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Monday, November 25, 2024

27409 Mon Nov 25, 2024 NYT by Dena R. Witkes

Across Clues :

1. Spongy scrubber, 6. He-Man's twin sister, 11. 72, on many golf courses, 14. Harsh on the nose, 15. Capital of Vietnam, 16. "I'll take that as ___", 17. *Corporate investor, 19. Boxer's stat, for short, 20. Problem with an old sock, 21. Wows, 22. Cancels plans at the last minute, 24. Corn ___ (fall festival attraction), 26. Birthstone for a January baby, 27. *Difficult to wrangle, per an idiom, 32. Delta Center in Salt Lake City or United Center in Chicago, 33. Sch. with campuses in Boston and Worcester, 34. Implore, 35. Cleaned up after a haircut, 37. Pie ___ mode, 40. Really bothered, 42. Prepared to throw a dart, 44. *Advice to someone seeking happiness, 49. Crater Lake's state, 50. 100 centavos, 51. Harvard, to Yale, 52. Alan of "Marriage Story", 54. Dog docs, 58. Miss Piggy's pronoun, 59. Modern networking aid, as suggested by the starts of the answers to the starred clues, 62. Ginger ___, 63. One of 10 in a decathlon, 64. Roller coasters and log flumes, 65. Went first, 66. "Tell me if this needs salt", 67. Tuck away for safekeeping

Down Clues :

1. Mascara target, 2. Seis + dos, 3. ___ arguments, section of a Supreme Court case, 4. Members of New York's Bravest, e.g., 5. Suffix with Gator or hater, 6. Brief rainstorm, 7. Fit as a fiddle, 8. Bread loaf butts, 9. ___ v. Wade, 10. Inflatable auto safety devices, 11. Green coating on a statue, 12. Piece of jewelry that might complement a toe ring, 13. Perches in a coop, 18. Foggy mental state, 23. Rainbows and parentheses, shapewise, 25. "It all makes sense now!", 26. Pesky insect, 27. Hands-on science class, 28. Fury, 29. Brewery barrel, 30. As a result of, 31. Pesky kid, 35. Stitched up, 36. "Get out of my ___!", 37. Friend, en français, 38. Paul for whom a guitar is named, 39. Content between songs on Spotify, 40. Bit of pond scum, 41. One might include a hammer, wrench and screwdriver, 42. Components of a six-pack, 43. "Big fan!", 44. Like a black-tie wedding, 45. State bird of Maryland, 46. Imposed, as a tax, 47. Make more modern, 48. Unlike a figment of the imagination, 52. Las Vegas A's, 53. Jacket fuzz, 55. Icelandic literary saga, 56. No-win/no-lose situations, 57. Girl Scout's accessory, 60. Eggs at an I.V.F. clinic, 61. "The Marvelous ___ Maisel"

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 25, 2024

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

New York Times, Monday, November 25, 2024
New York Times, Monday, November 25, 2024


Across Clues with Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Spongy scrubber. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOOFA

    Possible Answer : loofah, loufah_sponge, luffa, loofa


  • The clue is 6. He-Man's twin sister. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHERA


  • The clue is 11. 72, on many golf courses. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PAR

    Possible Answer : par, equality, equivalence, equation


  • The clue is 14. Harsh on the nose. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACRID

    Possible Answer : pungent, acid, sulphurous, virulent, acerbic, caustic, vitriolic, bitter, blistering, acerb, acrid, sulfurous


  • The clue is 15. Capital of Vietnam. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HANOI

    Possible Answer : capital_of_Vietnam, Hanoi


  • The clue is 16. "I'll take that as ___". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ANO

    Possible Answer : Fatah_Revolutionary_Council, Abu_Nidal_Organization, Revolutionary_Organization_of_Socialist_Muslims, Black_September, ANO, Fatah-RC, Arab_Revolutionary_Brigades


  • The clue is 17. *Corporate investor. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHAREHOLDER

    Possible Answer : stockholder, shareholder, shareowner


  • The clue is 19. Boxer's stat, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TKO

    Possible Answer : TKO, technical_knockout


  • The clue is 20. Problem with an old sock. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HOLE

    Possible Answer : mess, hole, pickle, maw, gob, jam, golf_hole, yap, cakehole, hole_out, hollow, kettle_of_fish, trap, muddle, fix


  • The clue is 21. Wows. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AWES

    Possible Answer : fear, awe, veneration, reverence


  • The clue is 22. Cancels plans at the last minute. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BAILS

    Possible Answer : bail_bond, bond, bail


  • The clue is 24. Corn ___ (fall festival attraction). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MAZE

    Possible Answer : labyrinth, snarl, maze, tangle


  • The clue is 26. Birthstone for a January baby. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GARNET

    Possible Answer : garnet


  • The clue is 27. *Difficult to wrangle, per an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LIKEHERDINGCATS


  • The clue is 32. Delta Center in Salt Lake City or United Center in Chicago. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARENA

    Possible Answer : field, orbit, arena, area, stadium, bowl, domain, scene_of_action, sphere, sports_stadium


  • The clue is 33. Sch. with campuses in Boston and Worcester. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UMASS


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

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

    The answer: BEG

    Possible Answer : implore, tap, beg, pray, solicit


  • The clue is 35. Cleaned up after a haircut. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SWEPT

    Possible Answer : sweep_up, span, swing, drag, drag_in, swing_out, tangle, embroil, sail, brush, cross, swept, traverse, sweep, broom

    Possible Opposite Answer : unswept


  • The clue is 37. Pie ___ mode. 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 40. Really bothered. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATEAT


  • The clue is 42. Prepared to throw a dart. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AIMED

    Possible Answer : purport, get, take, purpose, direct, train, aim, aspire, shoot_for, calculate, target, drive, propose, take_aim, draw_a_bead_on, point, place


  • The clue is 44. *Advice to someone seeking happiness. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FOLLOWYOURBLISS


  • The clue is 49. Crater Lake's state. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OREGON

    Possible Answer : OR, Oregon, Beaver_State


  • The clue is 50. 100 centavos. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PESO

    Possible Answer : Guinea-Bissau_peso, Cuban_peso, Colombian_peso, Chilean_peso, Philippine_peso, Mexican_peso, peso, Uruguayan_peso, Dominican_peso


  • The clue is 51. Harvard, to Yale. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RIVAL

    Possible Answer : challenger, contender, rival, competition, touch, match, equal, competitor


  • The clue is 52. Alan of "Marriage Story". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALDA


  • The clue is 54. Dog docs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: VETS

    Possible Answer : ex-serviceman, veterinarian, veteran, veterinary_surgeon, vet, veterinary


  • The clue is 58. Miss Piggy's pronoun. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MOI


  • The clue is 59. Modern networking aid, as suggested by the starts of the answers to the starred clues. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOCIALMEDIA


  • The clue is 62. Ginger ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALE

    Possible Answer : ale


  • The clue is 63. One of 10 in a decathlon. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EVENT

    Possible Answer : result, effect, outcome, case, upshot, event, consequence, issue


  • The clue is 64. Roller coasters and log flumes. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RIDES

    Possible Answer : hinge_upon, bait, turn_on, depend_on, taunt, mount, cod, rag, ride, tantalise, hinge_on, drive, razz, depend_upon, disembarrass, twit, tease, free, rally, devolve_on, sit, rid, tantalize

    Possible Opposite Answer : walk


  • The clue is 65. Went first. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LED

    Possible Answer : run, lead, moderate, guide, result, contribute, direct, leave, LED, precede, top, head, extend, light-emitting_diode, go, conduct, take, conduce, pass, chair

    Possible Opposite Answer : follow


  • The clue is 66. "Tell me if this needs salt". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TASTE

    Possible Answer : tasting, preference, penchant, appreciation, gustation, sense_of_taste, taste, gustatory_modality, mouthful, sample, try_out, discernment, savor, predilection, smack, gustatory_perception, taste_perception, taste_sensation, gustatory_sensation, savour, try, perceptiveness


  • The clue is 67. Tuck away for safekeeping. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STASH

    Possible Answer : hoard, lay_away, stash, cache, hive_up, squirrel_away


Down Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Mascara target. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LASH

    Possible Answer: thong, trounce, eyelash, strap, flog, lather, cilium, whiplash, slash, lash, whip, welt

    Possible Opposite Answer : unlash

  • The clue is 2. Seis + dos. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OCHO

  • The clue is 3. ___ arguments, section of a Supreme Court case. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORAL

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : anal, aboral

  • The clue is 4. Members of New York's Bravest, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FIREMEN

    Possible Answer: fire_fighter, relief_pitcher, fire-eater, firefighter, stoker, reliever, fireman

  • The clue is 5. Suffix with Gator or hater. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADE

    Possible Answer: ade, fruit_drink

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

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

    The answer: SHOWER

    Possible Answer: exhibitioner, shower, shower_down, cascade, rain_shower, exhibitor, shower_bath, lavish

  • The clue is 7. Fit as a fiddle. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HALE

    Possible Answer: coerce, George_Ellery_Hale, Nathan_Hale, Edward_Everett_Hale, haul, drag, Hale, whole, cart, pressure, squeeze, force, hale

  • The clue is 8. Bread loaf butts. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENDS

    Possible Answer: remnant, stop, finish, ending, final_stage, goal, terminate, cease, end, last, destruction, remainder, closing, oddment, close, death, conclusion, terminal

    Possible Opposite Answer : begin, beginning

  • The clue is 9. ___ v. Wade. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROE

    Possible Answer: roe, hard_roe

  • The clue is 10. Inflatable auto safety devices. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AIRBAGS

  • The clue is 11. Green coating on a statue. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PATINA

    Possible Answer: patina

  • The clue is 12. Piece of jewelry that might complement a toe ring. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ANKLET

    Possible Answer: bobbysocks, anklet, bobbysock, anklets, ankle_bracelet

  • The clue is 13. Perches in a coop. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROOSTS

    Possible Answer: roost, perch, rest

  • The clue is 18. Foggy mental state. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAZE

    Possible Answer: fog, daze, haze

  • The clue is 23. Rainbows and parentheses, shapewise. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARCS

    Possible Answer: curve, electric_arc, electric_discharge, arch, discharge, arc, spark, bow

  • The clue is 25. "It all makes sense now!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AHA

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

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

    The answer: GNAT

    Possible Answer: gnat

  • The clue is 27. Hands-on science class. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LAB

    Possible Answer: science_laboratory, research_lab, science_lab, research_laboratory, laboratory, lab

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

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

    The answer: IRE

    Possible Answer: ira, anger, choler, ire, wrath

  • The clue is 29. Brewery barrel. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KEG

    Possible Answer: kegful, keg

  • The clue is 30. As a result of. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DUETO

  • The clue is 31. Pesky kid. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMP

    Possible Answer: brownie, hob, scamp, pixie, scallywag, rapscallion, scalawag, pixy, gremlin, imp, elf, rascal, monkey

  • The clue is 35. Stitched up. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEWN

    Possible Answer: tailor-make, sewn, stitch, stitched, tailor, sewed, run_up, sew, sew_together

  • The clue is 36. "Get out of my ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WAY

    Possible Answer: direction, right_smart, room, elbow_room, mode, style, fashion, path, manner, means, agency, way_of_life, way

  • The clue is 37. Friend, en français. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AMI

  • The clue is 38. Paul for whom a guitar is named. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LES

    Possible Answer: lupus_erythematosus, LE

  • The clue is 39. Content between songs on Spotify. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADS

    Possible Answer: advertising, advertizing, advert, advertisement, advertizement, ad

  • The clue is 40. Bit of pond scum. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALGA

    Possible Answer: algae, alga

  • The clue is 41. One might include a hammer, wrench and screwdriver. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOOLSET

  • The clue is 42. Components of a six-pack. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ABS

    Possible Answer: abdominal, group_AB, Av, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, Ab, ab, type_AB, BA, Bachelor_of_Arts, Artium_Baccalaurens, ABS, AB, abdominal_muscle

  • The clue is 43. "Big fan!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ILOVEIT

  • The clue is 44. Like a black-tie wedding. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FORMAL

    Possible Answer: formal, conventional, stately, dinner_dress, evening_gown, schematic, dinner_gown, ball, courtly

    Possible Opposite Answer : informal

  • The clue is 45. State bird of Maryland. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORIOLE

    Possible Answer: Old_World_oriole, American_oriole, New_World_oriole, oriole

  • The clue is 46. Imposed, as a tax. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LEVIED

    Possible Answer: raise, impose, recruit, levy

  • The clue is 47. Make more modern. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UPDATE

    Possible Answer: update

  • The clue is 48. Unlike a figment of the imagination. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REAL

    Possible Answer: literal, rattling, tangible, veridical, substantial, really, actual, real_number, very, real, genuine, existent, material

    Possible Opposite Answer : insubstantial, unreal, nominal

  • The clue is 52. Las Vegas A's. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACES

    Possible Answer: virtuoso, Allied_Command_Europe, whizz, ace, hotshot, sensation, whiz, adept, nail, superstar, wiz, star, I, sweep_through, ACE, breeze_through, single, champion, 1, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, maven, sail_through, mavin, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, unity, wizard, one, genius, pass_with_flying_colors

  • The clue is 53. Jacket fuzz. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LINT

    Possible Answer: lint

  • The clue is 55. Icelandic literary saga. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EDDA

    Possible Answer: dasheen, edda, taro_root, cocoyam, taro, Edda

  • The clue is 56. No-win/no-lose situations. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIES

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : untie, disconnect

  • The clue is 57. Girl Scout's accessory. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SASH

    Possible Answer: waistcloth, waistband, cincture, sash, window_sash, girdle

  • The clue is 60. Eggs at an I.V.F. clinic. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OVA

    Possible Answer: egg_cell, ovum

  • The clue is 61. "The Marvelous ___ Maisel". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MRS

    Possible Answer: Mrs, Mr, Mr., Mister, Mrs.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

LA Times Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Crossword Clues Answers - Solution Blog


LA Times Crosswords: August 13, 2024

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



Across Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is Desert hill shaped by wind. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: dune


    Possible Answer: sand_dune, dune


  • The clue is __ bene. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: nota



  • The clue is Tax deadline month. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: april


    Possible Answer: Apr, April


  • The clue is Breakfast chain that serves stacks. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ihop



  • The clue is Gem with milky iridescence. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: opal


    Possible Answer: opal


  • The clue is Ecological community. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: biome


    Possible Answer: biome


  • The clue is Daughter of Katie Holmes. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: suri



  • The clue is Fictional sleuth Wolfe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: nero


    Possible Answer: Nero, Lucius_Domitius_Ahenobarbus, Nero_Claudius_Caesar_Drusus_Germanicus


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

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

    The answer: slept


    Possible Answer: sleep, kip, log_Z's, catch_some_Z's, slumber

    Possible Opposite Answer: wake


  • The clue is Be too afraid to. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: chickenoutof



  • The clue is Restaurateur Matsuhisa. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: nobu



  • The clue is Red Sox div.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: aleast



  • The clue is Add extra protection. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

    The answer: beefupsecurity



  • The clue is Walks quickly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: legsit



  • The clue is Arterial blockage. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: clot


    Possible Answer: curdle, clabber, coagulate, coagulum, clot, clog

    Possible Opposite Answer: homogenize


  • The clue is House mem.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: rep


    Possible Answer: repp, rep


  • The clue is Doesn't stick the landing, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: errs


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


  • The clue is Tennis great Shriver. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: pam



  • The clue is Pirelli product. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: tire


    Possible Answer: outwear, wear_out, fag, exhaust, play_out, jade, wear_down, tire, pall, bore, fatigue, wear, run_down, wear_upon, fag_out, weary, tire_out, sap, tyre

    Possible Opposite Answer: refresh, interest


  • The clue is Responded to a growling stomach. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ate


    Possible Answer: corrode, eat_on, rust, Ate, wipe_out, eat_up, use_up, deplete, eat, run_through, consume, feed, exhaust


  • The clue is Superstar. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: idol


    Possible Answer: perfection, idol, god, graven_image, beau_ideal, matinee_idol, paragon


  • The clue is Plato's hometown. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: athens


    Possible Answer: Greek_capital, Athinai, capital_of_Greece, Athens


  • The clue is Ask leading questions. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

    The answer: fishforanswers



  • The clue is "That's true about me". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: yesiam



  • The clue is Wee bit. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: whit


    Possible Answer: smidge, tittle, whit, iota, smidgin, smidgeon, shred, smidgen, scintilla


  • The clue is Noncash corporate benefits, or what a cook would call the starts of 20-, 28-, and 43-Across?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: stockoptions



  • The clue is "__ luck!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: lotsa



  • The clue is Verdi tragedy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: aida



  • The clue is Water repellent?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: moat


    Possible Answer: fosse, moat


  • The clue is Easy-to-read font. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: arial



  • The clue is Word with bed or engine. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: twin


    Possible Answer: Twin, matching, Gemini, mate, pair, twin, parallel, counterpart, Twin_Falls, similitude, twinned, duplicate, couple, match


  • The clue is Podcaster Klein. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ezra


    Possible Answer: Ezra, Book_of_Ezra


  • The clue is 1983 Streisand title role. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: yentl



  • The clue is Some video game inhabitants. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: sims



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

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

    The answer: sect


    Possible Answer: religious_order, sect, religious_sect, faction


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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

XWordHint Crossword Answers August 12, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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

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August 12, 2026 NYT Crossword Solutions

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Mentions by username, on social media 4
2A 5. High range 6
3A 11. Hits up on Insta, say 3
4A 14. ___ vez (again, in Spanish) 4
5A 15. Torment 6
6A 16. On the sea, it's akin to "Sí" 3
7A 17. Where Docs and Sheets are stored 11
8A 19. Jordan joined it in 1984, for short 3
9A 20. Pal 5
10A 21. Only number that appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence 3
11A 22. Rip-off 4
12A 23. Measurements of Wi-Fi performance 13
13A 27. Didn't have a match in Go Fish, say 4
14A 28. Feeling little to no amorous attraction, in L.G.B.T.Q.+ lingo 3
15A 29. Identity prefix 3
16A 32. Baldwin with a record 17 appearances as "Saturday Night Live" host 4
17A 35. Unwanted divisions 5
18A 38. Web volume measured in hits ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 61-Across 15
19A 42. 2024 film that won Best Picture 5
20A 43. Boba tea flavor 4
21A 44. Word with run or resort 3
22A 45. Throw, for instance 3
23A 46. Buddhist leader 4
24A 49. Major consequence of a virus, perhaps 13
25A 55. Extreme craving 4
26A 56. "OK," in Osaka 3
27A 57. "Like ___!" ("Whatever!") 5
28A 60. "Sorry, it's ___ from me" 3
29A 61. Cause of some slow data transfers 11
30A 64. Highly monitored area, for short 3
31A 65. Flowery 6
32A 66. Affinity for something, so to speak 4
33A 67. Home of Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware," with "the" 3
34A 68. Snipes of "White Men Can't Jump" 6
35A 69. Baking amts. 4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Mentions by username, on social media"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
  • Similar words include: tail, go after, ticket
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TAGS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2A: "5. High range"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the pitch range of the highest female voice
  • Similar words include: threefold, three-fold, double
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TREBLE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3A: "11. Hits up on Insta, say"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
  • Similar words include: DM, dm, decimeter
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DMS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

4A: "14. ___ vez (again, in Spanish)"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OTRA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

5A: "15. Torment"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
  • Similar words include: disk
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HARROW

Remember this word for future puzzles!

6A: "16. On the sea, it's akin to "Sí""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AYE

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7A: "17. Where Docs and Sheets are stored"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GOOGLEDRIVE

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8A: "19. Jordan joined it in 1984, for short"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NBA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9A: "20. Pal"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a friend or comrade
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: AMIGO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

10A: "21. Only number that appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • Similar words include: 1, peerless, nonpareil
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ONE

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11A: "22. Rip-off"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme
  • Similar words include: defraud, gyp, con
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SCAM

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12A: "23. Measurements of Wi-Fi performance"

13 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NETWORKSPEEDS

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13A: "27. Didn't have a match in Go Fish, say"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states actor (born in ireland); father of georgiana emma barrymore (1827-1862)
  • Similar words include: thread, trace, pass
  • Opposite of: repel, deposit
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DREW

Remember this word for future puzzles!

14A: "28. Feeling little to no amorous attraction, in L.G.B.T.Q.+ lingo"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ARO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

15A: "29. Identity prefix"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an alliance made up of states that had been soviet socialist republics in the soviet union prior to its dissolution in dec 1991
  • Similar words include: Commonwealth of Independent States, Ci, curie
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CIS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

16A: "32. Baldwin with a record 17 appearances as "Saturday Night Live" host"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ALEC

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17A: "35. Unwanted divisions"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a gap between cloud masses
  • Similar words include: breach, rift, falling out
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RIFTS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

18A: "38. Web volume measured in hits ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 61-Across"

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: INTERNETTRAFFIC

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19A: "42. 2024 film that won Best Picture"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANORA

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20A: "43. Boba tea flavor"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
  • Similar words include: dasheen, taro root, edda
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TARO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

21A: "44. Word with run or resort"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SKI

Remember this word for future puzzles!

22A: "45. Throw, for instance"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
  • Similar words include: carpet, carpeting
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RUG

Remember this word for future puzzles!

23A: "46. Buddhist leader"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
  • Similar words include: genus Lama
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LAMA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

24A: "49. Major consequence of a virus, perhaps"

13 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: COMPUTERCRASH

Remember this word for future puzzles!

25A: "55. Extreme craving"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a strong sexual desire
  • Similar words include: hunger, lecherousness, crave
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LUST

Remember this word for future puzzles!

26A: "56. "OK," in Osaka"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: HAI

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27A: "57. "Like ___!" ("Whatever!")"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ICARE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

28A: "60. "Sorry, it's ___ from me""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
  • Similar words include: Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims, Abu Nidal Organization, Black September
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ANO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

29A: "61. Cause of some slow data transfers"

11 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SERVERDELAY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

30A: "64. Highly monitored area, for short"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
  • Similar words include: intensive care unit
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ICU

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31A: "65. Flowery"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; ; -john milton
  • Similar words include: flowery
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ORNATE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

32A: "66. Affinity for something, so to speak"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
  • Similar words include: wind, poke, olfactory organ
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: NOSE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

33A: "67. Home of Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware," with "the""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that come together
  • Similar words include: fill, receive, run across
  • Opposite of: diverge
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MET

Remember this word for future puzzles!

34A: "68. Snipes of "White Men Can't Jump""

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that english clergyman and brother of john wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788)
  • Similar words include: John Wesley, Charles Wesley
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WESLEY

Remember this word for future puzzles!

35A: "69. Baking amts."

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TSPS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

Down Clues - Complete List

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Party wrap 4
2D 2. Bit of chemistry 4
3D 3. Bad thing to pull while running 5
4D 4. Failed under pressure, in a way 6
5D 5. Hot French beverage 3
6D 6. "Sick, dude!" 3
7D 7. What a bug may cause 5
8D 8. Cusp 5
9D 9. Is gaga for 5
10D 10. Farm female 3
11D 11. "Battles" of those busting moves 9
12D 12. "I messed up" 5
13D 13. Lines in mines 5
14D 18. Tolkien fantasy series inits. 4
15D 22. Little flourish on a letter 5
16D 24. Break off gradually 4
17D 25. Barn nestling 5
18D 26. Lawyer's aide, informally 4
19D 29. Org. in the Jack Ryan movies 3
20D 30. Tabard ___, locale in "The Canterbury Tales" 3
21D 31. Leaves in a huff 9
22D 33. Greek letter representing elasticity in economics 3
23D 34. PC "copy" shortcut 5
24D 36. ___Tok 3
25D 37. STEM part: Abbr. 3
26D 39. Go ballistic 5
27D 40. Big name in pasta sauce 4
28D 41. Pride sound 4
29D 47. ___ Marian (English folklore heroine) 4
30D 48. It's on the up and up 6
31D 49. Fraud victim's filing 5
32D 50. Perfumery unit 5
33D 51. "And ... voilà!" 5
34D 52. Comes to deserve 5
35D 53. Measure up to, as in competition 5
36D 54. Nickname for M.L.B.'s Angels 5
37D 58. Feature of one's voice following a loud concert, say 4
38D 59. Potato discards 4
39D 61. Farm female 3
40D 62. It ends in septembre 3
41D 63. Singer Lana Del ___ 3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Party wrap"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient rome
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TOGA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2D: "2. Bit of chemistry"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
  • Similar words include: speck, molecule, corpuscle
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ATOM

Remember this word for future puzzles!

3D: "3. Bad thing to pull while running"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
  • Similar words include: breakwater, seawall, bulwark
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: GROIN

Remember this word for future puzzles!

4D: "4. Failed under pressure, in a way"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
  • Similar words include: droop, flag, sag down
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SAGGED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

5D: "5. Hot French beverage"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: THE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

6D: "6. "Sick, dude!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
  • Similar words include: radian
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RAD

Remember this word for future puzzles!

7D: "7. What a bug may cause"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  • Similar words include: fault, misplay, erroneous belief
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ERROR

Remember this word for future puzzles!

8D: "8. Cusp"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a region marking a boundary
  • Similar words include: verge, threshold
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: BRINK

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9D: "9. Is gaga for"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
  • Similar words include: roll in the hay, hump, fuck
  • Opposite of: hate
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LOVES

Remember this word for future puzzles!

10D: "10. Farm female"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EWE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

11D: "11. "Battles" of those busting moves"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: DANCEOFFS

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12D: "12. "I messed up""

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MYBAD

Remember this word for future puzzles!

13D: "13. Lines in mines"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
  • Similar words include: wrinkle, bed, seam
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SEAMS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

14D: "18. Tolkien fantasy series inits."

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: LOTR

Remember this word for future puzzles!

15D: "22. Little flourish on a letter"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
  • Similar words include: seriph
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SERIF

Remember this word for future puzzles!

16D: "24. Break off gradually"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
  • Similar words include: ablactate
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: WEAN

Remember this word for future puzzles!

17D: "25. Barn nestling"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OWLET

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18D: "26. Lawyer's aide, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
  • Similar words include: Feliz Lusitania, paratrooper, Belem
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: PARA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

19D: "29. Org. in the Jack Ryan movies"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
  • Similar words include: Central Intelligence Agency
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CIA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

20D: "30. Tabard ___, locale in "The Canterbury Tales""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
  • Similar words include: hostel, lodge, auberge
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: INN

Remember this word for future puzzles!

21D: "31. Leaves in a huff"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: STORMSOUT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

22D: "33. Greek letter representing elasticity in economics"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
  • Similar words include: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ETA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

23D: "34. PC "copy" shortcut"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CTRLC

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24D: "36. ___Tok"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: TIK

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25D: "37. STEM part: Abbr."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: SCI

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26D: "39. Go ballistic"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that start abruptly
  • Similar words include: flare up, break, break through
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ERUPT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

27D: "40. Big name in pasta sauce"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RAGU

Remember this word for future puzzles!

28D: "41. Pride sound"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a deep prolonged loud noise
  • Similar words include: holler, bellow, hollo
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ROAR

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29D: "47. ___ Marian (English folklore heroine)"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a female domestic
  • Similar words include: maiden, maidservant, housemaid
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: MAID

Remember this word for future puzzles!

30D: "48. It's on the up and up"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
  • Similar words include: upgrade, climb, rising
  • Opposite of: fall, descent
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: ASCENT

Remember this word for future puzzles!

31D: "49. Fraud victim's filing"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
  • Similar words include: take, call, arrogate
  • Opposite of: forfeit, disclaim
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: CLAIM

Remember this word for future puzzles!

32D: "50. Perfumery unit"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
  • Similar words include: oz., snow leopard, troy ounce
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: OUNCE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

33D: "51. "And ... voilà!""

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a location other than here; that place
  • Similar words include: at that place, in that respect, in that location
  • Opposite of: here
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: THERE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

34D: "52. Comes to deserve"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
  • Similar words include: realise, bring in, garner
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: EARNS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

35D: "53. Measure up to, as in competition"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the contestant you hope to defeat
  • Similar words include: equal, competition, challenger
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)
Answer: RIVAL

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36D: "54. Nickname for M.L.B.'s Angels"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
  • Similar words include: aura, glory, aureole
  • Pattern: _____
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Answer: HALOS

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37D: "58. Feature of one's voice following a loud concert, say"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that uttering in an irritated tone
  • Similar words include: rasping, wood file
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: RASP

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38D: "59. Potato discards"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that opinion or judgment
  • Similar words include: heart, optic, oculus
  • Pattern: ____
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Answer: EYES

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39D: "61. Farm female"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an adult female hog
  • Similar words include: seed, inseminate, sow in
  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: SOW

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40D: "62. It ends in septembre"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: ETE

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41D: "63. Singer Lana Del ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
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Answer: REY

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Today's Puzzle Stats

35 Across Clues
41 Down Clues
76 Total Clues

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