Thursday August 08, 2024 - NYT Crossword Clues Answers
Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle
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Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 08, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues and Answers:
- 1. Catherine ___, last wife of King Henry VIII - Show Answer
PARR
(4 letters)
Synonyms: parr, Catherine_Parr, Parr
- 5. Basic level of a popular ridesharing app - Show Answer
UBERX
(5 letters)
- 10. Part of a routine - Show Answer
JOKE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: jest, laugh, put-on, gag, antic, prank, joke, caper, trick, jape, jocularity
- 14. Orchestra tuner - Show Answer
OBOE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: hautbois, oboe, hautboy
- 15. "You can't make me!" - Show Answer
NEVER
(5 letters)
Synonyms: never, ne'er
Antonyms: ever
- 16. Dry - Show Answer
ARID
(4 letters)
Synonyms: desiccate, desiccated, arid, waterless
- 17. Mixed drink with an alliterative name - Show Answer
SCOTCHANDSODA
(13 letters)
- 19. Fuse by heat - Show Answer
WELD
(4 letters)
Synonyms: dyer's_mignonette, Reseda_luteola, weld, Theodore_Dwight_Weld, dyer's_rocket, Weld
- 20. Bad weather forecast, informally - Show Answer
TSTORMS
(7 letters)
- 21. Preceder of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese history - Show Answer
HANDYNASTY
(10 letters)
- 23. Slightest idea - Show Answer
CLUE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: hint, cue, clew, clue
- 24. "The Lucy-___ Comedy Hour" (classic TV release) - Show Answer
DESI
(4 letters)
- 25. Tons - Show Answer
SCADS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: loads, scads, gobs, dozens, stacks, tons, rafts, scad, scores, heaps, piles, oodles, lots, lashings, slews, wads
- 27. Kind of school - Show Answer
MED
(3 letters)
Synonyms: Master_of_Education, MEd
- 28. Sudden inspirations? - Show Answer
GASPS
(5 letters)
Synonyms: pant, gasp, heave, puff
- 33. He asked Bud "Who's on first?" - Show Answer
LOU
(3 letters)
- 34. Cry of terrier? - Show Answer
ARF
(3 letters)
- 35. Response to an anticlimactic reveal - Show Answer
OHTHAT
(6 letters)
- 36. "It's not as simple as it sounds" - Show Answer
EASIERSAIDTHANDONE
(18 letters)
- 40. Forever, poetically - Show Answer
ETERNE
(6 letters)
- 41. A carved one hangs in the chamber of the Massachusetts House of Representatives - Show Answer
COD
(3 letters)
Synonyms: put_one_across, bait, pod, collect, ride, cash_on_delivery, dupe, put_one_over, gull, take_in, befool, rally, twit, cod, COD, rag, C.O.D., fool, seedcase, put_on, tantalise, codfish, tantalize, tease, slang, razz, taunt
- 42. Itty-bitty - Show Answer
WEE
(3 letters)
Synonyms: pee, pee-pee, weensy, teentsy, itsy-bitsy, teensy-weensy, bitty, puddle, itty-bitty, urinate, take_a_leak, pass_water, spend_a_penny, bittie, micturate, weeny, teensy, piddle, make, wee, relieve_oneself, teeny-weeny, teeny, make_water, wee-wee, piss
- 43. Galileo, by birth - Show Answer
PISAN
(5 letters)
- 44. Name spelled out in "The Alphabet Song" - Show Answer
STU
(3 letters)
- 45. Immune system agent - Show Answer
TCELL
(5 letters)
- 47. Golden rule preposition - Show Answer
UNTO
(4 letters)
- 49. Arctic food fish - Show Answer
CHAR
(4 letters)
Synonyms: coal, sear, cleaning_woman, charwoman, cleaning_lady, blacken, char, scorch, charr, woman
- 50. Ornate lighting fixture - Show Answer
CHANDELIER
(10 letters)
Synonyms: pendant, chandelier, pendent
- 54. Sours - Show Answer
GOESBAD
(7 letters)
- 57. Setting for the FIFA World Cups of 2002 and 2022 - Show Answer
ASIA
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Asia
- 58. Part of a clock depicted four times in this puzzle? - Show Answer
MINUTEHAND
(10 letters)
- 60. Darkness - Show Answer
MURK
(4 letters)
Synonyms: murk, fogginess, fog, murkiness
- 61. It happens - Show Answer
EVENT
(5 letters)
Synonyms: effect, issue, event, upshot, consequence, outcome, result, case
- 62. Jazz singer Jones - Show Answer
ETTA
(4 letters)
- 63. Weapon that shares an etymology with "spade" and "spatula" - Show Answer
EPEE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: epee
- 64. Company with a purple heart in its logo - Show Answer
AETNA
(5 letters)
- 65. Ricotta ingredient - Show Answer
WHEY
(4 letters)
Synonyms: milk_whey, whey
Down Clues and Answers:
- 1. Thread component - Show Answer
POST
(4 letters)
Synonyms: carry, situation, stake, spot, Emily_Post, position, place, postal_service, post, office, C._W._Post, brand, station, Wiley_Post, put_up, billet, send, mail_service, Post, Charles_William_Post, Emily_Price_Post, military_post, mail, berth
- 2. Fundamentals - Show Answer
ABCS
(4 letters)
Synonyms: first_principle, ABCs, rudiment, ABC's, alphabet, first_rudiment, ABC
- 3. Fundamental issues - Show Answer
ROOTCAUSES
(10 letters)
- 4. Like old chestnuts - Show Answer
RETOLD
(6 letters)
Synonyms: retell, repeat, restate, ingeminate, recite, fictionalise, reiterate, iterate, fictionalize
- 5. "Let go, you brute!" - Show Answer
UNHANDME
(8 letters)
- 6. Porgy's partner - Show Answer
BESS
(4 letters)
Synonyms: make_up, be, comprise, follow, constitute, equal, live, beryllium, glucinium, represent, embody, personify, atomic_number_4, cost, exist, Be
Antonyms: differ
- 7. ___ Morales, former president of Bolivia - Show Answer
EVO
(3 letters)
- 8. Bad way to get caught - Show Answer
REDHANDED
(9 letters)
- 9. Revealing images - Show Answer
XRAYS
(5 letters)
- 10. First nonhuman species encountered in the "Star Wars" franchise - Show Answer
JAWA
(4 letters)
- 11. Valuable deposits - Show Answer
ORES
(4 letters)
Synonyms: ore
- 12. Bagpiper's garb - Show Answer
KILT
(4 letters)
Synonyms: kilt
- 13. Circular current - Show Answer
EDDY
(4 letters)
Synonyms: whirlpool, Eddy, purl, swirl, eddy, twist, Mary_Baker_Eddy, Mary_Morse_Baker_Eddy, whirl
- 18. French vineyards - Show Answer
CRUS
(4 letters)
Synonyms: crus
- 22. Ill-advised time for an ocean swim - Show Answer
NIGHT
(5 letters)
Synonyms: dark, nighttime, night, Nox, Night
Antonyms: day
- 24. Actual - Show Answer
DEFACTO
(7 letters)
- 25. "Don't give up on your dreams. ___ longer" (quip) - Show Answer
SLEEP
(5 letters)
Synonyms: log_Z's, slumber, eternal_sleep, rest, kip, quietus, nap, eternal_rest, sopor, sleep, catch_some_Z's
Antonyms: wake
- 26. Raccoon relative - Show Answer
COATI
(5 letters)
Synonyms: Nasua_narica, coon_cat, coati-mondi, coati, coati-mundi
- 27. ___ Butterworth's - Show Answer
MRS
(3 letters)
Synonyms: Mr., Mrs, Mrs., Mister, Mr
- 29. Within reach - Show Answer
ATHAND
(6 letters)
- 30. Hybrid fixture with a tub and nozzle - Show Answer
SHOWERBATH
(10 letters)
- 31. Group of experts - Show Answer
PANEL
(5 letters)
Synonyms: impanel, control_panel, dialog_box, board, venire, control_board, empanel, panel, jury, gore, instrument_panel
- 32. What many tins are made of, despite their name - Show Answer
STEEL
(5 letters)
Synonyms: sword, brand, steel, blade, nerve
- 34. Equal - Show Answer
ARE
(3 letters)
Synonyms: make_up, are, be, comprise, follow, constitute, equal, live, represent, embody, personify, cost, exist, ar
Antonyms: differ
- 35. Like most primes - Show Answer
ODD
(3 letters)
Synonyms: odd, remaining, curious, rummy, unexpended, uneven, unmated, peculiar, unpaired, leftover, left_over, left, funny, queer, rum, unmatched, singular
Antonyms: even
- 37. ___ Aldridge, early Black American playwright - Show Answer
IRA
(3 letters)
Synonyms: ira, Provisional_IRA, Irish_Republican_Army, IRA, individual_retirement_account, wrath, anger, Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, Provos, ire
- 38. The blahs - Show Answer
ENNUI
(5 letters)
Synonyms: tedium, boredom, ennui
- 39. The vowels not seen in "bad debt," ironically - Show Answer
IOU
(3 letters)
Synonyms: IOU
- 44. Try hard - Show Answer
STRIVE
(6 letters)
Synonyms: endeavour, reach, endeavor, strive, strain
- 45. Proverbs pronoun - Show Answer
THEE
(4 letters)
- 46. Vegan cheese ingredient, often - Show Answer
CASHEW
(6 letters)
Synonyms: cashew, Anacardium_occidentale, cashew_nut, cashew_tree
- 48. Site of a Herculean labor - Show Answer
NEMEA
(5 letters)
Synonyms: Nemea
- 49. Terra ___ - Show Answer
COTTA
(5 letters)
- 50. Turned out - Show Answer
CAME
(4 letters)
Synonyms: get_along, hail, derive, number, descend, make_out, follow, fare, get, total, amount, come_in, add_up, occur, do, come_up, fall, come, arrive, issue_forth
Antonyms: leave, go
- 51. Robber's order - Show Answer
HANDSUP
(7 letters)
- 52. Where drinks are toasted with "Sláinte!" - Show Answer
EIRE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: Republic_of_Ireland, Ireland, Eire, Irish_Republic
- 53. The Dead Sea is one, technically - Show Answer
LAKE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: lake
- 54. Tim of "Project Runway" - Show Answer
GUNN
(4 letters)
- 55. Dealer's request - Show Answer
ANTE
(4 letters)
Synonyms: ante
- 56. Its 80-year anniversary was observed in June of 2024 - Show Answer
DDAY
(4 letters)
- 59. Zero preceder - Show Answer
NET
(3 letters)
Synonyms: profit, last, mesh, lucre, web, earnings, sack, meshing, sack_up, profits, clear, cyberspace, final, internet, nett, net_income, network, net, net_profit, meshwork
Antonyms: gross
