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Sunday, September 1, 2024

NYT0901 Sunday Sep 01, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. "My hero!", 8. Demonstrate, 12. Lentil-based stew from 42-Down, 18. Wintertime traction aid, 19. Magazine with "Maison" and "Enfants" spinoffs, 21. Save money on one's city commute, say, 22. One use of an endowment fund, 23. Kitchen sampler, 24. That's a wrap!, 26. Complete group, 27. Scrape (by), 28. Hermanas de su padre, 31. Ecosystem formed by polyps, 32. Goof, 34. Lose, as layers, 37. West Coast N.C.A.A. conference that lost 10 teams in 2024, 39. Cries plaintively, 41. "Same!", 43. Newark alternative, in brief, 44. Typical length of February, 46. Lauds, 49. Walking, 51. Visual file format, 54. Oscar-winning actor in Farmers Insurance ads, 56. Writer whose work is hell to get through?, 57. Surgeon's co-worker, casually, 59. In which little gloves are worn, 60. Long-lasting lip makeup, 63. Podiatric woes, 64. Tennis star Wawrinka, 65. "Arrr, welcome aboard me ship!", 69. Fermented Russian drink, 70. Dedication preposition, 71. Short nap, 73. Cuts, 75. Genesis creator, 76. Location of elation, in an idiom, 78. What astronauts do more slowly in space than on earth, 79. College athletics airer, 80. Task recipient, 82. Cuts, 84. Expiate, with "for", 85. Party ___, 86. Botanist's study, 88. Won without a sweat, 90. Mattress supports, 93. Source of a sleep-inducing narcotic in the "Odyssey", 95. Give up, 96. Brief glimpses of stars, say, 98. Bucko, 99. Surfing move with all of one's toes off the board, 101. Word with one or minute, 102. Parking spot for a camper, 104. Summer pests, 106. Like old Nintendo consoles, 110. Put up with, 112. Aussie boot brand, 113. Vodka sold in blue bottles, 115. Ooze, 117. Like Dashboard Confessional's music, 118. Not viable from the start, for short, 120. Like a grass-roots approach, 123. Specialty of Bordeaux, 125. Aces, 128. Press-on beauty products, 131. Midtown Manhattan hot spot … or each of this puzzle's three shaded regions?, 132. Reacted to a sudden noise, say, 133. Assent that might be accompanied by eye-rolling, 134. Colada fruit, 135. Bicycles built for two

Down Clues :

1. "One moment!", 2. ___ de rire ("dying of laughter," in French), 3. Coming-of-age celebration, 4. Pac-Man platform, 5. Jazz trombonist Dickenson, 6. Period piece, 7. For which one might ask for forgiveness, 8. Do in, biblically, 9. "A Little Devil in America" writer Abdurraqib, 10. Like one Freudian stage, 11. At the bottom of the standings, perhaps, 12. Pop-___ (book genre), 13. "It's too bad, but …", 14. Brightly colored birds, often, 15. Winter Olympics event, 16. Filmmaker Aster, 17. Like many Christmas ornaments, 18. Surfer's hand sign, 20. Inbox greeting, 21. Accelerate, with "up", 22. Weight gained at the start of college, informally, 25. The Magic, on scoreboards, 29. Not out, 30. "___ who?", 33. Hundred Acre Wood resident, 35. Awards feat, for short, 36. Take out, 38. Military honor with fired artillery, 40. "Are you for real?", 41. Hilton ___, Pulitzer-winning critic for The New Yorker, 42. See 12-Across, 45. Performs at a wedding, say, 47. Early I.S.P., 48. ___ suite (attached living space), 50. Squad for the Invisible Woman and the Thing, 51. One table in the high school cafeteria, maybe, 52. Left no doubts about, 53. Bring to a boil, 55. Executive deg., 58. Web feed inits., 60. Clues for birdwatchers, 61. Squirt, 62. Wake-up times, for short, 64. Like Santa after Christmas, presumably, 66. Noted leader of the Onondaga, 67. Scandalous story, 68. Longed (for), 70. Too low, musically, 72. Always-open workout spots, 74. Soft leather, 76. Big-budget expense for a Marvel movie, for short, 77. Clear up, in a way, 79. ___ de vie (fruit brandy), 81. Surrealist James, 83. Stumbling sounds, 87. Smartphone service inits., 88. Perfume, as at a Mass, 89. On the ___ (often, informally), 90. Picket line crosser, 91. Transportation division, 92. Lynne Cheney portrayer in 2018's "Vice", 93. Turnt, 94. "Aw, darn!", 97. Crime series spinoff with more seasons than the original, 98. Mug alternative, at a coffee shop, 100. One-fifth of a British pound, 103. Letters of pride, 105. Where Ross teaches paleontology on "Friends," in brief, 107. Contradicts, 108. Exclamation after misunderstanding some Gen Z slang, say, 109. Starchy side, familiarly, 111. Ned who composed an operatic version of "Our Town", 113. Exacting, 114. ___ Strait, waterway bordering Japan, 116. Edit, 119. Lhasa ___, 121. Like the New Year festival Songkran, 122. [That's ridiculous!], 124. Golfer Jon, 125. Pen, 126. Word with black or bow, 127. Suffix with doomer or consumer, 129. French menu phrase, 130. Reunion attendees


Sunday Sep 01, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints
Sunday Sep 01, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints


Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 01, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:
  • The clue is 1. "My hero!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMSAVED


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

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

    The answer: SHOW

    Possible Answer : show_up, shew, indicate, exhibit, picture, render, express, display, depict, establish, show, testify, evince, demonstrate, present, register, bear_witness, prove, designate, usher, demo, read, appearance, point, record, evidence

    Possible Opposite Answer : hide, disprove


  • The clue is 12. Lentil-based stew from 42-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAMBAR

    Possible Answer : Cervus_unicolor, sambur, sambar


  • The clue is 18. Wintertime traction aid. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SNOWTIRE


  • The clue is 19. Magazine with "Maison" and "Enfants" spinoffs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MARIECLAIRE


  • The clue is 21. Save money on one's city commute, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHAREACAB


  • The clue is 22. One use of an endowment fund. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

    The answer: FINANCIALAID


  • The clue is 23. Kitchen sampler. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TASTER

    Possible Answer : sampler, taste_tester, taste-tester, taster


  • The clue is 24. That's a wrap!. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TORTILLA

    Possible Answer : tortilla


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

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

    The answer: SET

    Possible Answer : specify, curing, set, do, stage_set, coif, position, circle, exercise_set, fixed, congeal, band, lay_out, rigid, lot, go_down, fructify, dress, countersink, define, mark, localise, hardening, pose, place, go_under, solidifying, Seth, limit, plant, Set, determine, gear_up, coiffe, correct, hardened, fit, dictated, set_up, put, typeset, sic, fix, prepare, rig, coiffure, placed, localize, solidification, determined, readiness, located, jell, bent, lay, ready, arrange, adjust, primed, laid, situated

    Possible Opposite Answer : rise


  • The clue is 27. Scrape (by). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EKE


  • The clue is 28. Hermanas de su padre. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIAS

    Possible Answer : TIA, transient_ischemic_attack


  • The clue is 31. Ecosystem formed by polyps. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REEF

    Possible Answer : Witwatersrand, Reef, reef, Rand


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

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

    The answer: ERR

    Possible Answer : drift, slip, stray, err, mistake


  • The clue is 34. Lose, as layers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHED

    Possible Answer : throw, cast_off, cast, throw_away, slough, exuviate, shake_off, shed, molt, moult, drop, throw_off, spill, pour_forth, disgorge, caducous

    Possible Opposite Answer : persistent


  • The clue is 37. West Coast N.C.A.A. conference that lost 10 teams in 2024. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PAC12


  • The clue is 39. Cries plaintively. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WAILS

    Possible Answer : lamentation, plaint, pule, ululate, yawl, mewl, wail, yaup, lament, howl, roar, whimper


  • The clue is 41. "Same!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASDOI


  • The clue is 43. Newark alternative, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LGA


  • The clue is 44. Typical length of February. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: 28DAYS


  • The clue is 46. Lauds. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAILS

    Possible Answer : come, acclaim, hail, herald


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

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

    The answer: ONFOOT


  • The clue is 51. Visual file format. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: JPEG


  • The clue is 54. Oscar-winning actor in Farmers Insurance ads. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: JKSIMMONS


  • The clue is 56. Writer whose work is hell to get through?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DANTE

    Possible Answer : Dante_Alighieri, Dante


  • The clue is 57. Surgeon's co-worker, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORNURSE


  • The clue is 59. In which little gloves are worn. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TBALL


  • The clue is 60. Long-lasting lip makeup. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STAIN

    Possible Answer : smear, blot, stigma, tarnish, smirch, spot, grunge, sully, defile, soil, mark, discolouration, grime, filth, stain, dirt, grease, discoloration, brand, maculate


  • The clue is 63. Podiatric woes. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CORNS

    Possible Answer : corn_whisky, corn, clavus, edible_corn, Indian_corn, Zea_mays, corn_whiskey, maize


  • The clue is 64. Tennis star Wawrinka. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STAN


  • The clue is 65. "Arrr, welcome aboard me ship!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AHOYMATEY


  • The clue is 69. Fermented Russian drink. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KVASS

    Possible Answer : kvass


  • The clue is 70. Dedication preposition. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FOR


  • The clue is 71. Short nap. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: 40WINKS


  • The clue is 73. Cuts. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AXES

    Possible Answer : Axis, bloc, axis_of_rotation, axe, axis, axis_vertebra, ax


  • The clue is 75. Genesis creator. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEGA


  • The clue is 76. Location of elation, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CLOUD9


  • The clue is 78. What astronauts do more slowly in space than on earth. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGE

    Possible Answer : age, old_age, get_on, historic_period, mature, long_time, senesce, years, eld, maturate, geezerhood

    Possible Opposite Answer : rejuvenate


  • The clue is 79. College athletics airer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ESPNU


  • The clue is 80. Task recipient. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DELEGATEE


  • The clue is 82. Cuts. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HEWS

    Possible Answer : hew, hew_out


  • The clue is 84. Expiate, with "for". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATONE

    Possible Answer : repent, aby, expiate, abye, atone


  • The clue is 85. Party ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UNITY

    Possible Answer : ace, integrity, wholeness, one, 1, oneness, I, single, unity


  • The clue is 86. Botanist's study. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FLORA

    Possible Answer : flora, plant_life, vegetation, botany, plant

    Possible Opposite Answer : fauna


  • The clue is 88. Won without a sweat. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CRUISED

    Possible Answer : cruise


  • The clue is 90. Mattress supports. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SLATS

    Possible Answer : spline, slat


  • The clue is 93. Source of a sleep-inducing narcotic in the "Odyssey". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOTUSTREE


  • The clue is 95. Give up. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CEDE

    Possible Answer : deliver, grant, cede, concede, give_up, yield, surrender


  • The clue is 96. Brief glimpses of stars, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CAMEOS

    Possible Answer : cameo


  • The clue is 98. Bucko. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIGER

    Possible Answer : tiger, Panthera_tigris


  • The clue is 99. Surfing move with all of one's toes off the board. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HANG10


  • The clue is 101. Word with one or minute. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ANY

    Possible Answer : whatsoever, whatever, any


  • The clue is 102. Parking spot for a camper. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RVLOT


  • The clue is 104. Summer pests. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GNATS

    Possible Answer : gnat


  • The clue is 106. Like old Nintendo consoles. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: 8BIT


  • The clue is 110. Put up with. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BEAR

    Possible Answer : bear, expect, carry, comport, accept, brook, turn_out, assume, stick_out, support, gestate, give_birth, contain, behave, yield, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, deport, tolerate, birth, hold, abide, digest, stomach, conduct, wear, endure, deliver, have, put_up, stand, suffer, take_over, pay, acquit

    Possible Opposite Answer : bull


  • The clue is 112. Aussie boot brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UGG


  • The clue is 113. Vodka sold in blue bottles. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SKYY


  • The clue is 115. Ooze. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEEP

    Possible Answer : ooze, seep


  • The clue is 117. Like Dashboard Confessional's music. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EMO


  • The clue is 118. Not viable from the start, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DOA


  • The clue is 120. Like a grass-roots approach. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BOTTOMUP


  • The clue is 123. Specialty of Bordeaux. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MERLOT

    Possible Answer : Merlot


  • The clue is 125. Aces. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

    The answer: STARPITCHERS


  • The clue is 128. Press-on beauty products. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FAKENAILS


  • The clue is 131. Midtown Manhattan hot spot … or each of this puzzle's three shaded regions?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIMESSQUARE


  • The clue is 132. Reacted to a sudden noise, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FLINCHED

    Possible Answer : cringe, wince, quail, squinch, shrink, flinch, recoil, funk


  • The clue is 133. Assent that might be accompanied by eye-rolling. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YESMOM


  • The clue is 134. Colada fruit. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PINA


  • The clue is 135. Bicycles built for two. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TANDEMS

    Possible Answer : bicycle-built-for-two, tandem, tandem_bicycle


Down Clues and Answers:
  • The clue is 1. "One moment!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INASEC

  • The clue is 2. ___ de rire ("dying of laughter," in French). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MORT

  • The clue is 3. Coming-of-age celebration. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SWEET16

  • The clue is 4. Pac-Man platform. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATARI

  • The clue is 5. Jazz trombonist Dickenson. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: VIC

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

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

    The answer: ERA

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

  • The clue is 7. For which one might ask for forgiveness. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DEBT

    Possible Answer: debt

  • The clue is 8. Do in, biblically. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SMITE

    Possible Answer: smite, afflict

  • The clue is 9. "A Little Devil in America" writer Abdurraqib. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HANIF

  • The clue is 10. Like one Freudian stage. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORAL

    Possible Answer: oral, oral_examination, unwritten, viva_voce, oral_exam, viva

    Possible Opposite Answer : aboral, anal

  • The clue is 11. At the bottom of the standings, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WINLESS

    Possible Answer: winless

  • The clue is 12. Pop-___ (book genre). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SCI

  • The clue is 13. "It's too bad, but …". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALAS

    Possible Answer: regrettably, unluckily, alas, unfortunately, ala

    Possible Opposite Answer : fortunately, luckily

  • The clue is 14. Brightly colored birds, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MALES

    Possible Answer: Male, male, male_person

    Possible Opposite Answer : female

  • The clue is 15. Winter Olympics event. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BIATHLON

  • The clue is 16. Filmmaker Aster. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARI

  • The clue is 17. Like many Christmas ornaments. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RED

    Possible Answer: bolshie, Bolshevik, flushed, red-faced, blood-red, Red_River, reddened, cerise, crimson, bolshy, loss, redness, ruddy, violent, cherry-red, cherry, ruby-red, red, Red, red_ink, Marxist, reddish, carmine, ruby, scarlet

    Possible Opposite Answer : gain

  • The clue is 18. Surfer's hand sign. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHAKA

  • The clue is 20. Inbox greeting. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ECARD

  • The clue is 21. Accelerate, with "up". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STEP

    Possible Answer: gradation, pace, tread, stone's_throw, abuse, tone, ill-treat, whole_step, stride, footfall, footprint, footstep, ill-use, step, footmark, dance_step, whole_tone, measure, stair, maltreat, mistreat

  • The clue is 22. Weight gained at the start of college, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FRESHMAN15

  • The clue is 25. The Magic, on scoreboards. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORL

  • The clue is 29. Not out. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AWAKE

    Possible Answer: awake, alert, wake_up, come_alive, arouse, wake, alive, awaken, waken

    Possible Opposite Answer : fall_asleep, asleep

  • The clue is 30. "___ who?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAYS

    Possible Answer: aver, pronounce, articulate, state, enunciate, enjoin, suppose, read, enounce, allege, order, say, tell, sound_out

  • The clue is 33. Hundred Acre Wood resident. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROO

  • The clue is 35. Awards feat, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EGOT

  • The clue is 36. Take out. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DATE

    Possible Answer: appointment, go_out, engagement, see, escort, date, go_steady, date_stamp, particular_date, day_of_the_month

  • The clue is 38. Military honor with fired artillery. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: 21GUNSALUTE

  • The clue is 40. "Are you for real?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ISITTRUE

  • The clue is 41. Hilton ___, Pulitzer-winning critic for The New Yorker. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALS

    Possible Answer: aluminium, atomic_number_13, Camellia_State, ALS, Lou_Gehrig's_disease, Alabama, AL, Al, aluminum, Heart_of_Dixie, amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis

  • The clue is 42. See 12-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INDIA

    Possible Answer: India, Republic_of_India, Bharat

  • The clue is 45. Performs at a wedding, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DJS

    Possible Answer: disc_jockey, dj, disc-jockey, DJ, disk_jockey, disk-jockey

  • The clue is 47. Early I.S.P.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AOL

  • The clue is 48. ___ suite (attached living space). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INLAW

  • The clue is 50. Squad for the Invisible Woman and the Thing. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FANTASTIC4

  • The clue is 51. One table in the high school cafeteria, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: JOCKS

    Possible Answer: athletic_supporter, jockstrap, suspensor, athlete, supporter, jock

  • The clue is 52. Left no doubts about. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PROVED

    Possible Answer: rise, leaven, try_out, shew, test, turn_out, try, establish, essay, show, testify, demonstrate, examine, turn_up, raise, bear_witness, proven, prove, proved, evidence

    Possible Opposite Answer : disprove, unproved

  • The clue is 53. Bring to a boil. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENRAGE

    Possible Answer: enrage

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

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

    The answer: MBA

    Possible Answer: MBA, Master_in_Business, Master_in_Business_Administration

  • The clue is 58. Web feed inits.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RSS

    Possible Answer: radius, roentgen, universal_gas_constant, r, gas_constant, R

  • The clue is 60. Clues for birdwatchers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SONGS

    Possible Answer: Sung, Song, call, vocal, Sung_dynasty, birdcall, birdsong, Song_dynasty, strain, song

  • The clue is 61. Squirt. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TYKE

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

  • The clue is 62. Wake-up times, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AMS

    Possible Answer: MA, Master_of_Arts, AM, amplitude_modulation, Artium_Magister, atomic_number_95, americium, Am

  • The clue is 64. Like Santa after Christmas, presumably. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOOTY

    Possible Answer: pitchy, jet, coal-black, sooty, jet-black

  • The clue is 66. Noted leader of the Onondaga. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HIAWATHA

    Possible Answer: Hiawatha

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

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

    The answer: EXPOSE

    Possible Answer: expose, unwrap, discover, exhibit, break, give_away, peril, unmasking, disclose, display, scupper, reveal, debunk, bring_out, let_out, let_on, queer, endanger, divulge, uncover

    Possible Opposite Answer : cover

  • The clue is 68. Longed (for). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YENNED

    Possible Answer: languish, yen, yearn, pine, ache

  • The clue is 70. Too low, musically. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FLAT

    Possible Answer: monotonic, bland, 2-dimensional, two-dimensional, vapid, prostrate, insipid, savorless, compressed, flavorless, monotonous, matt, level, categorical, flat_tire, flat, plane, matted, categoric, directly, monotone, straight, flavourless, flatbed, apartment, matte, mat, flatcar, unconditional, savourless

    Possible Opposite Answer : indirectly, contrasty, natural

  • The clue is 72. Always-open workout spots. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: 24HOURGYMS

  • The clue is 74. Soft leather. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SUEDE

    Possible Answer: suede_cloth, suede, suede_leather

  • The clue is 76. Big-budget expense for a Marvel movie, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CGI

  • The clue is 77. Clear up, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DEFOG

    Possible Answer: defog, demist

  • The clue is 79. ___ de vie (fruit brandy). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EAU

  • The clue is 81. Surrealist James. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENSOR

  • The clue is 83. Stumbling sounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERS

    Possible Answer: emergency_room, Er, erbium, atomic_number_68, ER

  • The clue is 87. Smartphone service inits.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LTE

  • The clue is 88. Perfume, as at a Mass. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CENSE

    Possible Answer: thurify, cense, incense

  • The clue is 89. On the ___ (often, informally). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REG

  • The clue is 90. Picket line crosser. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SCAB

    Possible Answer: rat, blackleg, strikebreaker, fink, scab

  • The clue is 91. Transportation 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 92. Lynne Cheney portrayer in 2018's "Vice". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AMYADAMS

  • The clue is 93. Turnt. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LIT

    Possible Answer: illumine, fall, ignite, light, fire_up, illume, lighted, lit, unhorse, alight, perch, get_off, light_up, literature, illuminated, illuminate, get_down, dismount, well-lighted

    Possible Opposite Answer : unlighted, extinguish

  • The clue is 94. "Aw, darn!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RATS

    Possible Answer: denounce, skunk, grass, squealer, stinkpot, git, rat, give_away, betrayer, rotter, strikebreaker, so-and-so, puke, fink, shit, snitch, dirty_dog, stinker, informer, lowlife, blackleg, bum, tell_on, stag, scab, crumb, blabber, scum_bag, betray, shop

  • The clue is 97. Crime series spinoff with more seasons than the original. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SVU

  • The clue is 98. Mug alternative, at a coffee shop. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOGOCUP

  • The clue is 100. One-fifth of a British pound. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: 20PENCE

  • The clue is 103. Letters of pride. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LGBTQ

  • The clue is 105. Where Ross teaches paleontology on "Friends," in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NYU

  • The clue is 107. Contradicts. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BELIES

    Possible Answer: contradict, negate, misrepresent, belie

  • The clue is 108. Exclamation after misunderstanding some Gen Z slang, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMOLD

  • The clue is 109. Starchy side, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOTS

    Possible Answer: add_together, tot_up, tote_up, yearling, tot, add_up, sum, summate, total, add, bambino, toddler, sum_up, tally

  • The clue is 111. Ned who composed an operatic version of "Our Town". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROREM

  • The clue is 113. Exacting. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STERN

    Possible Answer: behind, Isaac_Stern, unappeasable, prat, strict, rear_end, seat, arse, tush, after_part, severe, buns, hindquarters, rear, fundament, exacting, tail, buttocks, quarter, ass, butt, stark, bottom, rump, inexorable, bum, backside, keister, derriere, unforgiving, poop, Stern, nates, can, posterior, tail_end, tooshie, stern, unrelenting, relentless, fanny, grim, hind_end, austere

  • The clue is 114. ___ Strait, waterway bordering Japan. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KOREA

    Possible Answer: Korea, Han-Gook, Korean_Peninsula, Dae-Han-Min-Gook

  • The clue is 116. Edit. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EMEND

    Possible Answer: emend

  • The clue is 119. Lhasa ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: APSO

  • The clue is 121. Like the New Year festival Songkran. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: THAI

    Possible Answer: Thai, Central_Thai, Tai, Siamese

  • The clue is 122. [That's ridiculous!]. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PFFT

  • The clue is 124. Golfer Jon. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RAHM

  • The clue is 125. Pen. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STY

    Possible Answer: eye_infection, stye, hordeolum, pigpen, sty, pigsty

  • The clue is 126. Word with black or bow. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIE

    Possible Answer: affiliation, necktie, splice, tie_beam, tie-up, bond, standoff, marry, railroad_tie, tie-in, bind, link_up, sleeper, linkup, draw, crosstie, attach, link, wed, connect, tie, association

    Possible Opposite Answer : untie, disconnect

  • The clue is 127. Suffix with doomer or consumer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ISM

    Possible Answer: doctrine, philosophical_system, ism, philosophy, school_of_thought

  • The clue is 129. French menu phrase. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALA

    Possible Answer: ala

  • The clue is 130. Reunion attendees. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KIN

    Possible Answer: consanguineous, kinsperson, kin_group, kindred, kin, clan, tribe, blood-related, cognate, consanguineal, family, kinship_group, consanguine, akin


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December 21, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle December 21, 2022

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Be an omen of 4
2A 5. Reduce 5
3A 10. Belabor, with "on" 4
4A 14. Follower of Bay or gray 4
5A 15. ___ setter 5
6A 16. Sheepish answer to "Who broke this?" 4
7A 17. Sign in a clearance section 15
8A 20. "___ soon?" 3
9A 21. The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" 4
10A 22. Grunts and groans, e.g. 6
11A 23. Country with the second-most Portuguese speakers 6
12A 25. Stretch 5
13A 27. Party people, for short 4
14A 29. Peach or plum 3
15A 30. Download that might use a freemium model 3
16A 33. "A fickle food," per Emily Dickinson 4
17A 36. Large-scale corporate union 10
18A 39. In the loop 5
19A 41. One able to lift 10 to 50 times its body weight 3
20A 42. Like flourless cake 5
21A 43. Dream hand for a poker player 10
22A 46. ___ slicker 4
23A 47. "Cabin Fever" director Roth 3
24A 48. Enthusiastic response to "Wanna come?" 3
25A 49. Expel 4
26A 51. Deceptive movement 5
27A 53. "Fudge," "fie" and "fiddlesticks" are some of the printable ones 6
28A 57. Title holders 6
29A 60. Ideal for audiophiles, in brief 4
30A 62. Swing ___ 3
31A 63. "Why are you making such a fuss?" … or a hint to 17-, 36- and 43-Across 15
32A 66. It means nothing at Wimbledon 4
33A 67. U.S. theater awards 5
34A 68. Modify, as an article 4
35A 69. Key word when writing dialogue 4
36A 70. Word with due or true 5
37A 71. Manhattan, on an envelope 4

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. Be an omen of"

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 indicate by signs
  • Words that mean the same thing: omen, prognosticate, foretell
  • 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: BODE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Reduce"

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 the lower of two berths
  • Words that mean the same thing: small, depress, depressed
  • The opposite would be: raise, high
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LOWER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Belabor, with "on""

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 chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
  • Words that mean the same thing: mouth organ, dwell, mouth harp
  • 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: HARP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Follower of Bay or gray"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
  • Words that mean the same thing: orbit, field, country
  • 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: AREA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ setter"

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 people of ireland or of irish extraction
  • Words that mean the same thing: Irish whisky, Irish Gaelic, Irish whiskey
  • 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: IRISH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Sheepish answer to "Who broke this?""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: IDID

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Sign in a clearance section"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: FIFTYPERCENTOFF

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. "___ soon?""

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 to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
  • Words that mean the same thing: to a fault, excessively, besides
  • 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: TOO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. The duck in "Peter and the Wolf""

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
  • Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
  • 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: OBOE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Grunts and groans, e.g."

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 sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
  • Words that mean the same thing: noise, interference, resound
  • 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: NOISES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Country with the second-most Portuguese speakers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a republic in southwestern africa on the atlantic ocean; achieved independence from portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990
  • Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Angola
  • 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: ANGOLA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Stretch"

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 an unbroken period of time during which you do something
  • Words that mean the same thing: Erolia minutilla, scrimp, least sandpiper
  • 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: STINT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Party people, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a person active in party politics
  • Words that mean the same thing: politico, political leader, pol
  • 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: POLS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Peach or plum"

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 the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
  • Words that mean the same thing: imbue, chromaticity
  • 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: HUE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Download that might use a freemium model"

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: APP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. "A fickle food," per Emily Dickinson"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
  • Words that mean the same thing: celebrity, renown
  • The opposite would be: infamy
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FAME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Large-scale corporate union"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: MEGAMERGER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. In the loop"

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 (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
  • Words that mean the same thing: cognizant, mindful, cognisant
  • The opposite would be: unmindful, unaware
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AWARE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. One able to lift 10 to 50 times its body weight"

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 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: pismire, emmet
  • 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 20 Across: "42. Like flourless cake"

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 permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
  • Words that mean the same thing: dim, slow, dull
  • 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: DENSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Dream hand for a poker player"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.

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: ROYALFLUSH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. ___ slicker"

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 and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
  • Words that mean the same thing: urban center, metropolis
  • 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: CITY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. "Cabin Fever" director Roth"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: ELI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Enthusiastic response to "Wanna come?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the united states federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
  • Words that mean the same thing: Interior Department, Department of the Interior, Interior
  • 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: DOI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Expel"

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 remove from a position or office
  • Words that mean the same thing: expel, boot out, throw out
  • 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: OUST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Deceptive movement"

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 any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
  • 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: FEINT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. "Fudge," "fie" and "fiddlesticks" are some of the printable ones"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: FWORDS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Title holders"

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 (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
  • Words that mean the same thing: possessor, owner, proprietor
  • 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: OWNERS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Ideal for audiophiles, in brief"

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: HIFI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Swing ___"

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 marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Words that mean the same thing: geological era, earned run average, epoch
  • 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: ERA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. "Why are you making such a fuss?" … or a hint to 17-, 36- and 43-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: WHATSTHEBIGDEAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. It means nothing at Wimbledon"

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 strong positive emotion of regard and affection
  • Words that mean the same thing: eff, lovemaking, make out
  • The opposite would be: hate
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LOVE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. U.S. theater awards"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: OBIES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Modify, as an article"

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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
  • Words that mean the same thing: cut, redact, edit out
  • 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: EDIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Key word when writing dialogue"

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 chance to speak
  • Words that mean the same thing: order, enounce, enjoin
  • 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: SAYS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Word with due or true"

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 the region of the united states lying to the north of the mason-dixon line
  • Words that mean the same thing: N, magnetic north, Frederick North
  • The opposite would be: south
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NORTH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Manhattan, on an envelope"

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: NYNY

    Great job if you got it right!

December 21, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. U.K. acting award 5
2D 2. Hunter visible at night 5
3D 3. Remove condensation from 5
4D 4. Conquer a hero? 3
5D 5. It can prevent cracking 7
6D 6. Snack item sometimes shown in ads next to a glass of milk 4
7D 7. Confusion might ensue when they're crossed 5
8D 8. Key for getting out, not in 3
9D 9. Metal next to tungsten on the periodic table 7
10D 10. Signal to play 5
11D 11. Brouhahas 4
12D 12. Widespread 4
13D 13. E-tickets often come as these 4
14D 18. Risk taker's acronym 4
15D 19. "You don't really have to" 6
16D 24. Field for Maria Callas 5
17D 26. "Oh yeah?" 6
18D 28. Protect, as freshness 6
19D 30. Hindu fire god 4
20D 31. Target for an exterminator 4
21D 32. Food, potentially 4
22D 33. Food 4
23D 34. Nowhere to be found 4
24D 35. "Do you mind?" 4
25D 37. Antelope with chin hair 3
26D 38. One side of a page 5
27D 40. Patriarchs and matriarchs 6
28D 44. Shove down the throat of 7
29D 45. Sulky 7
30D 50. Large swallow 4
31D 51. Major bashes 5
32D 52. "A League of ___ Own" 5
33D 54. Like marshes or bagpipes 5
34D 55. Exhaust physically 5
35D 56. Like tears and some language 5
36D 57. Bevy : quails :: parliament : ___ 4
37D 58. "Now wait just a second!" 4
38D 59. Blue shade 4
39D 61. "Yeah, sure" 4
40D 64. "Euphoria" channel 3
41D 65. Place for thieves 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. U.K. acting award"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: BAFTA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Hunter visible at night"

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 (greek mythology) a giant boeotian hunter who pursued the pleiades and was eventually slain by artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
  • Words that mean the same thing: Hunter
  • 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: ORION

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Remove condensation from"

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 free from mist
  • Words that mean the same thing: demist
  • 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: DEFOG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Conquer a hero?"

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 take in solid food
  • Words that mean the same thing: rust, use up, eat on
  • 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: EAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. It can prevent cracking"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: LIPBALM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Snack item sometimes shown in ads next to a glass of milk"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
  • Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
  • 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: OREO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Confusion might ensue when they're crossed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
  • Words that mean the same thing: wire, telegraph, conducting wire
  • The opposite would be: unwire
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WIRES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Key for getting out, not in"

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: ESC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Metal next to tungsten on the periodic table"

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 a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
  • Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 75, Re
  • 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: RHENIUM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Signal to play"

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: HITIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Brouhahas"

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 a rapid active commotion
  • Words that mean the same thing: ado, stir, bustle
  • 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: ADOS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Widespread"

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 most frequent or common
  • Words that mean the same thing: prevalent, dominant, overabundant
  • 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: RIFE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. E-tickets often come as these"

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: PDFS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Risk taker's acronym"

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: YOLO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. "You don't really have to""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: NONEED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Field for Maria Callas"

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 drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
  • Words that mean the same thing: opera house
  • 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: OPERA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. "Oh yeah?""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: THATSO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Protect, as freshness"

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: SEALIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Hindu fire god"

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 (sanskrit) hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional india; one of the three chief deities of the vedas
  • 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: AGNI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Target for an exterminator"

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 serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
  • Words that mean the same thing: cuss, gadfly, pestilence
  • 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: PEST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Food, potentially"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
  • Words that mean the same thing: predate, fair game, target
  • 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: PREY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Food"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an agenda of things to do
  • Words that mean the same thing: come, get along, make out
  • 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: FARE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Nowhere to be found"

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 one who is away or absent without leave
  • Words that mean the same thing: truant
  • 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: AWOL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. "Do you mind?""

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: MAYI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Antelope with chin hair"

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 large african antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
  • Words that mean the same thing: wildebeest
  • 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: GNU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. One side of a page"

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 right-hand page
  • The opposite would be: verso
  • 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: RECTO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Patriarchs and matriarchs"

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 person who is older than you are
  • Words that mean the same thing: senior, elderberry bush, elder
  • 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: ELDERS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Shove down the throat of"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: FOISTON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Sulky"

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 sullen or moody
  • Words that mean the same thing: sulky
  • 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: HUFFISH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Large swallow"

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 and hurried swallow
  • Words that mean the same thing: quaff, draft, slog
  • 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: SWIG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Major bashes"

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 an elaborate party (often outdoors)
  • Words that mean the same thing: feast, festival, fiesta
  • 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: FETES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. "A League of ___ Own""

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: THEIR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Like marshes or bagpipes"

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 having a tone of a reed instrument
  • Words that mean the same thing: wheezy, reedlike
  • 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: REEDY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Exhaust physically"

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 emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
  • Words that mean the same thing: drainpipe, enfeeble, debilitate
  • 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: DRAIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Like tears and some language"

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 engagingly stimulating or provocative
  • Words that mean the same thing: piquant
  • The opposite would be: fresh
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SALTY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Bevy : quails :: parliament : ___"

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 nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
  • Words that mean the same thing: bird of Minerva, owl, hooter
  • 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: OWLS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. "Now wait just a second!""

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 38 Down: "59. Blue shade"

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 organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
  • Words that mean the same thing: USN, US Navy, dark blue
  • 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: NAVY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. "Yeah, sure""

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: IBET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. "Euphoria" channel"

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: HBO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "65. Place for thieves"

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 the habitation of wild animals
  • Words that mean the same thing: hideout, hideaway, lair
  • 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: DEN

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 58 74.4%
Short Answer 11 14.1%
Food & Drink 3 3.8%
History 2 2.6%
Geography 1 1.3%
Abbreviation 1 1.3%
Sports 1 1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment 1 1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 37
Down Clues 41
Total Clues 78
Average Answer Length 4.9 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 15 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 Wednesday, 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!

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Last Updated: September 05, 2025 at 11:16 AM