XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 26, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 26 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (33)
Clue #1: 1. "You stink, ump!"
Antonyms: applaud
Clue #2: 4. Hoppy brew, for short
Clue #3: 7. Bygone jeans brand whose name means "happiness" in Hebrew
Clue #4: 13. 757 or 767
Clue #5: 15. Recess
Clue #6: 16. Bell for the telephone, for one
Clue #7: 17. Secured by a slip
Clue #8: 18. John Lennon's middle name after 1969
Clue #9: 19. Hurricane / Nor'easter
Clue #10: 21. "The ability to be ill-at-ease inconspicuously," per Earl Wilson
Clue #11: 23. Downed
Clue #12: 24. Eponymous Belgian town
Clue #13: 26. ___ chic
Clue #14: 29. Bell location, often
Clue #15: 32. Must give
Clue #16: 35. Erupting with noise
Clue #17: 36. Pundit / Tsar
Clue #18: 39. Author who predicted electric submarines 15 years before they were invented
Clue #19: 40. Down state
Antonyms: happiness
Clue #20: 41. Forces offshore
Clue #21: 44. Word with six or sea
Antonyms: shallow
Clue #22: 45. Casual refusal
Clue #23: 46. Some roadside accommodations, in brief
Clue #24: 48. It's a fact!
Clue #25: 52. Cleaver / Dagger
Clue #26: 57. Onetime Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___
Clue #27: 58. Cocktail of tequila, lime juice and grapefruit soda
Clue #28: 59. They try to admit the worst first, informally
Clue #29: 61. Got things going
Antonyms: fold, closed
Clue #30: 62. Travelers in covered wagons
Clue #31: 63. Marquis name?
Clue #32: 64. Brillo competitor
Clue #33: 65. Choice words … which are necessary to interpret the answers to 19-, 36- and 52-Across and 10- and 33-Down
Across Clues and Answers (33)
Clue #1: 1. Original name for "bingo," after the bits used to cover the playing cards
Clue #2: 2. First Holy Roman emperor to be called "the Great"
Clue #3: 3. "Hurray!"
Clue #4: 4. Loving
Clue #5: 5. Part of a jury pool
Clue #6: 6. Boxing site
Clue #7: 7. Baby fish with pink, coho and sockeye varieties
Clue #8: 8. Potato, in Indian cuisine
Clue #9: 9. Boat with broad, square ends
Clue #10: 10. Sees / Espies
Clue #11: 11. Takes a role too far
Antonyms: underact
Clue #12: 12. Governor Lamont of Connecticut
Clue #13: 13. Music export from Tokyo, informally
Clue #14: 14. Like looks from mom and dad, say
Clue #15: 20. Music export from Seoul
Clue #16: 22. Breast plates?
Clue #17: 25. Atmospheric prefix
Clue #18: 27. Info found, appropriately, in "ticket agent"
Clue #19: 28. Apt nickname for a gumbo chef
Clue #20: 30. Kind of average
Clue #21: 31. City up the coast from Cleveland, OH
Clue #22: 32. Accessory for Broadway's Phantom
Clue #23: 33. Wells / Mouths
Clue #24: 34. Certain rehab docs
Clue #25: 37. Experienced
Antonyms: lack, refuse
Clue #26: 38. Love lines?
Clue #27: 39. Dutch cousin of Mac or Ben
Clue #28: 42. Centipede setting
Clue #29: 43. Long-running police procedural filmed in N.Y.C.
Clue #30: 47. Puts one's foot down
Clue #31: 49. Police weapon
Clue #32: 50. App-driven rides
Clue #33: 51. Interfere (with)
Clue #34: 53. Covid-19, colloquially
Clue #35: 54. Used social media for private notes, informally
Clue #36: 55. The "Amigos" of film, e.g.
Clue #37: 56. Grandson of Adam and Eve
Clue #38: 58. Lead-in to cast
Clue #39: 60. Car that went defunct in 1936
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
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Monday, January 13, 2025
27457 Mon Jan 13, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints
Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 13, 2025
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
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| Mon Jan 13, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints |
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Place for gladiatorial combat. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ARENA
Possible Answer : arena, sports_stadium, field, sphere, area, stadium, domain, orbit, bowl, scene_of_action
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The clue is 6. ___ and seek. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HIDE
Possible Answer : pelt, hide_out, cover, obscure, blot_out, veil, hide, shroud, skin, fell, obliterate, conceal, enshroud
Possible Opposite Answer : show
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The clue is 10. "Money, Money, Money" group. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ABBA
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The clue is 14. Some jazz instruments, informally. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SAXES
Possible Answer : Marshal_Saxe, Adolphe_Sax, Saxony, Saxe, saxophone, Hermann_Maurice_Saxe, comte_de_Saxe, Sax, sax, Sachsen
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The clue is 15. Restaurant that offers a Mexican Tres Leches stack. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: IHOP
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The clue is 16. "Dagnabbit!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DRAT
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The clue is 17. Quality of a statement that feels plausible. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: TRUTHINESS
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The clue is 19. Lead-in to Worth, Wayne or Lauderdale. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FORT
Possible Answer : fortress, fort_up, fortify, garrison, fort
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The clue is 20. Purges (of). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: RIDS
Possible Answer : free, rid, disembarrass
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The clue is 21. Holding hands outside, e.g., for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: PDA
Possible Answer : personal_organiser, organizer, personal_organizer, organiser, personal_digital_assistant, PDA
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The clue is 22. Shelf on a cliff. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LEDGE
Possible Answer : ledge, shelf
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The clue is 23. Chewed and swallowed. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ATE
Possible Answer : Ate, rust, use_up, eat, exhaust, wipe_out, corrode, deplete, consume, feed, eat_on, run_through, eat_up
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The clue is 24. High school or college seniors, usually. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: FOURTHYEARS
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The clue is 27. Disinfectant brand with the tagline "Healthing". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LYSOL
Possible Answer : Lysol
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The clue is 29. Sweetheart, slangily. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: BAE
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The clue is 30. Tit for ___. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TAT
Possible Answer : cheapness, tackiness, TAT, tat, Thematic_Apperception_Test, sleaze, intertwine
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The clue is 31. Strings along. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LEADSON
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The clue is 35. Visibly supports, as a university or sports team. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: REPS
Possible Answer : repp, rep
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The clue is 36. Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)
The answer: MIDDLEENGLISH
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The clue is 39. Queue. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LINE
Possible Answer : business_line, cable, lineage, channel, crinkle, draw, personal_line_of_credit, stemma, pipeline, wrinkle, rail_line, strain, course, ancestry, origin, run_along, subscriber_line, transmission_line, blood, air, describe, telephone_circuit, credit_line, melodic_phrase, line_of_products, line_of_credit, personal_credit_line, short_letter, product_line, contrast, line, job, melody, dividing_line, tune, communication_channel, demarcation, line_of_reasoning, note, phone_line, delineate, line_of_work, logical_argument, production_line, bank_line, agate_line, assembly_line, telephone_line, billet, bloodline, furrow, railway_line, trace, line_of_merchandise, line_of_descent, crease, melodic_line, occupation, argumentation, parentage, seam, argument, stock, line_of_business, business, blood_line, pedigree, descent
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The clue is 40. Tightens one's ice skates, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LACESUP
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The clue is 41. German "Phooey!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ACH
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The clue is 42. Give in to gravity. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SAG
Possible Answer : swag, sag, flag, droop, sag_down
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The clue is 43. Gave up, as territory. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CEDED
Possible Answer : yield, give_up, concede, deliver, cede, surrender, grant
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The clue is 47. Feel relief from anxiety. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: BREATHEEASY
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The clue is 52. Do a whoopsie. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ERR
Possible Answer : stray, drift, err, slip, mistake
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The clue is 53. "Rick and ___" (adult animated sitcom). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MORTY
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The clue is 54. Card that can have the highest or lowest value. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ACE
Possible Answer : I, super, virtuoso, whiz, nail, whizz, hotshot, star, unity, Allied_Command_Europe, champion, crack, one, sweep_through, sail_through, tiptop, breeze_through, A-one, 1, sensation, genius, wiz, tops, ace, topnotch, maven, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, top-notch, ACE, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, superstar, wizard, single, mavin, pass_with_flying_colors, adept, first-rate
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The clue is 55. Leave roaring with laughter. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SLAY
Possible Answer : hit, dispatch, polish_off, slay, bump_off, remove, murder, off
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The clue is 56. "Beware the ___ of March". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: IDES
Possible Answer : ides
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The clue is 57. Aid in preventing a shipwreck. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: LIGHTHOUSE
Possible Answer : beacon_light, pharos, beacon, lighthouse
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The clue is 60. Edible ice cream holder. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CONE
Possible Answer : retinal_cone, conoid, cone, strobile, cone_cell, strobilus, cone_shape
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The clue is 61. Competent. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ABLE
Possible Answer : able, capable, able-bodied
Possible Opposite Answer : unable
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The clue is 62. More than willing. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: EAGER
Possible Answer : eager, tidal_bore, eagre, aegir, bore
Possible Opposite Answer : uneager
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The clue is 63. "At Last" singer James. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ETTA
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The clue is 64. Sent a private text, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DMED
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The clue is 65. Journalism. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PRESS
Possible Answer : weight-lift, insistency, military_press, press, crush, mechanical_press, urge_on, bid, agitate, beseech, iron_out, campaign, exhort, insistence, public_press, compress, constrict, pressure, fight, pressing, iron, press_out, weigh, entreat, adjure, printing_press, weightlift, compact, urge, squeeze, contract, closet, imperativeness, jam, conjure, push, crusade, wardrobe
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Word before plane or projection. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ASTRAL
Possible Answer: stellar, astral
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The clue is 2. Uncommon thing. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: RARITY
Possible Answer: low_density, rarity, rareness, curio, tenuity, oddity, infrequency, peculiarity, oddment, curiosity
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The clue is 3. Oozes, as charm. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: EXUDES
Possible Answer: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze_out, transude
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The clue is 4. Basketball goals. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NETS
Possible Answer: profit, net, earnings, nett, cyberspace, mesh, meshing, meshwork, web, internet, sack, network, clear, lucre, sack_up, net_profit, net_income, profits
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The clue is 5. Cigarette byproduct. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ASH
Possible Answer: ash, ash_tree
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The clue is 6. Holi celebrant. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HINDU
Possible Answer: Hindi, Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani
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The clue is 7. "Rumor has it …". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: IHEAR
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The clue is 8. Uno x 2. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: DOS
Possible Answer: disk_operating_system, behave, practice, ut, cause, DoS, coiffe, brawl, DOS, get_along, DO, coiffure, arrange, come, State_Department, fare, act, dress, United_States_Department_of_State, Doctor_of_Osteopathy, serve, Department_of_State, execute, perform, practise, make_out, bash, suffice, answer, do, manage, coif, doh, exercise, State, make, set
Possible Opposite Answer : unmake
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The clue is 9. Mini-albums, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: EPS
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The clue is 10. Cost for a commercial. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ADFEE
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The clue is 11. Hangout events for two guy friends. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: BRODATES
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The clue is 12. Common chart for comparing data. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: BARGRAPH
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The clue is 13. Swears (to). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: ATTESTS
Possible Answer: evidence, certify, testify, attest, bear_witness, take_the_stand, manifest, demonstrate
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The clue is 18. Stock market debut, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: IPO
Possible Answer: initial_offering, IPO, initial_public_offering
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The clue is 22. Caustic drain cleaner. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: LYE
Possible Answer: lye
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The clue is 24. Made a quick retreat. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FLED
Possible Answer: fly, take_flight, flee
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The clue is 25. Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TBONE
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The clue is 26. Chillaxes with friends. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HANGS
Possible Answer: hang_up, flow, knack, cling, string_up, bent, pay_heed, attend, give_ear, fall, hang, advert
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The clue is 28. Ye ___ Shoppe. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OLDE
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The clue is 32. Arabic for God. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ALLAH
Possible Answer: Allah
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The clue is 33. Digitally make to look younger. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DEAGE
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The clue is 34. Brief moment. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SEC
Possible Answer: Securities_and_Exchange_Commission, sec, s, secant, unsweet, SEC, second
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The clue is 35. Ready to eat, as fruit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: RIPE
Possible Answer: advanced, ripe, good, mature, right
Possible Opposite Answer : green
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The clue is 36. Minuscule picture used in spycraft. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: MICRODOT
Possible Answer: microdot
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The clue is 37. Essential to the character of something. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: INHERENT
Possible Answer: integral, constitutional, inherent, inbuilt, underlying, built-in, implicit_in
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The clue is 38. Football holder in "Peanuts". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LUCY
Possible Answer: Lucy
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The clue is 39. Cheese-loving test subjects. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LABMICE
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The clue is 42. Pigpen. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: STY
Possible Answer: sty, pigpen, hordeolum, pigsty, stye, eye_infection
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The clue is 44. Downpour. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: DELUGE
Possible Answer: cloudburst, flood, swamp, alluvion, overwhelm, inundation, flood_out, torrent, soaker, submerge, inundate, deluge, waterspout, downpour, pelter
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The clue is 45. Wipes out. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ERASES
Possible Answer: rub_out, erase, wipe_out, wipe_off, delete, score_out, efface
Possible Opposite Answer : record
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The clue is 46. Spinners in laundromats. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: DRYERS
Possible Answer: dryer, drier
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The clue is 48. On the ocean. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ATSEA
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The clue is 49. Sharp-eyed bird. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: EAGLE
Possible Answer: eagle, double_birdie, bird_of_Jove
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The clue is 50. Felt sore. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ACHED
Possible Answer: pine, smart, hurt, yen, yearn, suffer, ache, languish
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The clue is 51. "Quiet on the ___!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SET
Possible Answer: mark, Set, readiness, dictated, solidifying, adjust, solidification, fructify, coiffe, go_under, band, define, typeset, rigid, put, bent, laid, exercise_set, coiffure, situated, correct, fix, arrange, go_down, fixed, prepare, gear_up, ready, determined, determine, circle, dress, hardened, stage_set, limit, lay_out, congeal, plant, Seth, set, lay, position, set_up, specify, localize, located, countersink, fit, hardening, place, sic, localise, primed, do, lot, coif, pose, jell, placed, curing, rig
Possible Opposite Answer : rise
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The clue is 55. Fly high. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOAR
Possible Answer: sailplane, surge, soar_upwards, hang_glide, soar_up, soar, zoom
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The clue is 57. Young feller. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: LAD
Possible Answer: laddie, sonny_boy, gent, cuss, cub, chap, bloke, fellow, feller, blighter, fella, lad, sonny
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The clue is 58. Company nicknamed "Big Blue". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: IBM
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The clue is 59. With it, in last-century slang. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: HEP
Possible Answer: hip_to, hep, hip
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
NY Times Crossword Answers May 18, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips
NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: May 18, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the May 18 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (65)
Clue #1: 1. Verso's counterpart
Antonyms: verso
Clue #2: 6. Alternative to an onion bagel
Clue #3: 11. Jai ___
Clue #4: 15. Where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World
Clue #5: 19. Skating gold medalist Oksana
Clue #6: 20. Host
Clue #7: 21. Quick look
Clue #8: 22. Has a tab open, say
Clue #9: 23. Hip-hop's "Puba" and "Daddy I.U."?
Clue #10: 25. Station near Madison Square Garden, for short
Clue #11: 26. Fleet
Antonyms: slow
Clue #12: 27. Hung around
Clue #13: 28. Remove from the champagne bucket?
Clue #14: 30. "Just kidding!"
Clue #15: 31. Feeling rash?
Clue #16: 34. Hip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type"
Clue #17: 35. Crisis involving cartels
Clue #18: 39. Goes "Vroom!"
Clue #19: 41. Royal title
Clue #20: 42. Casting a total brat in the school play?
Clue #21: 45. Some govt. securities
Clue #22: 49. ___-tempered
Antonyms: odd, uneven
Clue #23: 50. "Super cool!"
Clue #24: 51. Get ready to take a shot
Clue #25: 53. Ship propeller
Antonyms: unscrew
Clue #26: 54. French for "from"
Clue #27: 55. Release
Antonyms: absorb
Clue #28: 57. Dante's guide in the "Inferno"
Clue #29: 60. Singer Del Rey
Clue #30: 61. "The score upon which reality is written," per Henry Miller
Clue #31: 62. Apps might be seen on one
Clue #32: 63. Sediment, e.g.
Antonyms: dislodge, withdraw
Clue #33: 65. "The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"?
Clue #34: 69. Anonymous guy
Clue #35: 70. Pauperism, so to speak
Clue #36: 71. Author of the 2020 memoir "Cubed"
Clue #37: 72. Lots
Clue #38: 73. "Because I'm the boss!"
Clue #39: 75. Pinged online
Clue #40: 76. Condition for which Luvox may be prescribed, in brief
Clue #41: 79. "Wonder Woman" star
Clue #42: 81. Mountain ___
Clue #43: 82. Late singer Payne of One Direction
Clue #44: 84. Modern home of where cuneiform writing originated
Clue #45: 85. Way up or way down
Clue #46: 87. "How long have beavers blocked this river?"?
Clue #47: 92. "As ___ …"
Clue #48: 94. Earthenware pots
Clue #49: 95. Was comparable to
Clue #50: 96. Apparel feature that a bandeau lacks
Clue #51: 100. Function in the role of
Clue #52: 102. Monk's title
Clue #53: 103. Be crazy about Chicago trains with broken A.C.s?
Clue #54: 105. Much in quantity
Clue #55: 109. Baseball family name
Clue #56: 110. Actor Jared
Clue #57: 111. Metric in a competitive family business?
Clue #58: 114. Prince, e.g.
Clue #59: 115. In ___ parentis
Clue #60: 116. Blow
Clue #61: 117. Designer Hilfiger
Clue #62: 118. Lays turf on
Clue #63: 119. Little twerp
Clue #64: 120. Trunk
Clue #65: 121. Head of Slytherin House in the Harry Potter books
Across Clues and Answers (65)
Clue #1: 1. Subject of the 2018 biopic "On the Basis of Sex," familiarly
Clue #2: 2. Noble title
Clue #3: 3. "Ci vediamo in giro!"
Clue #4: 4. Getting ready to listen
Clue #5: 5. Historic district of a city
Clue #6: 6. Gnarly problem, so to speak
Antonyms: bull
Clue #7: 7. Architect of Hong Kong's Bank of China Tower
Clue #8: 8. Certain hallucinatory experience
Clue #9: 9. Directed
Antonyms: follow
Clue #10: 10. Last word of James Joyce's "Ulysses"
Antonyms: no
Clue #11: 11. Dad, in Korean
Clue #12: 12. Ingredients in some potato soups
Clue #13: 13. Son of Aphrodite
Clue #14: 14. "You don't have to tell me"
Clue #15: 15. Time for a pick-me-up, humorously
Clue #16: 16. Lie ahead
Clue #17: 17. Joe of "Home Alone"
Clue #18: 18. First name in perfumes
Clue #19: 24. Label anew
Clue #20: 28. Banks from Los Angeles
Clue #21: 29. Maidenhair and others
Clue #22: 32. Common dog command
Antonyms: go, leave
Clue #23: 33. Chance
Clue #24: 35. Hit up on Instagram, informally
Clue #25: 36. Overnight party with light shows and "cuddle puddles"
Clue #26: 37. Luau strings
Clue #27: 38. Rock group with the 1992 hit "Creep"
Clue #28: 40. Harum-___ (reckless)
Clue #29: 43. Untrue
Clue #30: 44. Notaro of comedy
Clue #31: 46. Drag-and-drop disposal icon
Clue #32: 47. Start of a counting rhyme
Clue #33: 48. Hit with a smack
Clue #34: 52. Time in a Shakespeare title
Antonyms: winter_solstice
Clue #35: 55. Former Israeli P.M. Olmert
Clue #36: 56. Platform for Safari and FaceTime
Clue #37: 57. Borderline
Clue #38: 58. "Need You Tonight" band, 1987
Clue #39: 59. Leave alone
Clue #40: 61. Arbiters of taste
Clue #41: 62. Polite term of address
Clue #42: 64. Stamp on an invoice
Antonyms: unpaid, default
Clue #43: 65. Implied
Clue #44: 66. Valerie Harper title role
Clue #45: 67. One of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time"
Clue #46: 68. Dickens's ___ Heep
Clue #47: 69. Bouts
Clue #48: 74. Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun
Clue #49: 76. Word with history or hygiene
Antonyms: aboral, anal
Clue #50: 77. Shut up
Clue #51: 78. Threw out of a contest, informally
Clue #52: 80. Philosopher's pursuit
Antonyms: inaccuracy, falsity
Clue #53: 82. Exam with an argumentative writing section, in brief
Clue #54: 83. "You know, I can't quite remember"
Clue #55: 84. "Oh geez, the answer was staring me in the face!"
Clue #56: 86. Goes through screen after screen
Clue #57: 88. "Sadly …"
Antonyms: luckily, fortunately
Clue #58: 89. Special attention, for short
Clue #59: 90. Made nice
Clue #60: 91. Wading birds
Clue #61: 93. Publicly bash
Clue #62: 96. Doldrums
Clue #63: 97. Lumberjacks' competition
Clue #64: 98. Walk around, maybe
Antonyms: validate, confront
Clue #65: 99. Where one might pick up litter
Clue #66: 101. Oozes
Clue #67: 104. Burgle
Clue #68: 106. About
Clue #69: 107. West Point inst.
Clue #70: 108. Fanfare
Clue #71: 111. Like a diamond in a ring
Antonyms: rise
Clue #72: 112. Queer identity, in brief
Clue #73: 113. 12/31
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words