer: LEMME

Clue #19: 37. Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues

11-letter answer Answer: CIRCLESBACK

Clue #20: 41. Country that was home to the Ebla library, thought to be the world's first (2500 B.C.)

5-letter answer Answer: SYRIA

Word Help: Synonyms: Syrian_Arab_Republic, Syria

Clue #21: 42. Sheet music symbol

4-letter answer Answer: CLEF

Word Help: Synonyms: clef

Clue #22: 44. Past-tense verb that's potentially confusing (but grammatically correct!) when written twice in a row

3-letter answer Answer: HAD

Word Help: Synonyms: make, birth, own
Antonyms: refuse, lack

Clue #23: 47. ___ salt (form of magnesium sulfate)

5-letter answer Answer: EPSOM

Clue #24: 50. Lead-in to -nautics

4-letter answer Answer: AERO

Clue #25: 52. *Carve out, in a way

7-letter answer Answer: ENGRAVE

Word Help: Synonyms: etch, inscribe, engrave

Clue #26: 55. *Comedy club fare

7-letter answer Answer: STANDUP

Clue #27: 57. Columbus's birthplace

5-letter answer Answer: GENOA

Word Help: Synonyms: Genova, Genoa

Clue #28: 58. "___ My Heart in San Francisco"

5-letter answer Answer: ILEFT

Clue #29: 60. Video game character speaking a gibberish language

3-letter answer Answer: SIM

Clue #30: 61. *Villain's expression

8-letter answer Answer: EVILGRIN

Clue #31: 63. Like does

6-letter answer Answer: FEMALE

Word Help: Synonyms: female_person, distaff, female
Antonyms: androgynous, male

Clue #32: 65. ___ Mendoza, former first lady of Puerto Rico

4-letter answer Answer: INES

Clue #33: 66. Onetime C.I.A. foe

3-letter answer Answer: KGB

Word Help: Synonyms: KGB, Committee_for_State_Security, Soviet_KGB

Clue #34: 67. Like government secrets, occasionally

6-letter answer Answer: LEAKED

Word Help: Synonyms: leak, leak_out

Clue #35: 68. Title friend of Marlin in an animated film

4-letter answer Answer: DORY

Word Help: Synonyms: dinghy, dory, jack_salmon

Clue #36: 69. Times Square ball drop setting, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: EST

Word Help: Synonyms: Eastern_Time, EST, Eastern_Standard_Time

Clue #37: 70. Revered sorts

6-letter answer Answer: ELDERS

Word Help: Synonyms: elder, elderberry_bush, senior

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Soak up

6-letter answer Answer: ABSORB

Word Help: Synonyms: suck_up, engage, take_up
Antonyms: emit

Clue #2: 2. Outcome of a hung jury

7-letter answer Answer: RETRIAL

Word Help: Synonyms: retrial

Clue #3: 3. "How stylish!"

8-letter answer Answer: TRESCHIC

Clue #4: 4. W.C.

3-letter answer Answer: LAV

Word Help: Synonyms: lavatory, toilet, john

Clue #5: 5. Not quite straight up

5-letter answer Answer: ATILT

Word Help: Synonyms: atilt, leaning, tilted

Clue #6: 6. Gorgeous ones, informally

6-letter answer Answer: BEAUTS

Word Help: Synonyms: beauty, beaut

Clue #7: 7. Film based on the 1983 children's novel "The Sheep-Pig"

4-letter answer Answer: BABE

Word Help: Synonyms: infant, sister, babe

Clue #8: 8. Some comforters for toddlers

8-letter answer Answer: BLANKIES

Clue #9: 9. Modern prefix with normativity

3-letter answer Answer: CIS

Word Help: Synonyms: curie, Commonwealth_of_Independent_States, CIS

Clue #10: 10. Dairy-less diet

5-letter answer Answer: PALEO

Clue #11: 11. Singer Grande

6-letter answer Answer: ARIANA

Word Help: Synonyms: Ariana

Clue #12: 12. Turn into stars, say?

6-letter answer Answer: CENSOR

Word Help: Synonyms: censor, ban

Clue #13: 13. Tswana for "fly"

6-letter answer Answer: TSETSE

Word Help: Synonyms: tzetze_fly, tsetse, tsetse_fly

Clue #14: 19. West ___ (furniture retailer)

3-letter answer Answer: ELM

Word Help: Synonyms: elm_tree, elm, elmwood

Clue #15: 22. Trailblazing astronaut Jemison

3-letter answer Answer: MAE

Clue #16: 25. Refuge from the heat

5-letter answer Answer: OASIS

Word Help: Synonyms: haven, oasis

Clue #17: 27. It's one foot long

4-letter answer Answer: IAMB

Word Help: Synonyms: iamb, iambus

Clue #18: 30. Calls for sympathy

5-letter answer Answer: PLEAS

Word Help: Synonyms: plea, supplication

Clue #19: 33. Snoop

3-letter answer Answer: PRY

Word Help: Synonyms: prize, lever, crowbar

Clue #20: 35. Big thing in fast food?

3-letter answer Answer: MAC

Word Help: Synonyms: mac, mackintosh, mack

Clue #21: 36. Splendor

5-letter answer Answer: ECLAT

Word Help: Synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, plaudit

Clue #22: 38. Language that gave us "Saskatchewan"

4-letter answer Answer: CREE

Word Help: Synonyms: Cree

Clue #23: 39. Piercings that might be felt while kissing

8-letter answer Answer: LIPRINGS

Clue #24: 40. Memento

8-letter answer Answer: KEEPSAKE

Word Help: Synonyms: keepsake, souvenir, token

Clue #25: 43. More delicate and weak

7-letter answer Answer: FRAILER

Word Help: Synonyms: delicate, fallible, weak
Antonyms: robust

Clue #26: 44. Who says "You're a wizard, Harry"

6-letter answer Answer: HAGRID

Clue #27: 45. Skin-care brand

6-letter answer Answer: AVEENO

Clue #28: 46. City that lends its name to a style of omelet

6-letter answer Answer: DENVER

Word Help: Synonyms: capital_of_Colorado, Denver, Mile-High_City

Clue #29: 48. Uplifting work

3-letter answer Answer: ODE

Word Help: Synonyms: ode

Clue #30: 49. Quiet

6-letter answer Answer: MUFFLE

Word Help: Synonyms: dampen, repress, tone_down

Clue #31: 51. Popping pills, say

6-letter answer Answer: ONMEDS

Clue #32: 53. Racket-raising

5-letter answer Answer: NOISY

Word Help: Synonyms: noisy
Antonyms: quiet

Clue #33: 54. ___ pal

3-letter answer Answer: GAL

Word Help: Synonyms: gal, gallon

Clue #34: 56. Source of Andrew Carnegie's wealth

5-letter answer Answer: STEEL

Word Help: Synonyms: blade, steel, sword

Clue #35: 59. Community associated with Out magazine

4-letter answer Answer: LGBT

Clue #36: 62. President posthumously inducted in the World Golf Hall of Fame, informally

3-letter answer Answer: IKE

Word Help: Synonyms: Dwight_D._Eisenhower, Dwight_Eisenhower, President_Eisenhower

Clue #37: 64. Crackpot

3-letter answer Answer: MAD

Word Help: Synonyms: brainsick, crazy, delirious

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Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Nosy Parkers

6-letter answer Answer: SNOOPS

Word Help: Synonyms: snoop, spy, sleuth

Clue #2: 7. "Make like a drum and beat it!"

7-letter answer Answer: AMSCRAY

Clue #3: 14. Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male"

7-letter answer Answer: KIPLING

Word Help: Synonyms: Rudyard_Kipling, Joseph_Rudyard_Kipling, Kipling

Clue #4: 16. "Ditto for us"

7-letter answer Answer: SOAREWE

Clue #5: 17. Half of an Arnold Palmer

7-letter answer Answer: ICEDTEA

Clue #6: 18. "Ta-da!"

7-letter answer Answer: ETVOILA

Clue #7: 19. *Mensa, for one

13-letter answer Answer: CONSTELLATION

Word Help: Synonyms: constellation, configuration

Clue #8: 20. "___ Enchanted," 2004 film

4-letter answer Answer: ELLA

Clue #9: 22. What's never free of charge

3-letter answer Answer: ION

Word Help: Synonyms: ion

Clue #10: 23. ___ hat, no cattle (folksy put-down)

3-letter answer Answer: ALL

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

Clue #11: 24. Swiss Ms.

4-letter answer Answer: FRAU

Word Help: Synonyms: Frau

Clue #12: 25. Fed. observance since 1986

6-letter answer Answer: MLKDAY

Clue #13: 28. Music biz scandal

6-letter answer Answer: PAYOLA

Word Help: Synonyms: payola

Clue #14: 30. Chippewa neighbors

4-letter answer Answer: CREE

Word Help: Synonyms: Cree

Clue #15: 32. Homophone of 26-Down

3-letter answer Answer: EYE

Word Help: Synonyms: oculus, centre, heart

Clue #16: 33. Sees red

7-letter answer Answer: GETSHOT

Clue #17: 35. HBO comedy with 17 Emmys

4-letter answer Answer: VEEP

Clue #18: 36. *One with a minority opinion about the shape of the world

11-letter answer Answer: FLATEARTHER

Clue #19: 37. Word with drum or trumpet

3-letter answer Answer: EAR

Word Help: Synonyms: auricle, pinna, spike

Clue #20: 38. 2013 film that presaged ChatGPT

3-letter answer Answer: HER

Clue #21: 39. Stick with it

4-letter answer Answer: GLUE

Word Help: Synonyms: gum, paste, mucilage

Clue #22: 41. Insect named for the Virgin Mary

7-letter answer Answer: LADYBUG

Word Help: Synonyms: lady_beetle, ladybird_beetle, ladybird

Clue #23: 43. Upton Sinclair novel

3-letter answer Answer: OIL

Word Help: Synonyms: crude_oil, inunct, oil

Clue #24: 44. Mononymous Irish singer

4-letter answer Answer: BONO

Clue #25: 45. Captivate

6-letter answer Answer: ENAMOR

Word Help: Synonyms: captivate, bewitch, becharm

Clue #26: 49. Material for some ropes and curtains

6-letter answer Answer: VELVET

Word Help: Synonyms: velvet-textured, velvety, velvet

Clue #27: 51. Words from a loud speaker, maybe

4-letter answer Answer: RANT

Word Help: Synonyms: mouth_off, rabbit_on, blah

Clue #28: 53. Preceder of way or word

3-letter answer Answer: INA

Clue #29: 54. *Two sure things

13-letter answer Answer: DEATHANDTAXES

Clue #30: 55. Stage props?

4-letter answer Answer: HAND

Word Help: Synonyms: reach, hired_man, hired_hand

Clue #31: 56. X, Y and sometimes Z

4-letter answer Answer: AXES

Word Help: Synonyms: axis_vertebra, axis_of_rotation, ax

Clue #32: 57. "Yikes"-worthy

7-letter answer Answer: CRINGEY

Clue #33: 60. Give height, as a hairdo ... or a hint for entering the answers to the starred clues

7-letter answer Answer: TEASEUP

Clue #34: 62. Filled out wrong, say

7-letter answer Answer: INVALID

Word Help: Synonyms: disable, shut-in, incapacitate
Antonyms: valid

Clue #35: 63. One rushing to a Code Blue, in brief

7-letter answer Answer: ERNURSE

Clue #36: 64. Not equilateral or isosceles

7-letter answer Answer: SCALENE

Word Help: Synonyms: scalene

Clue #37: 65. Clapped back at

6-letter answer Answer: SASSED

Word Help: Synonyms: sass

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Something to wear on a run

6-letter answer Answer: SKICAP

Clue #2: 2. Anarchist Sacco

6-letter answer Answer: NICOLA

Clue #3: 3. Without pretense

6-letter answer Answer: OPENLY

Word Help: Synonyms: openly

Clue #4: 4. Elders, derisively

4-letter answer Answer: OLDS

Word Help: Synonyms: old

Clue #5: 5. Preparation for a luau

3-letter answer Answer: PIT

Word Help: Synonyms: Inferno, pitfall, perdition
Antonyms: Heaven

Clue #6: 6. Give a dirty look

7-letter answer Answer: SNEERAT

Clue #7: 7. Not on solid ground, say

4-letter answer Answer: ASEA

Word Help: Synonyms: asea, seaward, seawards

Clue #8: 8. Witty remark

3-letter answer Answer: MOT

Word Help: Synonyms: MOT_test, Ministry_of_Transportation_test, MOT

Clue #9: 9. London's ___ Row

6-letter answer Answer: SAVILE

Clue #10: 10. Shepherd's stick

5-letter answer Answer: CROOK

Word Help: Synonyms: curve, twist, criminal

Clue #11: 11. Certain seasonal workers?

8-letter answer Answer: REINDEER

Word Help: Synonyms: Rangifer_tarandus, caribou, Greenland_caribou

Clue #12: 12. Strip poker?

3-letter answer Answer: AWL

Word Help: Synonyms: awl

Clue #13: 13. Formal vote

3-letter answer Answer: YEA

Word Help: Synonyms: yeah, yea
Antonyms: nay

Clue #14: 15. Big do

4-letter answer Answer: GALA

Word Help: Synonyms: blowout, gala, jamboree

Clue #15: 21. Female in Mexican-style wrestling

9-letter answer Answer: LUCHADORA

Clue #16: 24. One going for a little bite?

4-letter answer Answer: FLEA

Word Help: Synonyms: flea

Clue #17: 25. Inst. known for an annual 15-Down

3-letter answer Answer: MET

Word Help: Synonyms: get_together, foregather, conform_to
Antonyms: diverge

Clue #18: 26. Formal vote

3-letter answer Answer: AYE

Clue #19: 27. Informal 26-Down

3-letter answer Answer: YEP

Clue #20: 29. Give a dirty look

4-letter answer Answer: OGLE

Word Help: Synonyms: ogle

Clue #21: 31. One of the "Gilmore Girls"

4-letter answer Answer: RORY

Clue #22: 34. Younger Lennon son

4-letter answer Answer: SEAN

Clue #23: 35. Second star ever photographed, after the sun

4-letter answer Answer: VEGA

Word Help: Synonyms: Lope_Felix_de_Vega_Carpio, Vega, Lope_de_Vega

Clue #24: 36. Over-the-top dramatic

8-letter answer Answer: FULLDIVA

Clue #25: 38. Prowl

4-letter answer Answer: HUNT

Word Help: Synonyms: Holman_Hunt, hunt_club, James_Henry_Leigh_Hunt

Clue #26: 39. End of a Senate address

3-letter answer Answer: GOV

Clue #27: 40. Dissemble

3-letter answer Answer: LIE

Word Help: Synonyms: Trygve_Halvden_Lie, lie, Lie
Antonyms: arise, stand

Clue #28: 41. Listing at Christie's

3-letter answer Answer: LOT

Word Help: Synonyms: mint, flock, good_deal

Clue #29: 42. Bacchanals

7-letter answer Answer: BENDERS

Word Help: Synonyms: booze-up, curve, toot

Clue #30: 44. Charles Darwin's ship

6-letter answer Answer: BEAGLE

Word Help: Synonyms: beagle

Clue #31: 46. Bakery devices

6-letter answer Answer: MIXERS

Word Help: Synonyms: mixer, social, sociable

Clue #32: 47. Disposable

6-letter answer Answer: ONEUSE

Clue #33: 48. Croaked

6-letter answer Answer: RASPED

Word Help: Synonyms: rasp

Clue #34: 50. Bribable

5-letter answer Answer: VENAL

Word Help: Synonyms: bribable, purchasable, venal

Clue #35: 52. Chamber opening?

4-letter answer Answer: ANTE

Word Help: Synonyms: ante

Clue #36: 55. ___ Park, F.D.R.'s home

4-letter answer Answer: HYDE

Clue #37: 56. Laptop brand

4-letter answer Answer: ASUS

Clue #38: 57. Gender prefix

3-letter answer Answer: CIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Ci, CIS, curie

Clue #39: 58. G.O.P. group

3-letter answer Answer: RNC

Clue #40: 59. One from Hamburg

3-letter answer Answer: EIN

Clue #41: 61. "S.N.L." alum Gasteyer

3-letter answer Answer: ANA

Word Help: Synonyms: ana, Ana

Expert Solving Strategies

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• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
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